Chevrolet wanted to throw extravagant image of gasoline in cars. That's why the ECO fuel efficient features installed in the latest petrol Captiva.
ECO feature can be activated by pressing a button near the gear lever. ECO active so there is an icon appears near the speedometer.
According to GM Service Manager PT Indonesia Lianggi Rico, with this feature Captiva can be more efficient to 15 percent.
"Yesterday we tried in a traffic jam, city driving with average speed of 41 miles per hour, without the ECO can be 12 percent efficient, with the ECO 15 percent efficient, and if more severe breakdown of gasoline consumption 10 percent," he said at the Senggigi Beach Resort, Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara, on Friday (01/07) night.
If the ECO automatically turned on the car computer will force the car to reduce gasoline consumption, although the riders hit the gas pedal down.
But he could not mention the exact number of fuel consumption of new Captiva.
"That figure is not absolute, depending on the terrain and the driver," he explained.
ECO features can be found on Captiva variants automatically.
Captiva 2.4 petrol engine carrying the four-cylinder inline L configured through technology double overhead camshafts (DOHC) with Double-Continuously Variable Cam Phasing (DCVCP).
This machine is capable of generating a maximum power of 171 PS at
6400 rpm and maximum torque of 225 Nm at 4800 rpm. Power is channeled through GM's Tiptronic transmission (Special AT) 6 speed.
Captiva will be launched officially to the public at the exhibition Indonesia International Motor Show (IIMS) at the end of this July with an estimated price of USD 320 million-350 million.
