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I'm not sure where this idea started. Perhaps Fiat had a different maintenance schedule for the 1.4L engine in Europe, but all North American Fiat 500 owner's manuals state that the timing belt is due for replacement at 150K miles. Every Fiat 500 in North America (until the 500X) has always used the 1.4L MultiAir, whether turbocharged or not. That's not necessarily the case in Europe, where I believe a DOHC 1.4L VVT was used for a long time.Not sure where you get 75K, the owners manual in my Fiat says 150,000.