REPORT: Fiat's fuel-saving Multi-air tech could come to Chrysler
 

<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/tech/" rel="tag">Technology</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/chrysler/" rel="tag">Chrysler</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/fiat/" rel="tag">Fiat</a></p><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" alt="Fiat could adapt its MultiAir technology to Chrysler powertrains" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/08/multi_air.jpg" /><br />
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<a href="http://www.autobloggreen.com/2009/03/07/geneva-2009-fiat-unveils-new-multiair-engine-line/">Fiat's advanced Multiair technology</a> could find its way under the hood of future Chryslers as the companies move ahead together. "It is low-invasive hardware" said Lucio Bernard of Fiat Powertrain Technologies, the division of the Italian automotive conglomerate tasked with developing the parts that make the cars go. <br />
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The Multiair system, which uses its sophisticated software and fast-acting electrohydraulic actuation to send the throttle plate off to the annals of history, appears deceptively simple. The system slots into the cylinder head kind of like a Lego brick, and is easily adaptable to most engines. This being the case, modifying it to work with Chrysler engines wouldn't be a difficult task.<br />
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The software to run it is what Fiat's most proud of; the competition is years behind, it says, and the company has patented its rig. Alfa Romeo already has MultiAir out in the wild with the MiTo, and with the need for fuel efficiency gains in Chrysler's lineup, something that's essentially as easy as snapping pieces together seems very attractive. <br />
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[Source: <a href="http://www.autonews.com/article/20090802/ANE02/308019996/1042">Automotive News</a> - Sub. Req'd]<br /><p style="padding:5px;backgr ound:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/08/03/report-fiats-fuel-saving-multi-air-tech-could-come-to-chrysler/">REPORT: Fiat's fuel-saving Multi-air tech could come to Chrysler</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblo g</a> on Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:58:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.autonews.com/article/20090802/ANE02/308019996/1042>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/08/03/report-fiats-fuel-saving-multi-air-tech-could-come-to-chrysler/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19116918/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/08/03/report-fiats-fuel-saving-multi-air-tech-could-come-to-chrysler/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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