Opel has released
some details regarding their latest turbo
engine, the 1.6-litre SIDI. SIDI is
short for Spark Ignition Direct Injection, and is being hailed as an improvement over its predecessor. It will
first be fitted into the Astra, and
perhaps, but not confirmed, later into other Opel brand cars.
The new four-cylinder
turbo is good for 125kW and 280Nm of torque from 1650rpm. This is 50Nm more than its predecessor. Opel says it will only drink, on
average, 5.9 litres per 100km of
fuel and emit some 139 g/km of C02s. Both manual and automatic versions can be
bought.
No word from Opel in South
Africa yet, but we reckon they will bring this engine here too, seeing as
how they have been trying very hard to be competitive lately.
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