Two new five - cylinder models with the 2.4
litre engine offered the choice of 140 bhp or 170 bhp.
However the Sonic RS stood to regain some of its credibility; all was not lost as the turbocharged 1.4 -
litre engine offered an additional 3kW and 40Nm over the Swift Sport's normally aspirated 1.6 - litre mill.
Specification: The 6.3
Litre Engine Offered A Massive 500BHP From Build, Which Would Give A Crushing Top Speed Of 175 MPH And This Was Achieved By Increasing The Bore & Stroke, A Revised Fuel Injection System, Special Cosworth Pistons With Higher Lift Cam Shafts And A New Crank Shaft.
Australia's base Mazda2 will be powered by a 79kW / 139Nm 1.5 -
litre engine offering more performance than the current Mazda2's 76kW / 135Nm 1.5.
Not exact matches
Elsewhere in the range Mercedes will
offer two diesels - a four - cylinder 220d and an E 350d with a 3 -
litre V6 turbodiesel
engine.
Several
engines will be
offered to UK buyers, from a 1.6 -
litre petrol with either 120bhp or 154bhp, to tax - friendly 1.5 - and 2.2 -
litre diesels.
Also available will be 1.2 - and 1.4 -
litre naturally aspirated
engines, whilst a more potent turbocharged 1.4 -
litre engine will
offer more mid-range grunt.
Other
engines on
offer include two petrols — a 99bhp 1.4 -
litre and 118bhp 1.6 -
litre — as well as a 108bhp tune of this 1.6 diesel and a very meagre sounding 89bhp 1.4 CRDi, which majors only on list price with worse fuel economy than the 1.6 and a yawning 13.5 sec 0 - 62 time; unlikely to be called upon in Top Trumps, but it will translate into overtaking frustration in the real world.
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).
Fitted with a 4 -
litre V8
engine mated to an electric motor and battery pack, the hybrid sports car
offers up in excess of 800bhp and Mercedes says it will sprint from 0 - 62mph in less than three seconds.
Porsche's entry level # 43,553 petrol -
engined Macan 2.0 -
litre will attract those who enjoy the badge more than the power behind it and Jaguar's # 42,960 Prestige 2.0 -
litre 247bhp F Pace
offers the most room and practicality and one of the better driving experiences, too.
Which is why we were (mildly) intrigued by the arrival of a new 158bhp 1.8 -
litre turbocharged petrol
engine to the range, claimed to
offer the combination of upper - warmish performance — 136mph and 0 - 62mph in 8.6 seconds — plus almost - diesel fuel economy of 41mpg on the official test.
For starters, an # 850 Remus exhaust
offers a rawer sound and a 20bhp - boost in power, while the ECU can be adapted to free an extra 48bhp from the Astra's 2 -
litre engine.
The outgoing Renaultsport Megane
offered 271bhp from its 2.0 -
litre engine.
The
engine is the 2 -
litre single - turbo unit shared with the BMW 118d, and it
offers up 141bhp and 225 lb ft.. This is combined with CO2 emissions of 114g / km (# 30 annual car tax, 13 % BIK rate) and a claimed 65.7 mpg in the hatchback, which completes 0 - 60 in eight seconds on its way to a 134mph top speed.
It's well worth taking the hit at the pumps and going for the CLA 250, too: the 2.0 -
litre turbocharged petrol
engine offers the same torque output as the diesel, is smoother and comes with 4Matic four - wheel drive as standard.
Mercedes 9G automatic gearbox is the only transmission
offered with the SLC43 (only the 184hp, 2 -
litre four - cylinder
engine can be had with a six - speed manual gearbox), but it does mean you get Dynamic Select as standard, which
offers five distinct driving modes (Comfort, Sport, Sport +, Eco and Individual) that provide variations in
engine, transmission, steering and damper settings.
Peugeot's 208 GTi by Peugeot Sport has also been a firm evo favourite for the last couple of years,
offering a far more dynamic driving experience than most rivals, dominated by its rev - happy 1.6 -
litre turbocharged four - cylinder
engine and scalpel - like front end.
The typically polished Mini Cooper S is also a constant threat,
offering a similar combination of a 2 -
litre turbocharged
engine and dual - clutch gearbox in its recently facelifted guise.
Though the Vauxhall
offers similar levels of value and day - to - day practicality — the 158bhp 1.6 -
litre CDTi diesel can manage a claimed 70.6 mpg combined — it lags behind the Ford with a less punchy
engine range.
The Astra's biggest selling point, though, was its 2 -
litre turbo
engine,
offering a then class - leading 237bhp (the Mazda 3 MPS has since topped this, with 256bhp).
The new car uses a 3 -
litre TFSI V6, which
offers comparable performance to the old 4.2 -
litre thanks to a high - spinning supercharger capable of 23,000 rpm - which is far more effective than using twin turbos on the same
engine.
It will be
offered with the choice of two 1.5 -
litre diesel
engines, Renault - Nissan's dCi four - cylinder in 89bhp and 109bhp states of tune.
Mazda also
offers a 163bhp version of the 2.0 -
litre petrol
engine, which is more appealing at the top end than the lower - powered unit.
