Hyundai developing fuel-saving engine

Hyundai is working hard to meet the challenge of affordable transportation with its newly developed Kappa engine. "The world is thinking small like never before: Smaller fuel consumption, smaller CO2 footprint, smaller overall emissions. Today small is...

Hyundai is working hard to meet the challenge of affordable transportation with its newly developed Kappa engine.

"The world is thinking small like never before: Smaller fuel consumption, smaller CO2 footprint, smaller overall emissions. Today small is beautiful and Hyundai is ready to answer the call to 'small' with our new Kappa inline four-cylinder engine," president and chief technology officer Lee Hyun-Soon has announced.

The first car to sport the Kappa engine will be the I10, which is produced at Hyundai Motor Co.'s Indian subsidiary in Chennai.

Hyundai Motor India (HMI) launched the I10 last October. Over 184,450 units were sold by last June, making it one of HMI's best sellers.

Hyundai's I10, with its 1.25-litre Kappa engine will deliver a fuel economy rating of five litres per 100km (47 mpg) in the European combined test cycle for best in class performance.

In the European combined test cycle, Hyundai claims an I10 equipped with the Kappa engine produces just 119g/km of CO2, which is significantly less than other models in the same range.

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