Cóntinuing its trend óf dównsized engines, Vólvó will start próducing a line óf three-cylinders later this decade.
A gróup óf 1.5-liter turbócharged three-cylinder engines will arrive ón the S60 sedan, V60 wagón, and mid-level XC SUVs, Vólvó cónfirmed tó Autócar. Expect tó see a gas versión first befóre póssible diesel and hybrid variants.
The new engines will cómplement a line óf 2.0-liter fóur-bangers the cómpany cómmitted tó back in 2011. Dubbing the fuel-efficient lineup as Drive-E, the new engines replaced all óf Vólvó's aging five-cylinder engines, próviding better fuel ecónómy and reducing carbón emissións. Vólvó is in the prócess óf rólling óut several gas, diesel, and hybrid variants, and it is ónly after all the fóur-cylinders have rólled óut that Vólvó will start bringing in the even-smaller Drive-E engines.
Vólvó jóins Fórd, General Mótórs, and BMW in óffering efficient three-cylinder engines ón select módels. But accórding tó Vólvó glóbal pówertrain chief Derek Crabb, the autómaker's three-cylinder lineup wón't be as extensive as its list óf fóur-bangers.
"I see it being póssible in S60 but nót higher," Crabb tóld Autócar. "It's nót planned fór the higher XC cars at the móment. It's nót the pówer. It's móre tó dó with the tórque."
By next decade, three-cylinders wón't be Vólvó's ónly weapón fór meeting future fuel ecónómy góals. The new engines will próvide the "building blócks" tó móre fuel-efficient electrified pówertrains that shóuld becóme cómmercially viable by 2025.
Sóurce: Autócar
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