03.04.2008 AUSTRIAN TUNER OC.T TWEAKS THE FIAT 500

FIAT 500 O.CT TUNING
FIAT 500 O.CT TUNING
FIAT 500 O.CT TUNING
FIAT 500 O.CT TUNING

Austrian tuner OC.T Tuning is the latest aftermarket company to turn its attention to the Fiat 500, offering a mild power and cosmetic upgrade for the Car of the Year award winner.

Austrian tuner OC.T Tuning is the latest aftermarket performance company to turn its attentions to the new Fiat 500, and it is offering a mild engine power and cosmetic upgrade for the Car of the Year 2008 award winner.

OC.T (Oberscheider Chip Tuning) already offers power upgrades for a range of automotive brands, including Fiat, Audi, VW. BMW, Alfa Romeo, Peugeot, Lancia, Jeep, Kia, Land Rover, Mercedes, Mini, Porsche, Renault and Skoda. Now OC.T Tuning joins a range of other tuning companies that have quickly focused on the Fiat 500, which has captured so much public and media attention since its glitzy world debut in Turin last summer.

The Austrian firm has mildly upgraded the 1.3-litre common rail Multijet 16v engined version of the 500, which already features a small fixed geometry turbocharger. Maximum power is increased from the standard 75 bhp up to 90 bhp, while peak torque is raised from 145 to 180 Nm. OC.T promise a reduction in the 0-100 km/h acceleration time as well as an improvement in top speed.

Cosmetically, the OC.T Tuning package for the Fiat 500 offers new 17-inch thin spoked alloy wheels (including in black colour) which are shod with low-profile 205/40R17 tyres.

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