Posted on 11/30/2006 5:33:49 AM PST by Red Badger
GM Daewoo Auto & Technology Co. unveiled the diesel version of their Tosca passenger car at the Papertainer Museum in Olympic Park, Seoul, Wednesday. The model has a 2,000 cc variable turbocharger commonrail diesel injection engine, a 0-100 km/h acceleration rate of 11 seconds and can reach speeds of up to 206 km/h.
The car uses a combination of exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) technology and a diesel particulate filter (DPF) to meet the emission limits of Euro IV, a set of emission standards applying to vehicles sold in the EU since 2005. The new Tosca arrives in Korean showrooms next month and will hit the European market early next year under the name Chevrolet.
GM Daewoo president & CEO Michael Grimaldi expects the Tosca Diesel to strengthen the carmaker’s position in the Korean market, along with the sports utility vehicle Winstorm and the Tosca Gasoline version, which account for 43 percent of its domestic sales. He predicts that the new model will be successful in Europe as diesel cars account for more than half of industry sales there.
Rest In Peace, old friend, your work is finished.......
If you want on or off the DIESEL "KNOCK" LIST just FReepmail me........
This is a fairly HIGH VOLUME ping list on some days......
Not bad specs for a diesel.......or for a small gasoline.......
Do the girls come with it?
Yep, and probably gets great economy too.
When you buy a Daewoo and drive it through town, you'll see them...hanging out with the guy across the street in the Mercedes-Benz S550. ;)
Only on the Korean version, GI.........
That's a bit crap really. My Vauxhall (English GM brand) Vectra is bigger than that Daewoo, has a 1.9litre turbo diesel and does 0-60mph in 8.8 seconds and 218kph. It's Euro IV and does 46mpg. Daewoo are behind the times with diesels it seems.
Why would GM sell a less capable product made in Korea, than a more efficient product made in UK?..............
What I suspected all along.
Sounds like American farm tractor technology.
Nothing runs like a Deere!..............
Yep, you can tell that green from a mile away....
If it runs on reclaimed fry oil, I'm in.
That's a personal question. You'll have to ask them.
The big difference between Deere engines and engines you'll see in a nice, little cars (with or without the really neat ornamentation on the hood, per the above pic) is the mass of the engine.
Deere can build diesels the way diesels have always been built: huge, heavy castings. If you've been around any farm equipment, you know how much farm diesels weigh -- they're huge, massive castings, almost always inline-6 engines that weigh almost as much as some compact passenger cars to in total. The classic Cummins 855 cu-in engines you see in many of the bigger classic 4WD tractors go over 3,000lbs for the engine all by itself.
All these auto manufactures have to build engines that are a lot lighter than that, and that's the challenge here.
Somewht larger diesel
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