Since the buyout
of Chrysler of the USA by Fiat of Italy, several Fiat models have crossed the bounds to become Chryslers.
Now it’s the turn of the Lancia Ypsilon,
which has recently been introduced to the UK as a Chrysler Ypsilon. Rebadging 2012 style!
The car is fitted with a long list of nice big-car features such as Magic Parking, xenon headlights, Blue&Me -TomTom LIVE, the Smart
Fuel System and a 360° 500-Watt sound
system with four 40W musical Dome tweeters, four 80W musical Neodymium mid-woofers and a digital eight-channel
amplifier to count a few. There will be 16
exterior paint colour combinations of which four are bi-colour, five
different upholstery trims, and three types of alloy wheels to choose from.
Two engines are fitted, the one is a 0.9 litre (875cc) TwinAir motor with a very impressive 63kW and 145Nm of torque, matched to 97 g/km in C02 emissions. The bigger 1.2-litre develops less power, at 51kW and torque (102Nm) than the smaller TwinAir. C02 emissions are also less
impressive at 115 g/km. Both models are matted to a 5-speed manual gearbox. Diesel fans aren’t left out of the box as
they can specify the 1.3-litre MultiJet II turbo diesel with 71kW and 200Nm of torque, starting from 1500rpm.
Chrysler South Africa
is definitely looking at bringing the Ypsilon over here, just as soon as
someone in their marketing department figures out how to pronounce the name.
1 comment:
Wonder how you pronounce this thing.
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