Frankfurt: New engine for ADAM

The newest model in the ADAM range was revealed at the Frankfurt Motor Show, reports Autocar. The city car is taking on the all-new three-cylinder turbocharged petrol engine, the first in Vauxhall’s new SGE (Small Gasoline Engine) family, which “will spawn other lightweight aluminium three and four cylinder petrol engines of between 1.0 and 1.6 litres”. Autocar explains: “The new 1.0-litre engine, which has a lightweight aluminium cylinder block, uses direct injection and continuously variable valve timing to help deliver the required performance and efficiency. Vauxhall expects the engine, which is designed to work with start-stop technology, to produce emissions below 100g/km in all of its applications. “Countering the typical offbeat running characteristics of a three-cylinder engine is a chain-driven balancer shaft mounted in the sump. Noise reduction features include acoustically optimised engine covers, a specially tuned intake system and a low-hiss turbocharger compressor. “Refinement is said to match that of a four-pot, while ADAM models equipped with the engine will return almost 70mpg.” The engine is one of 13 new ones to be introduced by the end of 2016. (Link: Autocar, 10 September)