Under the hood, the Romanian carmaker provides a 0.9 - liter three -
cylinder unit offering 89 horses and a fuel economy of 52,3 mpg UK (5,4 l / 100 km).
The sole petrol version is a 2.0 - litre four -
cylinder unit offering 248bhp and 365Nm of torque.
Not exact matches
Six -
cylinder models use a chain - drive CVT in place of the four -
cylinder's belt - drive
unit, and although it's also been revised for reduced friction, it
offers a smaller ratio spread.
Derived from the state - of - the - art Ingenium family of engines and due in late 2017, the new six -
cylinder is a direct - injected, turbocharged 3.0 - liter
unit that will be
offered in both gas and diesel forms.
There will be two petrol options at launch - a 1.0 - litre triple produces 127bhp at 5500rpm and 147 lb ft at 2250rpm, and the 1.5 - litre four -
cylinder unit driven here, which
offers an almost - punchy 180bhp 5500rpm and 177 lb ft at 2250rpm.
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).
The Cooper S and JCW get new 2.0 - liter four -
cylinder units; a plug - in hybrid might also be
offered.
The 1.5 - litre TDCi engine is a SOHC two - valve per
cylinder unit that employs an optimised combustion chamber design with a variable geometry turbocharger and high pressure injection — it also
offers regenerative charging when braking and coasting.
New First Ever BMW M2 CompetitionThe double - charged six -
cylinder in - line engine, based on the power
unit from the M3 and M4,
offers the best of both worlds: It guarantees a unique appetite for revs for a turbocharged engine,
offers exceptionally linear power delivery across a broad rev range and possesses a distinctive engine sound.
The Mitsubishi Outlander
offers two conventional gasoline engines in the United States: an entry - level 2.4 - liter four -
cylinder unit with 166 hp and 162 lb - ft of torque and a 3.0 - liter V6 with 224 hp and 215 lb - ft of torque.
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.
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 new transmission is likely to be
offered with Maruti's in - house developed 1.5 - litre, 4 -
cylinder diesel engine, which is expected to replace the Fiat - sourced 1.3 - litre
unit.
The turbocharged 2 - liter four -
cylinder won't be the only engine
offered: Volkswagen hints the existing 170 hp turbocharged 1.8 liter four -
cylinder gas and 140 hp turbocharged 2 - liter four -
cylinder diesel
units will also be available when sales begin in 2016.
The four -
cylinder petrol engine, a 2.0 - litre
unit with 197bhp or 247bhp, lacks character compared to the six -
cylinder engines
offered by BMW and Mercedes.
The standard engine is a new 2.5 - liter four -
cylinder unit with undisclosed power and torque levels that's said to
offer improvements in NVH, fuel economy, and emissions over its predecessor, as well as gains in horsepower and torque.
While the engine range is the same, with a 2.1 - litre four -
cylinder unit in three power outputs and a 3.0 - litre V6 diesel (the Sprinter is the only large van on sale to
offer a V6), front - wheel drive is now
offered for the first time.
While no specs were revealed, the automaker claims the 2.3 - liter
unit offers torque comparable to V6 engines and the efficiency of a four -
cylinder.
We do know that the car maker's straight - line 3.0 - litre six -
cylinder petrol
unit will replace the V6, while a plug - in hybrid is also under development which will
offer an all - electric range of «more than 50 km» (31 miles), according to Fetzer.
Based on the same general platform as the VW Golf, the Beetle
offers the same base motor (170 horsepower, 1.8 - liter four -
cylinder) but adds the twist of an available 2.0 - liter, turbocharged four -
cylinder unit that delivers 210 horses.
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 global powertrain lineup for the new Focus will include a range of state - of - the - art Ford EcoBoost ™ four -
cylinder turbocharged direct injection (DI) engines — including the 1.6 - litre
unit in Europe and a choice of advanced and improved Duratorq TDCi common - rail diesel engines, all of which
offer reductions in fuel consumption of between 10 and 20 per cent compared to the outgoing models.
A 4 -
cylinder diesel
unit with several states of tune is planned and regular as well as AMG editions with V8 and V12 petrol engines will be
offered, coupled to a 9 - speed automatic transmission.
In Europe, Mitsubishi
offers the ASX with an 117 PS (115 hp) 1.6 - liter four -
cylinder gasoline
unit, an 114 PS (112 hp) 1.6 - liter diesel and a 150 PS (148 hp) 2.2 - liter diesel.
Coming to the more interesting proposition, Tata Motors is developing a new 1.5 - litre diesel turbocharged motor that will be a four -
cylinder unit part of the new Revotorq family and will be
offered with multiple driving modes.
