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Ecobasic
1999 Fiat concept (Wikidata lists 10 units).
Still being researched: why it matters, identification guide, full specifications. Everything shown is checked against the cited sources. Know more? Send us a source.
Photo: Jokejoe75 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Contents
01Overview
At a glance
- Built
- Not yet verified
- Years
- Not yet verified
- Engine
- 1.2 JTD Multijet, second generation
- Power
- Not yet verified
- Top speed
- Not yet verified
- Body
- Not yet verified
- Designer
- Not yet verified
- In this archive
- Not yet verified
- Surviving
- Not yet verified
Sources and any conflicting figures are in the sections below.
Why it matters
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How rare is it?
Six separate kinds of rarity – never combined into one number.
Each kind of rarity is rated separately and never combined.
Photos
Exterior, interior and detail photos with their licences.
Fiat Ecobasic (Wikimedia Commons search)
Photo: Jokejoe75 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Fiat Ecobasic (Wikimedia Commons search)
Photo: Jokejoe75 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Fiat Ecobasic (Wikimedia Commons search)
Photo: Pava · CC BY-SA 3.0
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02Production & history
Production
Every figure says what it counts.
No production figures recorded yet.
History
Ecobasic was a Fiat concept car shown at the 74th Paris Motor Show in 2000. Fiat built it around low weight and drag: the press release gives a weight of 750 kg and a drag coefficient of 0.28. Its small 1.2 JTD Multijet turbodiesel, with Common Rail injection and a robotised gearbox, was said to use under 3 litres of diesel per 100 km.
The structure was an all-steel load-bearing frame, with body panels in thermoplastic, thermoset and polycarbonate materials. The concept could be built as a four-door or three-door car. The press material also described a leaner factory with no paint shop and a single variant finished at the end of the line.
Variants
How each version differs from the standard Ecobasic.
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03Specifications
Technical specifications
Engine
| Engine family | 1.2 JTD Multijet, second generation1 |
|---|---|
| Engine code | Not yet verified |
| Layout | Not yet verified |
| Cylinders | 41 |
| Displacement | Not yet verified |
| Bore | Not yet verified |
| Stroke | Not yet verified |
| Compression ratio | Not yet verified |
| Fuel system | Common Rail injection with multiple injection (Multijet)1 |
| Induction | turbocharged diesel1 |
| Power | Not yet verified |
| Power at | Not yet verified |
| Torque | Not yet verified |
Transmission & drivetrain
| Gearbox | robotised gearbox, automatic (standard or economy programme) or sequential1 |
|---|---|
| Gears | Not yet verified |
| Driven wheels | Not yet verified |
Chassis, body & dimensions
| Chassis | all-steel load-bearing structure1 |
|---|---|
| Front suspension | Not yet verified |
| Rear suspension | Not yet verified |
| Brakes | Not yet verified |
| Steering | Not yet verified |
| Body construction | Not yet verified |
| Materials | thermoplastic, thermoset and polycarbonate body panels; polypropylene1 |
| Wheelbase | Not yet verified |
| Length | Not yet verified |
| Width | Not yet verified |
| Height | Not yet verified |
| Front track | Not yet verified |
| Rear track | Not yet verified |
| Kerb weight | 750 kgFactory: 750 kg1The press text says the car 'weighs' 750 kg; the weight basis (kerb, dry) is not stated. |
| Dry weight | Not yet verified |
Performance
| Maximum speed | Not yet verified |
|---|---|
| 0–100 km/h | Not yet verified |
| Fuel tank | Not yet verified |
“Not yet verified” means no source has been checked for that value yet. Nothing is estimated to fill a gap.
04Colours & options
Factory colours & interiors
Original paint and trim, with the number of cars in each where a source gives it.
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Factory options & codes
Codes are shown exactly as written by the manufacturer.
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05Individual cars
Chassis register
Every documented car, with its colours, history and where it is now. Open a row for the full record. Known chassis are not automatically authenticated originals.
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Competition history
Every race result of the individual cars, in date order. Click a chassis number to open its full record in the register.
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Auction & sale history
Documented public sales of the individual cars. Click a chassis number to open its full record in the register.
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See one in person
Museums where an example of this car can be seen.
No example is documented on public display yet. Have a source? Contribute it.
06Reference
Identification guide
How to tell an original from a replica or later conversion.
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Sources
Each number links to the exact facts it supports.
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1
ECOBASIC Level A not stated · Fiat Chrysler Automobiles EMEA Press · 2000-09-26
- piccolo quattro cilindri turbodiesel 1.2 JTD di seconda generazione
- piccolo quattro cilindri turbodiesel
- Common Rail
- cambio robotizzato
- struttura portante, costruita interamente in acciaio
- termoplastici, termoindurenti, policarbonati, polipropilene
- Ecobasic pesa solo 750 kg
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