The engine range also mirrors other models in the C - Class family, with four and six -
cylinder turbo units at the core: six petrol (ranging between 156PS and 367PS) and two diesel models (170PS - 204PS).
The diesel engines are all four -
cylinder turbo units, with every car in the range being available with all - wheel drive as an option.
It uses the same EA888 2 - litre, four -
cylinder turbo unit that powers all high performance Golfs, tweaked here to deliver its peak output between 5800 - 6500rpm, with 280 lb ft of torque available from 1850 - 5700rpm.
The lower - powered three -
cylinder turbo unit, with 89bhp, has claimed fuel economy of more than 60mpg, and you don't need to work as hard to get the best from it.
By contrast, the new Fiesta ST produces an identical power figure but from a 1.5 - litre three -
cylinder turbo unit.
Not exact matches
Living in a world obsessed with downsizing both the petrol - engined models have smaller capacities than suggested by their model names, the 630i utilising the 2 - litre four -
cylinder TwinPower
turbo unit that's used across the range while the 640i's 3 - litre also uses a single twin - scroll
turbo to develop its 335bhp.
In fact, it packs a 2.4 - litre four -
cylinder turbocharged
unit (twice the capacity of the current
turbo car) making a ludicrous 592bhp.
Most of the engines offered are fashionably downsized: two
turbo petrol
units (three
cylinders / 1.2 litres / 128bhp and four
cylinders / 1.6 litres / 163bhp) and two four -
cylinder turbodiesels (1.6 litres / 99 or 118bhp and 2.0 litres / 148 or 177bhp).
Surely bolting a smaller
turbo onto the existing 6
cylinder unit would have been the logical thing to do and it could have been reined in so that it's performance did not encroach onto the entry level Porsche 991.2.
Why you should pay more for the same 138 hp The Sonic's two four -
cylinder engines are the same as in the Chevy Cruze: a normally aspirated 1.8 - liter is the base
unit and a 1.4 - liter
turbo is optional.
Its likely replacement, a twin -
turbo unit with
cylinder deactivation, should be more frugal, but we bet it won't be as vocal or as intense.
The latest power
unit is a turbocharged, 3 - litre V6, which will act as an entry point into the Panamera range alongside the more powerful turbocharged 3 - litre of the Panamera S, the E-Hybrid, and the eight -
cylinder engines of the Panamera 4S Diesel, GTS and
Turbo.
The Mercedes» four -
cylinder twin -
turbo diesel engine is more refined, economical and a far nicer power
unit to use than the equivalent found in the XF.
Only 700
units of this car will be sold worldwide, and only 300 of those will make it to the U.S. Lucky buyers will get a car that's nearly identical to the concept shown a few months ago, with a 3.0 - liter, twin -
turbo inline - six
cylinder that uses a water injection system to bump power from the stock M4's 425 hp to a heady 493 hp.
The XC40 will feature a 1.5 - liter three -
cylinder as its base engine and potentially two optional 2.0 - liter
turbo - fours, including a version of the supercharged and turbocharged
unit from the XC90.
Referring to 12 -
cylindered units as «the pinnacle of engine design,» AMG has chosen not to follow suit of its competitors and downsize the luxury supercoupe's powerplant, instead sticking with an updated version of its 6 - litre twin -
turbo V12 which produces 621bhp and and 737 lb ft of torque.
For the first time in a four -
cylinder engine, the drive
unit is fitted with BMW TwinPower
Turbo Technology with a turbocharging system based upon the Twin Scroll principle together with High Precision Injection and the VALVETRONIC fully - variable valve control system.
Most models are equipped with a 2.0 - liter four
cylinder with 147hp, though the Eco model's 1.4 - liter
turbo unit offers more torque — 156 lb - ft vs 132 lb - ft.
The compact SUV carries on with the same EcoBoost engines for 2017: a standard 240 hp 2.0 - liter turbocharged four -
cylinder unit and an optional 285 hp 2.3 - liter
turbo - four.
Coming to the engines, the 2016 BMW X1 offers a range of four -
cylinder petrol and diesel
units with BMW's TwinPower
Turbo technology.
The power
unit of the new 911 GT2 is based on the six -
cylinder boxer engine of the 911
Turbo, with air supply by two exhaust gas turbochargers featuring variable turbine geometry (VTG).
The 1.6 - litre four -
cylinder MINI TwinPower
Turbo unit, again the dominant force in the 1.4 — 1.8 - litre category, boasts twin - scroll turbocharging with an overboost function, direct petrol injection and valve control based on the Valvetronic system.
Limited to 300
units, the Lexus RX Crafted special is available in five - seat RX 300 four -
cylinder turbo, RX 350 V6 petrol and RX 450h hybrid guises, priced from $ 81,351.
If you want an even smaller
turbo engine, select the 1.5 L EcoBoost
unit that comes with only three
cylinders.
Our former long - termer with the
turbo inline six -
cylinder (325 hp) was quick, but this
unit is excellent, too, and more than adequate for most settings.
