Wednesday, October 19, 2011

New Lancia Thema Saloon Available In Europe



Last Wednesday, the Lancia Thema was a new sedan available on the European market.

Italian company's first large sedan after the unfortunate discussion was abandoned in 2009, is one of the two models to break the alliance between Lancia and Chrysler, the other is the Town & Country Voyager MPV base.

The theme is basically a Chrysler 300 Lancia wear badges and as such it was an easy and inexpensive for the Fiat Group to extend the high-end Lancia without sink valuable resources to the brand that was once famous for its achievements in World Rally scene.

Lance said it expects to sell about 10000 15000 Thesis examples in continental Europe and the Chrysler 300 in the United Kingdom and Ireland every year.

Five feet long, rear-wheel drive sedan is offered three engines in Europe.

Supply Top Chrysler Pentastar 3.6-liter V6 that provides 286HP (210 kW) at 6350 rpm and 340 Nm of torque at 4650 rpm. Together with the eight-speed automatic six-cylinder petrol engine pushes the Thema 0-100 km / h (62 mph) 7.7 seconds and a top speed of 240 km / h (149 mph), when you return an average fuel consumption of 9 , 4 lt/100 km (25mpg U.S.) CO2 emissions 219 g / km.

Lancia also offers a 3.0-liter V6 Euro 5 diesel engine in two states of the height built by VM Motori and developed with Fiat Powertrain. Both variants are paired with a five-speed automatic transmission.

The basic version of the oil burner produces 190HP at 4,000 rpm and 440 Nm at 1600-2800 rpm allows a 0-100 km / h in 9.7 seconds.

The most powerful version provides 239HP and 550 nm at 1800-2800 rpm 0-100 km / h sprint time of 7.8 seconds and a top speed of 230 kmh (143 mph).

Both diesel engines to return 7.1lt/100km fuel economy (33.2mpg U.S.), the European combined cycle.

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