Hyundai has announced it first-ever direct-injection gasoline engine, the new 2.4 Theta II GDI that pledges to deliver more power and an important improvement in fuel consumption over the standard multi-point fuel injected engines. The 2.4-liter four-cylinder unit engine gives an output of 201HP at 6,300 rpm and 25.5 kg.m or 184 lb-ft of torque at 4,250 rpm.
The new 2.4 Theta II GDI, evolved with a budget of 170 billion won (about US$170.5 million) over a 46 month-long research period, is said to give 7 percent more torque at low revolutions and 12 percent more torque at the high-end compared to a conventional engine of the same size.
Hyundai says that the engine presents a 10 percent moderation in mileage over a car equipped with a multi-point fuel injected engine. The 2.4 Theta II GDI will have its debut on the all-new 2011 Sonata sedan that is scheduled to go on sale in the U.S. during the first half of 2010.
The new petrol engine will also be used in other Kia and Hyundai models while he the automaker added that the GDI technology will later be expanded across the gasoline engine family and applied to other models of the group.
