Best Auto Cars » Forte LPI Hybrid http://www.bestautocars.com Latest car 2011,2012 and cool super cars Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:52:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Kia First Commercialized Hybrid Model, will available in Europe by 2013 http://www.bestautocars.com/2009/07/19/kia-first-commercialized-hybrid-model-will-available-in-europe-by-2013/ http://www.bestautocars.com/2009/07/19/kia-first-commercialized-hybrid-model-will-available-in-europe-by-2013/#comments Sun, 19 Jul 2009 00:54:34 +0000 admin http://www.bestautocars.com/?p=413 Continue reading →]]> kia-forte-hybrid-1
Kia is now going for Hybrid!Kia mother factory,Hyundai already goes for Hybrid,and now it’s Kia turn.Kia had launched Elantra LPI Hybrid, for commercialized hybrid – electric car which targeted Korean market.This new Forte LPI Hybrid car included a 1.6-liter LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas) engine, a 15kW and 105Nm electric motor and a Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT). Kia’s Intelligent Stop and Go system also installed inside this hybrid car.

Korean automaker’s engineers twist a little bit on Forte sedan’s aerodynamics by implementing a new significant front/rear bumper skirts, aluminum wheels and rear spoiler ,specialized cover for the bottom part of the engine room and centre floor. This conversion results in a lowered air resistance of 0.26 Cd, compared to 0.29 Cd for the standard, petrol-powered Forte sedan.

LPG-hybrid version of the Forte won’t be out from Korea.But Kia are working their hybrids towards Europe market this incoming 2013.

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