Fiat Ecobasic concept (1999)
Concept car · 1999 · Combustion
A radical low-cost, ultra-frugal city car laboratory
The Ecobasic was a rolling laboratory exploring an economical, spacious and safe city car. Built on an aluminium structure with plastic panels for a 750 kg kerb weight, it used a 1.2-litre Multijet common-rail diesel and a robotised gearbox to claim theoretical consumption as low as 2.8 L/100 km. Around ten units were built before the project ended, but its ideas fed into later Fiat small cars.
Key facts
- Engine: 1.2L Multijet common-rail diesel, 61 hp, 160 Nm
- Transmission: Robotised (Normal/Economical modes)
- Weight: 750 kg (aluminium structure, plastic panels)
- Economy: Theoretical 2.8 L/100 km
- Performance: 0-100 km/h 13.3 s, top speed 160 km/h
- Length: 3.49 m
Production
- Status: Concept only
- 1999 low-cost city-car study that never entered series production.
- Revealed at Revealed 1999 (later shown Geneva 2000)
Source: Wikipedia - Fiat Ecobasic