The XKR's combination of a 503bhp supercharged 5 -
litre V8
engine and a six - speed automatic gearbox is described by Brown as one of his «all - time favourites», and while the numerous versions of the XK — from the naturally aspirated base model to the wild XKR - S GT —
offer the chance for Brown's customers to choose something different, he is keen that his vision for the car isn't too heavily altered: «I wanted a lazy drive and lots of torque and grunt — discretionary performance.
But the S1 deserves attention,
offering a compelling combination of a compact footprint, muscular 2 -
litre turbocharged
engine, and something not
offered by any other car in this sector — all - wheel drive.
As previously reported, the 200 Turbo will feature a 1.6 -
litre turbocharged
engine, and will only be
offered with Renault's EDC dual clutch transmission — and Renault has no plans to
offer a manual in the future.
The three - cylinder 1.1 -
litre normally aspirated versions are the two
engines we've yet to sample in the Fiesta, but as we've seen, their lacklustre performance has little to recommend them to evo readers, especially when you consider that the more powerful Ecoboost
engines offer better performance with no penalty at the pumps or in emissions figures either.
Engine choice should be much the same as Mazda currently
offers for the car, with 2 -
litre naturally - aspirated petrol units and 2.2 -
litre diesels.
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.
Manhart
offers a total of four different
engine - tuning options, with each one pushing the standard 552bhp 4.4 -
litre twin - turbo V8 a little bit harder.
However, it doesn't take a genius to work out that Porsche also has a 3.0 -
litre turbocharged six - cylinder petrol - hybrid powertrain that it
offers in both the Panamera and new Cayenne, and it's this
engine that will find its way to Crewe.
Unlike the previous generation car, which
offered both the 1.4 twincharged four - cylinder
engine (which sounded much better on paper than it was in reality) and later the 1.8 -
litre TSI
engine, this new car features the well - proven, torque - rich EA888 from the Golf GTI.
In fact, it took everything the 2.9 -
litre engine could
offer from second gear onwards.
The petrol
offering, the E250 CGI, has 1.8
litres, a turbo, direct injection and 201bhp, and as this is a «BlueEfficiency»
engine it's super-frugal too.
Entry - level models will come with 2.0 -
litre petrol or diesel
engines offering closer to 260 hp and over 250 lb - ft of torque and will get to 60 mph in 6 seconds flat.
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Engine and gearbox - 2 -
litre petrol and 1.5 -
litre diesel
engines offer power and torque outputs on - par with rivals.
Numerous changes to the
engine and chassis made it a true track racer and Mugen even
offered an uprated 2.2 -
litre 260bhp
engine on the last four cars.
In 2010 The Norfolk Based Factory
Offered Us The Lotus Evora S Model As Part Of The Company Line Up, With The Three Point Five
Litre V6
Engine Boasting A Mighty Super Charger Unit, Which Increased The Brake Horse Power To A Very Healthy 345 Brake Horse Power With 295 lb ⋅ ft Worth Of Torque, Meaning That This New Model Would Accelerate Both Driver And Passenger From 0 - 62 MPH In Just 4.6 Seconds And Would Easily Climb To An Impressive Top Speed Of 172 MPH.
In 1968, the W108 line dropped the 250SE in favor of the larger -
engined 280S and 280SEL; the 250S remained as an entry model until 1969; the 300SE / SEL yielded their 3.0
litre inline - 6 for the intermediate SL type (W113) 2.8
litre engine, and were later
offered with a 3.5 -
litre V8
engine (in both the SE and SEL form, not in the U.S.) and 4.5 -
litre (U.S. only) and 6.3 -
litre V8
engines (in the SEL model only).
For greater efficiency, PEUGEOT 108 now
offers a 1
litre 3 - cylinder 72 bhp VTi
engine.
Two
engines are on
offer to Focus ST buyers - a 247bhp 2.0 -
litre EcoBoost petrol
engine or a 181bhp 2.0 -
litre diesel
engine.
Hyundai
offers the Hyundai i30 with 1.0 L T - GDi petrol, 1.4 L T - GDi petrol, 1.6 L MPi petrol, 1.6 L T - GDi petrol, 2.0 L GDi petrol and 1.6 -
litre CRDi diesel
engines.
Powered by a 3.5
litre V6
engine producing 350bhp, the Sport 350
offers a 0 - 60mph time of just 3.7 secs and onto a top speed of 145mph.
Only three
engines are
offered, one of which is a 1.5 -
litre diesel that produces 109bhp.
The Outlander PHEV
offers an ultra-smooth driving experience, with a 2.0 -
litre petrol
engine and a seamless transition between three driving modes (EV, series hybrid, parallel hybrid), which combine to deliver optimum performance regardless of driving conditions.
* New Daewoo out later this year, powered by 85bhp 1.5 -
litre engine * Also likely to be
offered are 1.2 -
litre and 1.4 -
litre petrol units * Four - speed automatic gearbox to be available as optional extra
The two -
litre turbo - diesel
engine is particularly economical — and therefore ideal for frequent drivers; Presumably updated by ABT it will
offer around 210 HP (standard: 184 HP).
The Tiguan's 2.0 -
litre turbo - petrol
engine offers 162kW / 350Nm and gear shifts are managed through a seven - speed dual - clutch transmission.
The 2.0 -
litre TDI diesel
engine that produces 143 PS and 320 Nm of torque is also on
offer.