The turbocharged 1.4-liter MultiAir engine provides the Fiat 500 Abarth models with 157 horsepower and 183 lb.-ft. of torque. OTHER VOICES: What’s not to love about the Fiat 500 Abarth?

The Italian-American automaker is making the 1.4-liter MultiAir Turbo standard on all its 2018 Fiat 500 models. The 500 also gets what the company calls a sportier appearance.

Back in the old days, the Fiat 500 did actually have the engine at the back, and this rendering by SB Designs reminds us of that era. Like the original Abarth race cars, this bad boy runs with its ...

Under the hood, the European-market 2016 Fiat 500 adopts a 69-hp, 1.2-liter inline-four engine, as well as Fiat's 0.9-liter two-cylinder turbocharged TwinAir engine in both 85- and 105-hp ...

The goal of the project was to fit an entire Hellcat engine and drivetrain combination into a Fiat 500. As you can imagine, the unit was placed behind the driver, and a new firewall had to be made.

Fiat is expected to offer the hybrid for sale in the U.S., but not immediately. It's also not clear whether the hybrid transmission would be mated to the TwinAir engine, or to the larger 1.4-liter ...

When dropped in the Fiat 500, the new engine performs better than the company’s existing 1.2-liter mill and on par with its 1.4-liter while offering a 30-percent reduction in fuel consumption.

Fiat has kicked off production of the a gas-powered version of the new 500, which was supposed to be electric-only. Full-scale production of the new 500 "Hybrid" will begin in November.