Japanese automobile giant Honda Motor Co. has unveiled five new engines at ongoing Toyota Motor Show 2011 which includes a 1.6 Liter Diesel Engine. The new engine could define the future of Honda in diesel dominating markets like India.
The newly unveiled 1.6 Liter i-DTEC turbo diesel engine will produce a peak power of 120 Bhp of 4,000 rpm and peak torque of a gargantuan 300 Nm at 2,000 rpm. This engine could be installed into the Honda’s bread-earner in Indian market- the City sedan.
Honda unveiled a lineup of four- and six-cylinder engines, as well as a family of continuously variable transmissions, that will reach the market over the next two years. The Earth Dreams engines have direct injection and double overhead cams. As the Honda vehicle lineup is redesigned, even the base four-cylinder engine will have a twin-cam setup. Some midcycle revisions could get the new engines before a vehicle receives a full redesign, said Keiji Ohtsu, a chief engineer with Honda R&D.
The specifications for the new Honda engines are:
– A 3.5-liter V6 with 310 hp and 265 lb-ft of torque. This is 30 more horsepower and 11 more lb-ft than the outgoing 3.5-liter engine in the Acura TL.
– A 2.4-liter inline-four with 181 hp and 177 lb-ft of torque. This will be the base engine in the redesigned Accord coming next fall and could find its way into the midcycle change for the CR-V in 2013.
– A 1.8-liter inline-four with 148 hp and 133 lb-ft of torque, which could be installed in the 2013 midcycle change for the Civic.
– A 1.5-liter inline-four with 127 hp and 111 lb-ft of torque for the Fit, perhaps in time for the midcycle change in 2012.
– A 1.6-liter turbodiesel engine that has comparable power to a current 2.2-liter diesel, with 220 lb-ft of torque but much better fuel economy.
