Geneva Preview: Rinspeed's E2 delivers a Fiat 500 with a split personality
 

<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/coupes/" rel="tag">Coupes</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/economy/" rel="tag">Economy</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/geneva-motor-show/" rel="tag">Geneva Motor Show</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/green/" rel="tag">Green</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/hatchbacks/" rel="tag">Hatchbacks</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/fiat/" rel="tag">FIAT</a></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/rinspeed-e2/"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/02/rinspeed_es_prev4.jpg" alt="" /></a><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><small>Click above for a high-res gallery of the Rinspeed E2</small></span><br /></div>
<br />The mad <em>Wissenschaftlers</em> at Rinspeed have come up with a dual-mode <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/18/geneva-08-preview-official-specs-leaked-on-fiat-500-abarth/">Fiat 500 Abarth</a> that gets you more power <em>and</em> better gas mileage - just not at the same time. Rinspeed started with the 500 Abarth that has a standard 135 horsepower, and they've given it a new engine management system that has one mode for the city and one for the highway. <br /><br />In "Commuting" mode the has use of up to 60 hp, which is forty fewer horses than the bog <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2007/07/05/buenvenuto-fiat-500-finally-here/">standard petrol 500</a>, but you'll be rewarded with almost 59 miles-per-gallon. Press a button on the console to go to "Highway" mode and you get 160 hp, which is the same hp number for the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/10/03/paris-2008-fiat-500-abarth-esseesse/">500 Abarth SS</a>, but it costs you a tad of frugality at 33 mpg. There aren't many ways we could think of to make the 500 better, but this trick could be one of them. You can read the press release<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/02/25/geneva-preview-the-rinspeed-e2/"> after the jump</a>, and check out the high-res gallery below.<br /><br /><div class="postgallery"><p><s trong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/rinspeed-e2/">Rinspeed E2</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/rinspeed-e2/1385501/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/02/01_rinspeed_e2_prev_thumb nail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/rinspeed-e2/1385502/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/02/02_rinspeed_e2_prev_thumb nail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/rinspeed-e2/1385503/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/02/03_rinspeed_e2_prev_thumb nail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/rinspeed-e2/1385504/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/02/04_rinspeed_e2_prev_thumb nail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><br />[Source: Rinspeed]<p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/02/25/geneva-preview-the-rinspeed-e2/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Geneva Preview: Rinspeed's E2 delivers a Fiat 500 with a split personality</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;backgr ound:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/02/25/geneva-preview-the-rinspeed-e2/">Geneva Preview: Rinspeed's E2 delivers a Fiat 500 with a split personality</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblo g</a> on Wed, 25 Feb 2009 13:28:00 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.autoblog.com/2009/02/25/geneva-preview-the-rinspeed-e2/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/1471402/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/02/25/geneva-preview-the-rinspeed-e2/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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