Under the hood, it utilized both gasoline direct injection (GDI) and Automatic Stop-Go (ASG), a system which turns off the engine while the vehicle is stationary and automatically restarts it when the clutch is depressed. So equipped, the Pistachio recorded fuel consumption of , unprecedented for an exclusively gasoline-powered vehicle.
The engine of the Pistachio was equipped with both gasoline direct injection (GDI) and Automatic Stop-Go (ASG), a system that shuts off the engine while the vehicle is stationary and restarts it when the clutch is pressed. This setup resulted in record fuel consumption for an all-gasoline car.