Technical Sport button
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Technical Sport button
I'm not sure why the 1.4 has this. On or off the mild differences it makes are hardly noticeable.
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I find the sports button makes a big difference to performance, more lively and responsive, steering feels better. Why buy a more powerful 1.4 and then not use the sports button.
Well naturally i'm comparing to the Abarth. the difference it makes in that in direct comparison is huge. It's actually adds 20 ft/lbs of torque in the Abarth and feels like the power steering has been turned off. I found it made little difference in the 1.4 at all.
You don't actually get anymore power though. All that is done is that the throttle is mapped differently. Whether the sports mode is on or not you still have the same power and torque, it's just that with the sport mode off you have to put your foot down further to get the same throttle opening.
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That may be so, I am not qualified to know about the throttle being mapped differently. But i can say the car feels and drive so much better with the sports button on.
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I really think of these as nothing more than marketing gimmicks.
De-tune the car and make it rubbish in normal mode and make it drive like should in sport mode. That way they are trying to make you think "oh that's good".
My Panda 100HP drove like it should in Sport and was garbage in normal mode.
My Mito is no different, in "D" ( dynamic ) it's as it should be and in "N" it is utter crap.
De-tune the car and make it rubbish in normal mode and make it drive like should in sport mode. That way they are trying to make you think "oh that's good".
My Panda 100HP drove like it should in Sport and was garbage in normal mode.
My Mito is no different, in "D" ( dynamic ) it's as it should be and in "N" it is utter crap.
I agree it makes a big difference. I keep the sport button on and the stop and start off. Thats the way I prefer it. More fun.
Mrs G turns it off thats how she prefers it.
Mind you if I want more oomph I drive my car!
Mrs G turns it off thats how she prefers it.
Mind you if I want more oomph I drive my car!
The throttle ratio is reduced and the electronic assistance to the steering is reduced.
Claims that 'response' is changed are wrong.
I wish they'd just left it to adjust the power steering assistance, as the throttle becomes unnecessarily twitchy without any improvements.
Claims that 'response' is changed are wrong.
I wish they'd just left it to adjust the power steering assistance, as the throttle becomes unnecessarily twitchy without any improvements.
I fully agree it feels and drive more smooth and better
Any difference in fuel consumption with sport button on??
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i don't understand how can some of you say the car "drives better" with the sport button on?!
Steering wheel is harder...that's ok.
...but acc. pedal is awful...car starts to "jump"...a driver cannot have enough steady foot to compensate that.....i don't like it.
...and if you "floor it" it goes the same...sport button on/off.
Steering wheel is harder...that's ok.
...but acc. pedal is awful...car starts to "jump"...a driver cannot have enough steady foot to compensate that.....i don't like it.
...and if you "floor it" it goes the same...sport button on/off.
I would like to know this too, not got my car yet, due in on the 27th Dec. Already booked in for a remap though map-tech.co.uk/. Recon to get another 15bhp out of my 1.4 lounge. Car does seem very 'soggy' without the sport button on though, really loved my little smart car up to now but need something bigger
I've found it makes the steering what it should be but the throttle is way too jumpy for city driving. At times I've driven into town and ended up with the traction control having a fit at roundabouts etc because I've got way too much power on!
It's good if you're on the motorway & winding a/b roads, less foot travel for overtaking and a more natural feel of the road.
It's good if you're on the motorway & winding a/b roads, less foot travel for overtaking and a more natural feel of the road.
I would like to know this too, not got my car yet, due in on the 27th Dec. Already booked in for a remap though map-tech.co.uk/. Recon to get another 15bhp out of my 1.4 lounge. Car does seem very 'soggy' without the sport button on though, really loved my little smart car up to now but need something bigger
15 is a little ambitious with remap alone on a standard petrol 1.4. Here's a plot of mine having been mapped:
Ask them for a copy of the rolling road graph for comparisons sake.
For what its worth I've done dozens of dyno runs on my 500 and I can tell you with measured scientific certainty that the sport button does absolutely nothing to the engine. It just cuts down the electric assistance to the steering and makes the throttle response jerky and more abrupt.
Go here: https://www.fiatforum.com/group-buys/177875-quaife-atb-lsd-cinq-sei-gp-panda.html
Buy one of the quaife diffs mentioned in that thread. Fit it to your car. The steering is completely different. The feel and the feedback are transformed. As is the traction out of corners. It weights things nicely without resorting to pressing the sport button. Mind you they're not cheap either but if you're around London or at the Ace cafe and fancy seeing what the difference is in a 500, let me know and I'll let you have a go in mine with the diff fitted.
