Kia's cee'd family has become the first range to be fitted with the company's advanced new powertrains, including the new ecoTurbo petrol engines, which bring reductions of up to 25 percent in fuel consumption and CO2 emissions.
There are three new turbocharged engines - two petrol units and one diesel - plus a seven-speed double-clutch (7-DCT) automatic transmission for use in conjunction with the new diesel.
The two new petrol engines are the 1.0-litre, three-cylinder, direct-injection T-GDi (ecoTurbo) units announced at the Geneva Motor Show earlier this year, designed to meet Kia's stringent internal targets for reducing fuel consumption and emissions. Kia intends to downsize 70 percent of its internal combustion engines in the next few years, with the T-GDi units destined to be used in other models.
In addition, there is also a new 1.6-litre CRDi turbodiesel engine, with increased power (12bhp more), more torque, and lower CO2 emissions. However, the greatest gains are seen when the CRDi engine is paired with the optional 7-DCT gearbox. Compared with the previous model with a conventional six-speed automatic transmission, emissions drop almost 25 percent.
