New Kia 1.0-Liter Engine to Debut in Europe
The new motor will be featured in the Europe-only Kia Cee’d GT line
The auto industry is cranking out small, turbocharged engines at a record pace to keep up with increasingly strict emissions regulations. The latest comes from Kia, which today announced a new 1.0-liter turbocharged three-cylinder motor mill that’s set to debut in the Cee’d GT Line at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show on March 3, 2015.
The new Kia 1.0-liter engine
Designed exclusively for the European market, the new Kia 1.0-liter engine yields 118 horsepower and 127 lb-ft of torque in the Cee’d, which goes on sale in the fourth quarter of 2015. After that, the “1.0-litre T-GDi engine will be made available on a range of other Kia models in future,” the automaker stated (though none here in the States, it seems).
Kia expects the new motor to produce 10-15% better fuel efficiency ratings than the Cee’d’s current 1.6-liter, direct-injected four-cylinder engine. To produce those results, the Korean automaker used brand new laser-drilled injectors for more efficient combustion; a single-scroll turbocharger paired with an electric scavenging system that scavenges for clean air used for combustion; and innovative dual-thermostat cooling for the cylinder heads and engine blocks.
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