GM’s Chevrolet brand will show its first ever diesel-engined car at this year’s Bologna Motor Show (December 7-17) with a diesel-engined variant of the Lacetti model (sold in some markets as the Chevrolet Nubira, Buick Excelle, Chevrolet Optra – and it is still a Daewoo Lacetti in Korea).
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Set to go on sale in the first half of 2007 and distinguished by a new, chrome finished radiator grille, the new Lacetti TCDi comes with an all-new 2.0-litre common rail turbodiesel engine, developing 121PS at 3,800rpm and 280Nm of torque at 2,000rpm.
The new engine features the latest Bosch-developed common-rail injection system, which injects fuel directly into the combustion chambers at a pressure of up to 1,600 bar.
The TCDi engine allows the car to accelerate from 0-62mph in 9.8 seconds and there’s a top speed of 117mph, returning a combined fuel economy figure of 58.8mpg in the Lacetti five-door hatchback and 52.3mpg in the larger Lacetti Station Wagon.
The Euro IV compliant diesel unit augments the model range’s existing gasoline-powered 4-cylinder engines.
