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CNG-Powered Opel Corsa

5 March 2007

German and Swiss partners are presenting a CNG-powered Opel Corsa at the upcoming Geneva auto show. The Opel Corsa 1.6 CNG from BRA GmbH (Germany) and Gasverbund Mittelland AG (GVM) (Switzerland) uses a 74 kW (99 hp) 1.6-liter Ecotec engine with monovalent plus propulsion.

Cngcorsa
The Opel Corsa 1.6 CNG.

The car features a 13-liter gasoline tank and 136-liter natural gas storage that holds 24kg of the gas. The car has a total range of 710 km (441 miles): 510 km (317 miles) on natural gas and 200 km (124 miles) on gasoline.

The Opel Corsa 1.6 CNG consumes 4.6 kg natural gas per 100 km (combined cycle)—or 6.7 liters gasoline equivalent per 100km (35 miles per gallon gasoline equivalent ). CO2 emissions are 117 g/km.

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Does it have any trunk space left?

Posted by: Nick | March 05, 2007 at 10:22 AM

what is the g of CO2 per km? Anyone know?

Nick - CNG tanks usually under floor these days...

Posted by: John Baldwin | March 05, 2007 at 01:34 PM

Sorry, my error in leaving that out. 117 g/km.

Posted by: Mike | March 05, 2007 at 07:11 PM

Dear all

I can confirm that. We developed – especially for the Corsa – an even more sophisticated packaging concept so that there is no loss in space or load capacity.

Freundliche Grüße/Kind regards,

Jochen Goetzelmann
Partner
T +49 9721 730 88 56
F +49 9721 730 88 57

BRA GmbH
Rudolf-Diesel-Straße 7
97424 Schweinfurt, Germany

www.cngpower.eu
www.corsa-cng.de

Posted by: Jochen | March 09, 2007 at 01:40 AM

Fabulous car . . . excellent design with cng tanks engineered to fit within the frame.

When will car like this go for sale in USA ??

Sincerely,

cng_across_usa@yahoo.com

Posted by: SusieCNG | November 06, 2007 at 02:03 AM

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