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New 3-Cylinder Powerhouse For Opel ADAM

New 3-Cylinder Powerhouse For Opel ADAM

Date: 2014-12-19

The Opel ADAM is the first of a wave of new Opel vehicles in South Africa to benefit from Opel's all-new, state-of-the-art three-cylinder 1.0-litre ecoFLEX turbocharged petrol engine. Opel's latest engine sets a benchmark for running refinement, low-end torque and efficiency. This new generation powerhouse comes standard with 6-speed manual transmission which is also from a new generation of Opel gearboxes.

ADAM is the first car in the Opel range to receive this new, all-aluminium 1.0-litre ecoFLEX Direct Injection Turbo petrol engine which has been developed at the manufacturer's International Technical Development Centre in RŸsselsheim, Germany. South Africa receives the higher-output 85kW version which delivers strong low-end torque of 170 Nm from just 1 800 rpm. Like Opel's other new generation engines, the new 1.0 ecoFLEX Direct Injection Turbo engine offers benchmark refinement with outstandingly low noise and vibration levels for a three-cylinder motor which are even superior to many four-cylinder units.

Mated to an all-new, six-speed gearbox, the new-generation three-cylinder engine also features with start/stop functionality as standard. The engine allows ADAM to achieve combined cycle fuel consumption figures as low as 5.1-litres per 100 kilometres, with CO2 emissions of just 119 g/km.

Come down to CMH Umhlanga, 115 Flanders Drive, Mount Edgecombe, the home of Opel in Umhlanga, and find out more about this new SuperMini. Call them on 031 940 7858 for more information.