SPESIFIKASI Mobil Ford | Kenalkan Mesin Diesel Baru |Berstandar Euro 5
Over the last few years, the trend of the automotive world has really changed. Era of high-powered engine giant has now been abandoned. Even now more and more car buyers are interested in saving fuel consumption and low emissions. And low operational costs.
But for the business of transportation, the ability of the fuel consumption is lower of course more than just a problem of pride. Vehicles used of course has a high mileage daily. Therefore, diesel engines become so loved in Europe.
The automotive manufacturers realize this and strive to create a more efficient diesel engines to save fuel transportation business finance. One is Ford's announcement have developed their diesel engines to meet Euro 5 standard.
"Vehicles which we will introduce next year, is a small car and thought about 150,000 units per year. This will be a unique vehicle and will not be a vehicle that we have in our portfolio today," said Executive Vice President of Global Manufacturing Ford, John Fleming as quoted by AP news agency on Thursday (08/12/2010).
Flaming divulge when production begins late next year. "Maybe September, and about the specification of the car, later," he added.
Being asked about the factory in Craiova, 250 km west of Bucharest, according to Fleming, Ford was behind him by buying the former Daewoo factory two years ago. Rp7 investment fund, 91 trillion has been prepared to increase production capacity to 300,000 cars and 300,000 engines by 2013. In fact, the agreement with the Romanian government, its production capacity of 250,000 units.
But, all these plans, Fleming further depending on market conditions. It could be, not as much production capacity, but could at least 250,000 units according to the agreement.
Today, the factory has employed 3,500 employees from the former Daewoo factory. Ford, said Fleming will add another 3,500 employees.
This machine will be used on the Ford Transit Connect and Turneo. With a capacity of 1800cc TDCI. This machine offers three choices of power output 75dk, 90dk and 110dk with 5-speed transmission.
What is unique is that the engine offers the same fuel consumption of 6 liter/100km thrifty with 160gram of CO2 emissions per km. To achieve 100km/jam takes just 14.4 seconds (110dk version) 17.4 seconds (90dk) and 21 seconds (75dk). Ford will also be providing long-wheelbase versions of these Euro 5 diesel cars.
What about diesel cars in Indonesia? It seems the government still had to do "PR" improve the quality of diesel fuel in Indonesia. Well when this technology to Indonesia