Instead, the BMW Twin
Turbo power
unit uses two small turbochargers which, through their low inertia, cut in from the start at relatively low engine speeds, each supplying three
cylinders with compressed air.
The combination of BMW Twin
Turbo Technology and High Precision Injection offers a level of performance a naturally - aspirated power
unit would only be able to provide with a larger number of
cylinders and extra displacement, meaning far higher weight and significantly greater fuel consumption.
The base motor, a 1.5 - liter
turbo four -
cylinder, makes a healthy 192 horsepower and 192 pound - feet of torque, but it's the uprated 2.0 - liter
unit you want.
It was also the least refined power
unit, with a more rattly sound than the three -
cylinder turbo in the Q2 and the naturally aspirated four -
cylinder unit in the Mazda.
The engine is a 4 -
cylinder, twin -
turbo unit and it is mated to a 9G - TRONIC automatic transmission.
Under the hood, all three versions are packing the 3.2 - liter five -
cylinder turbo diesel
unit, with 143 kW and a good 470 Nm of torque, hooked to a six - speed automatic transmission.
By contrast, the Focus's pair of high performance
turbo petrol engines, namely the 247bhp 2.0 - litre four -
cylinder turbo in the ST and the 2.3 - litre
unit with 345bhp in the RS, are among the hot hatch greats.
All of the petrol engines and the four -
cylinder diesel
units fitted in the new BMW 4 Series range stem from the latest BMW EfficientDynamics family of engines and are equipped with BMW TwinPower
Turbo technology.
The Micra's IG - T 90 0.9 - litre three -
cylinder turbo petrol engine has been taken from the Renault Clio, although Nissan's engineers have recalibrated the
unit here to ensure it suits the Micra's characteristics.
In place of the previous - generation's eight -
cylinder engine, both the BMW M3 and the BMW M4 now make use of a 3.0 - liter, twin -
turbo six -
cylinder unit that's good for 425 horsepower and 406 lb - ft of torque.
For the 1 - liter, three -
cylinder turbo petrol
unit we tested, Kia's claims involve an average fuel consumption of 5 l / 100 km and we managed to get 6.3 l / 100 km, which is quite good given that we ignored the car's eco-focused suggestions regarding when to shift and so on.
Unlike before, this is the only six -
cylinder unit available in a new all -
turbo engine range.
The majority of C - Class models are diesels, using either the 1.6 - litre single -
turbo four -
cylinder unit in the C 200d or the venerable 2.1 - litre twin -
turbo four, which makes either 168bhp / 400Nm in the C 200d or 201bhp / 500Nm in the C 250d.
In the past years, BMW has been known to continuously downsize their engine offerings, from V10 naturally - aspirated
units to V8 twin -
turbo, inline - six, four -
cylinder and to...
Chinese media reports state that the Q6 is available with Mitsubishi's 2.4 - liter four -
cylinder petrol engine and a 2.0 - liter
turbo - petrol engine, with the latter getting a 6 - speed manual transmission, while the Mitsubishi
unit gets a 5 - speed box.
Under its hood, the outgoing 1.6 - litre gas - four has been replaced for 2017 with a more efficient 1.5 - litre
unit expected to produce around 180 horsepower, while the old 2.0 - litre four -
cylinder gets a new twin - scroll
turbo to make a healthy 245 horsepower.
BMW TwinPower
Turbo Technology will be used in all power
units of the BMW Group's Efficient Dynamics engine family in the future — not least because it does not depend on total capacity or number of
cylinders.
New 1.5 - litre BMW TwinPower
Turbo engine: high - performance power
unit with hallmark 6 -
cylinder genes.
The new engine family also includes the 2 - litre four -
cylinder diesel power
unit with BMW TwinPower
Turbo technology featured in the BMW 220d Coupe.
There is talk of a three -
cylinder 1.2 - litre
turbo petrol
unit in the pipeline, but that's still some way off.
In terms of powertrains, rumors suggest the sixth - generation M3 will be powered by an upgraded version of BMW M's twin -
turbo 3.0 - liter inline six -
cylinder unit mated to either a standard six - speed manual or an optional eight - speed automatic.
The Stinger 2.0 T utilizes a 255 - hp 2.0 - liter turbocharged four -
cylinder unit, while the Stinger GT 3.3 T packs a 3.3 - liter twin -
turbo V6 with 365 hp and 376 lb - ft of torque on tap.
The standard
unit is a four -
cylinder turbo that should be fairly brisk in its own right, but the available 3.0 - liter powerplant — part of Infiniti's new «VR» powertrain portfolio — will boost output considerably.
The Mercedes - Benz E-Class mid-sized luxury sedan is available with a 241 hp 2.0 - liter turbocharged four -
cylinder engine or a 329 hp 3.0 - liter twin -
turbo V6
unit.
The four -
cylinder VC -
Turbo engine achieves lower levels of noise and vibration than conventional internal combustion engines, particularly diesel, and is lighter and more compact than V6
units with comparable power outputs.