Video: Fifth Gear checks out the two-cylinder Fiat 500 TwinAir
 

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<div style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><sma ll>Fiat 500 TwinAir on Fifth Gear - Click above to watch the video <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/12/21/video-fifth-gear-checks-out-the-two-cylinder-fiat-500-tw/#continued">after the jump</a></small></strong></em></div>
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The more cylinders, the better. Right? That's exactly the kind of conventional wisdom that's being turned on its head with the green revolution. Everything from hatchbacks to muscle sedans are dropping pistons like clumsy engine-plant workers these days. But what about <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/07/09/fiat-debuts-two-cylinder-85-hp-twinair-engine-in-fiat-500/">the TwinAir engine on the Fiat 500</a>? Have the Italians taken things too far?<br />
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That's what the crew over at <em>Fifth Gear</em> have set about figuring out. The other British car show took the latest Cinquecento - all two cylinders of it - out for video review. So how did it fare? <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/12/21/video-fifth-gear-checks-out-the-two-cylinder-fiat-500-tw/#continued">Follow the jump</a> to watch the segment for yourself and find out.<p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/12/21/video-fifth-gear-checks-out-the-two-cylinder-fiat-500-tw/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Video: <i>Fifth Gear</i> checks out the two-cylinder Fiat 500 TwinAir</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;backgr ound:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/12/21/video-fifth-gear-checks-out-the-two-cylinder-fiat-500-tw/">Video: <i>Fifth Gear</i> checks out the two-cylinder Fiat 500 TwinAir</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblo g</a> on Tue, 21 Dec 2010 18:28:00 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.youtube.com/user/fifthgearuk?feature=chclk #p/u>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/12/21/video-fifth-gear-checks-out-the-two-cylinder-fiat-500-tw/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19769176/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/12/21/video-fifth-gear-checks-out-the-two-cylinder-fiat-500-tw/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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