Fiat and Jeep dominate the leading sales segment – 07/28/2022 – Market

You sports utility vehicles it already accounts for 46.5% of car sales in 2022, according to Fenabrave (a supplier association). Compact cars are the most popular: of the 10 best-selling passenger cars in the first half of the year, six are urban jeeps. The fastest and most economical is among them.

The automatic transmission version of the Fiat Pulse 1.3 flex is the one that used less ethanol in urban and highway cycles. It also scored better with gasoline on the road, while Kia Stonic 1.0 turbo is surprised by its hybrid system in the city.

In performance tests, Jeep Renegade showed that the new 1.3 turbo flex engine easily beats the old 1.8, which was retired for not complying with the seventh phase of Proconve (Program for Control of Air Pollution by Motor Vehicles).

The compact Jeep was fastest in the acceleration and recovery tests, followed closely by the Renault Captur—which also has a 1.3-liter turbocharged engine.