Kia to offer ecologically friendly technology in the US market within two years
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One of the advantages of being a metro Detroit Kia dealer is that there are a number of important automotive conferences held just a short distance from those of us here at Summit Place Kia.
This year is no exception as the recently concluded Society of Automotive Engineers SAE World Congress brought some interesting news from the Hyundai-Kia group’s senior powertrain manager.
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Idle Stop and Go
Kia’s Idle Stop and Go technology, called ISG, is already either standard or optional on a few models in Europe, most notably the Kia cee’d and the recently introduced Kia Venga.
In operation, the start-stop system automatically switches a vehicle’s engine off when it is either stopped or when it decelerates to less than 2.5 miles per hour. Once the driver releases the brake or the clutch pedal, the system re-starts the engine. According to Hyundai-Kia, this fuel-saving system will be available on a number of vehicles here in North America within the next two years.
“Start-stop will be a key part of our development activity in the next two product cycles (in 2012 and 2016)” said Timothy White, Hyundai-Kia’s senior powertrain manager during the SAE World Congress.
According to White, ISG is expected to produce a 3 percent increase in fuel economy across the entire model line-up of Kia vehicles while allowing Kia to meet the more stringent vehicle fuel economy requirements expected in North America in the next few years.
Become more fuel efficient at Summit Place Kia
The new ISG system is exciting news the promises to maintain Kia as one of the most fuel-efficient brands sold in America. And while this latest news certainly promises to make our Kia model lineup even more exciting, here at Summit Place Kia we have never lost sight of the fact that the Kia brand has always represented one of the best automotive values on the road today and we will continue to offer our customers the best in both sales and service satisfaction that has allowed us to become the number one Kia dealer in Michigan.
For more information on our entire line-up of high quality, affordable and fuel efficient Kias, you can contact us at our Waterford store by calling 248-682-6002 or by dialing 734-397-9900 for our Canton store. You can also check us out on the web at www.summitplacekia.com. Better yet, stop by one of our two dealerships located at 2200 Elizabeth Lake Road in Waterford, just behind the Summit Place mall or in Canton at 41840 Michigan Avenue, just west of I-275 and see why everyone at Michigan and metro Detroit’s sales leader and Proud Automotive Sponsor of Michigan Athletics would “Love to see ‘ya” in a Summit Place Kia!
