Volvo: technical characteristics of the 2.0 GTDi engine
Downsizing now also involves the mechanical components. In achieving 2.0 GTDi petrol engine, Volvo has in fact worked with Borg-Warner and Benteler Automotive (manufacturer of steel components) to complete the turbocharger smaller than the market in relation to power output. Miniaturization, a subject dear to the Oriental Engineering, also whets the Scandinavian peninsula, so long to propose a four-cylinder gasoline 1.999cm ³, 203 horsepower (at 6000 rpm) and 300Nm of maximum torque available already from 1750 rpm. This new unit is offered for the petrol S80, V70 and XC60.
Hyundai Announces Sonata Theta II GDI
Hyundai Motor Co. launched the Sonata or HMC 2.4 L Theta new GDI for the domestic market, Monday (18/1/2010). Presence sedan for mid-size segment is making a breakthrough for the largest car manufacturers in the State Ginseng. Among these, the first engine with gasoline direct injection on the performance benefits of mid-size segment. Then, HMC made a step toward excellence in the automotive industry with the consumption of fuel economy.
Audi A8: the incoming 3.0 TFSI engine from 290 hp V6
Begins to widen the range Audi A8, now in its third generation and currently only available with engines from 372 bhp 4.2 FSI and 4.2 TDI 350 bhp, both characterized V8 architecture. Under the bonnet of the Ingolstadt’s new flagship will debut in the short 3.0 TFSI V6 engine that delivers 290 hp and 420 Nm of maximum torque, already used for the A6 allroad and among other things combined 8-speed Tiptronic gearbox.
Hyundai Genesis Coupe 3.8 V6 engine with 310 hp is launched in Argentina
Hyundai has just toss in Argentina edgier version of Genesis Coupe. This is the variant equipped with an engine 3.8 V6 that delivers 310 horsepower. Remember that the most basic version of Genesis Coupe, equipped with 2.0 liter turbocharged 210 horsepower, is already sold in the neighboring country since December last year.
Ford confirmed a new Ford F-150 with EcoBoost engine
Tuesday Morning is a great day for those who are automotive engineers, and is celebrated on the SAE Congress in Detroit, an event where manufacturers and suppliers are rushing to submit their technical papers that “cool” with their technology advanced.
In a year that the application of gasoline direct injection, downsizing and cutbacks in the number of cores will be the note of the symposium, Ford will also be used to confirm something we already knew: The new Ford Explorer will a two-liter EcoBoost four-cylinder. And what is completely new: appears at the end of the year a new F-150 whose heart will comprise a six-cylinder EcoBoost technology uve.
The Peugeot 207 gets a new engine with 112 hp 1.6 HDI
Peugeot will begin marketing in May of a new variant of 207, equipped with a 112 hp diesel engine and six relationships change. With the introduction of this block will disappear above 1.6 HDI 109 hp and five-speed manual gearbox.
Spain: New 163 hp diesel engine for Peugeot 5008
Gradually the range of Peugeot 5008 is taking shape and, most recently adding a new diesel engine, positioned at the top of the range. His performance is very good and today is the most powerful version with 163 hp.
The two-liter HDI engine develops a maximum torque of 340 Nm. In performance is very well served, reaching a top speed of 190 km / h while acceleration from 0 to 100 km / h is done in 10.5 seconds. The average consumption is 6.8 L/100, slightly high but is justified because it is associated to a six-speed automatic.
Ford 1.4 TDCi engine replaced by a 1.6 TDCi 75 bhp
For now know the exact date of launch in the Spanish market, but in Germany are already on sale equipped with the Ford Fiesta 1.6 TDCi engine 75 hp, a propeller that comes to replace the previous 1.4 TDCi 70 bhp.
WRC commissioner wants to force manufacturers to use one engine per year
The director of the WRC commission, Morrie Chandler, confirmed the agency’s intention to make the manufacturers participating in the championship with the new cars (remember, the S2000 with 1600 turbo engine) have to use one engine for the entire season .
It is said that this measure would serve to reduce operating costs of equipment, which thus would have less investment in powertrains. But as you mentioned the people of M-Sport (Ford), the development of an engine with a length of 8,000 kilometers (over a year) would be much higher than what is spent now to create a propellant.
Nissan Murano 2.5 dCi
The crossover flagship in September from 190 hp turbo-diesel
The second-generation Nissan Murano, now available only with the V6 3.5-liter gasoline engine, is expanding its offering by deploying a new turbodiesel version that follows the trend of an increasingly sensitive to costs.