The engine lineup will consist of four - and six -
cylinder units, but a plug - in hybrid will be
offered at first.
The Amaze's petrol models get the 1.2 - litre four -
cylinder unit producing 87bhp / 109Nm and is
offered with a five - speed manual or a CVT.
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...
In addition to the SVR and P400e, the Range Rover Sport facelift will be
offered with a full range of petrol and diesel powertrains, including Ingenium four -
cylinder and V6 and V8
units.
The hot hatch features the most powerful engine ever
offered in a Honda production vehicle in America: a 306 - horsepower 2.0 - liter turbocharged four -
cylinder unit mated to a short - shifting six - speed manual transmission.
Further engines, including a highly frugal 1.5 - liter three -
cylinder diesel
unit, are
offered in other markets, but are not expected to get an airing in North America any time soon.
The Ingenium engine is a 2.0 - litre, turbocharged
unit delivering 300hp and 400Nm and is the most powerful four -
cylinder unit Jaguar has ever
offered.
The only petrol on
offer is a 1.6 - litre, 4 -
cylinder unit producing 121 BHP @ 6,400 rpm and 151 Nm of torque @ 4,850 rpm.
This means it will be
offered with front wheel drive and all wheel drive version and along four
cylinders diesel and gasoline
units.
Apart from
offering petrol power, the S101 will be
offered with a diesel heart, which could be the Quanto's 1.5 - liter three -
cylinder unit, albeit in an improved condition.
The base engine is a 1.0 - liter with three -
cylinder unit that's
offered 66 horsepower at 5,500 rpm.
However, whilst all of the engines on
offer are very good, we feel the entry - level 2.0 - liter turbocharged four -
cylinder gasoline
unit will be fine for most buyers.
Debut for Kia's downsized 1.0 - litre T - GDI three -
cylinder engine For the launch of the cee'd GT Line, Kia is introducing its all - new 1.0 - litre «T - GDI» engine, a downsized, three -
cylinder power
unit engineered to improve fuel consumption and emissions while
offering strong, willing performance and immediate responses to driver input.
The spacious Volkswagen Jetta is also the only other model to
offer the option of a turbodiesel engine, in this case a 2.0 - liter, four -
cylinder unit that generates 150 horsepower and 236 lb - ft of torque while turning in 31 - mpg city and 46 - mpg highway (when paired with a six - speed manual transmission).
Like a number of other next - gen rear - wheel - drive sedans, the 2016 Infiniti Q50 will
offer a turbocharged engine as part of its next round of enhancements, but details at this stage have yet to be released, and all that's known for sure is that the new
unit will be a 2.0 - liter, four -
cylindered affair.
The engine is Volvo's exceptionally compact six -
cylinder in - line
unit, installed transversely in the engine compartment and featuring advanced technology to
offer the best possible performance.
Audi is going to
offer three different four -
cylinder engines for the Q3, one TDI and two TFSI
units, with horsepower numbers ranging from 140 - hp to 211 - hp.
This new
unit will be good for 247 hp and 269 lb - ft of torque, which will represent a gain of 7 hp and 18 lb - ft over the outgoing four -
cylinder that was
offered in the XE sedan.
Our four -
cylinder engines will
offer higher performance than today's six -
cylinder units and lower fuel consumption than the current four -
cylinder generation.»
Three engine types are
offered, two petrol and one diesel, all of them inline four -
cylinder units.
In the US market, the Altima would be
offered with two engine choices, a 2.5 litre QR25 four -
cylinder unit producing 182 HP of power and 244 Nm of torque and a 3.5 - litre V6 VQ35DE engine which produces 270 HP of power and 350 Nm of torque.
The Range Rover Evoque
offers only one engine in the United States — a 2.0 - liter turbocharged four -
cylinder gasoline
unit rated at 240 hp and 250 lb - ft of torque.
The 1.0 - liter T - GDi is a downsized, three -
cylinder power
unit engineered to improve fuel consumption and emissions while
offering strong performance and immediate response.
There will be a new, naturally aspirated entry - level 1.4, three turbocharged petrols; a sub-100g / km three -
cylinder 1.0 - litre, a powerful 1.6, and an all - new 1.4 - litre ECOTEC turbo
unit offering up to 250Nm of torque.
Under the bonnet, the 2014 Volkswagen Golf GTE plug - in hybrid is working with a 4
cylinder, 1.4 liter TSI turbocharged petrol
unit which can deliver 148 horsepower and with an electric motor which can
offer 101 horsepower.