Fiat is now offering a new 120bhp 1.4 litre 16v T-jet engine option for the new Bravo with a starting price of ?20,745 before delivery charges.

Fiat in Ireland has launched new 1.4 litre 120hp 16v T-jet engines to the recently launched Bravo range. Fiat pioneered the common-rail, single point injection and followed on with multi-point injection turbo diesel engines.

Thanks to these breakthroughs, diesel engines were no longer noisy, smoky and slow power-plants best suited to trucks and tractors, instead common rail turbo diesel engines made cars as lively and as responsive as petrol engines but without losing the fuel economy which had made them popular in the first place.

Fiat engineers then set about making their petrol engines as economical as diesel. The new Fiat T-jet 16v engines show how successful their work has been.

The new 1.4 litre 16v T-jet fitted to the Bravo 5 door develops 120bhp: most competitors use at least a 1.6 litre engine to achieve similar performance.

The smaller engine means lower annual road-tax without any loss of performance, lower insurance than equivalent-powered 1.6 litre cars, and keeping the fuel economy of a smaller engine.

Fiat's Bravo range now offers drivers a choice of 11 versions and five engines: 1.4 litre 16v 90bhp, 1.4 litre T-jet 16v 120bhp and 150bhp and 1.9 litre 16v 120bhp and 150bhp Multijet turbo diesel units. The T-jet models come with an entry price of €20,745 before delivery charges.

Geoff Smyth, Managing Director of Fiat Group Automobiles Ireland Ltd, pointed out that as well as offering a unique three-year, million kilometre warranty, the spread of powerful and economical engines meant Bravo range would suit both private buyers and fleet buyers. "The new 1.4 120bhp T-jet engine should get car buyers to rethink their ideas about what engine sizes meet their needs.

Downsizing engines, in the way Fiat has done for the Bravo, offers considerable financial gains to drivers, with no penalties in power, performance or driving enjoyment," he said.

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