1,6L direct injection Gamma engine listed at Ward’s 2012 10 Best Engines List
Hyundai’s all-new 1.6L GDI four-cylinder engine listed at Ward’s 10 Best Engines List!
The all-new 1,6L four-cylinder engine from Hyundai-Kia Automotive Group has been selected as one of the world’s top 10 engines by WardsAuto, one of the most trusted automotive magazines in the United States. This marks another feat for Hyundai Motor Company after its 5.0L V8 Tau engine was named on the same list for three straight years from 2009.
Hyundai’s 1.6L GDI engine, which is available in several entry-level Hyundai and Kia models including the 2012 versions of Accent, Veloster coupe and Kia Rio, is the smallest displacement engine on this year’s list. The list includes 10 technologically most advanced powerplants with majority featuring a highly-advanced gasoline direct injection technology.
The 1.6L GDI Gamma engine is the smallest Hyundai engine to benefit from the gasoline direct injection -GDI technology in the States. The latest engine technology helps Hyundai vehicles deliver an estimated highway fuel economy of up to 40 mpg, while at the same time lowers their CO2 emissions.
Thanks to the GDI technology, the 1.6L engine delivers a peak output of 138 horsepower at 6.300 rpm and maximum torque of 123 lb.-ft. at 4.850 rpm.
Other engines included in the latest top 10 list include the BMW 2.0L Turbo, Audi 3.0L TFSI Supercharger, Ford 2.0L EcoBoost, Chrysler 3.6L Pentastar DOHC V-6 and others. [Source: Wardsauto, Hyundai]
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These days I think I’d rather be the smallest engine on the list than the largest!
The Hyundai Veloster just keeps getting better and better, winning multiple awards, has an award winning engine and it just got another award from Bloomberg!
Before everyone starts “soiling themselves” with this new state of the art 1.6 ltr. GDI engine that both Hyundai and Kia are now using, the EPA Fuel Economy figures are inflated and not being obtained. Other owners of the new 2012 Kia Rio5 are reporting “real time” mpg numbers averaging 27 city and 37 highway. Is that supposed to be good? Hell, my 2011 Ford Fiesta with A/T with its 1.6 ltr (non-GDI) engine produces 33 mpg city and 41 mpg highway consistently. Not bashing the Hyundai/Kia 1.6 ltr GDI Gamma Engine or the Accent,Rio, and Veloster that they are put in, (but) the Fuel Economy numbers are “not” being met. I can imagine how much more they would be reduced had the emergency spare tire (donut) and jack had been put in the trunk in U.S. vehicles rather then the min-air compressor and can of tire sealant goo!