Is there still really a market for mini city car "GTi"s though?
The Cato, the sub-compact, is almost ready and will feature a proper hot hatch version. But PMI and CLR, the holding and in-house sports brand respectively, could envision a very limited batch of Cicero Arpino CLR, with a bored our version of that three cylinder and a bigger turbo.
- No, let the Arpino be the boring city car trim. It’s got a proper electronic version, that suffices in common day marketing cool
- Yes, there’s a market for the extremely small and light performance toy
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The market has spoken, and a limit number of the Cicero Arpino CLR 3T are in production.
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Limited Edition Cicero Arpino CLR 3T
The CLR 3T is a limited edition version of the Arpino with the standard three cylinder engine bored out and tuned by PMI Racing&Tuning, and with car and suspension tuned by CLR, the in-house performance division. The little Arpino has received more aggressive front and rear bumpers, stands on sports suspension, has improved brakes and runs on gripper tires with 16" rims (compared to the 14" base version). The CLR 3T is only available on special order, and can be outfitted with a 6-speed manual or a 6-speed DCT automatic. We took the factory manual six-speed around our test track in 02:29.392.
| Technical Datasheet | Cicero Arpino CLR 3T |
|---|---|
| Cylinders | Inline-3 |
| Valvetrain | DOHC-12 |
| Turbo Gasoline 95RON | |
| Displacement | 1300cc |
| Power | 142 hp at 6400 rpm |
| Torque | 198 Nm at 4600 rpm |
| Weight | 984 kg |
| Top Speed | 180 km/h |
| Acceleration 0-100 | 7,5 sec |
| Braking 80-0 | 24,75 m |
| Fuel Consumption City | 4,2 / 56 |
| Fuel Consumption Highway | 5,5 / 42,8 |
