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GM Europe Equips Cadillac BLS with New 1.9L Diesel and 2.0L Flex-fuel Engines

Bls
The Cadillac BLS.

GM Europe is offering two new engines on its 2008 Cadillac BLS: a new 132 kW (177 hp) diesel unit and a 147 kW (197 hp) Flexpower gasoline-ethanol flex-fuel engine. The 2008 Cadillac BLS range is now available with a choice of two common-rail diesel and four gasoline engines; all six engines are turbocharged.

Engine outputs range from 110 kW (147 hp) to 188 kW (252 hp); every engine is available with manual or automatic transmission.

The diesels are four-cylinder, 16-valve units with a variable geometry turbocharger and charge-air cooling, as well as Bosch EDC 16 variable multi-point direct fuel injection and a standard maintenance-free diesel particulate filter system.

The new 1.9-liter 132 kW diesel produces 400 Nm (295 lb-ft) of torque at 1,850 rpm. With the six-speed manual gearbox, this engine delivers fuel consumption of 5.9 L/100km (40 mpg US) and accelerates the sedan from 0 to 60 mph in 8.7 seconds.

The established 1.9-liter 110 kW engine delivers a maximum of 320 Nm (236 lb-ft) at 2,000 rpm. Fuel consumption is 6.1 L/100km (38.5 mpg US) on the combined cycle with a manual transmission.

For 2008, Cadillac is introducing a flex-fuel version of the BLS powered by a turbocharged 147 kW 2.0-liter engine that develops 300 Nm (221 lb-ft) of torque (at 2,500 rpm) running on E85.

The two gasoline-only 2.0-liter four-cylinder turbo engines develop 129 kW (173 hp) / 265 Nm (195 lb-ft) and 154 kW (207 hp) / 300 Nm (221 lb-ft) respectively, with maximum torque at 2,500 rpm, delivering high pulling power at low and medium engine speeds.

The range-topping 2.8-liter V-6 gasoline engine has a twin-scroll turbocharger and variable phasing of the intake valves. This state-of-the-art unit, part of a new generation of engines used globally by GM, generates 188 kW (252 hp) and 365 Nm (269 lb-ft) of torque at 2,000 rpm.

Every model comes with a six-speed manual gearbox as standard, with a high top gear ratio to maximize fuel economy in high speed cruising. Every BLS can be equipped with a five-speed or six-speed automatic transmission (depending on model) that adapts its gear-shift patterns to suit driving conditions and driving style, and features Cadillac’s ‘Driver Shift Control’. This system gives drivers a choice of fully automatic operation or in DSC mode, sequential manual selection of gears using the steering-wheel mounted paddle shifts.

Designed in Europe for the European market, the premium mid-size Cadillac BLS Wagon and Saloon are manufactured (in right-hand drive for the UK market) at the GM plant in Trollhättan, Sweden.

Comments

Nik Bristow

I'd be interested to see what the MPG numbers are for the gasoline and E85 models. A good chance to compare apples to apples on how much more efficient the diesel option is.

agba

Diesel Cadillac - 38.5 to 40 mpg. Awesome! GM may turn around yet!

Please, please, PLEASE... GM management, let your engineers do their thing and design great, reliable, cars. If these turn out to be lemons GM is done.

castigamatti

the diesel is FPT (fiat powertrain technologies)
http://www.fptpowertrain.com/ita/archivio_fotografico_motore17.htm

It is a twin stage turbo.

DieselHybrid

GM,

40mpg diesel powerplants would be welcome additions to your "green" lineup in the US market- right about NOW!

They would make nice additions to your Volt, 40mpg Cruze, and XFE models.

Market your diesels as part of your XFE line-up.
Lutz, are you listening? At $5 a share and burning through ~$1 billion per quarter... time's running out!

hansb

"...new generation of engines used globally by GM..."

Except the US market, apparently! But they need $25 billion of tax payers money to offer some half-baked bunch of stuff, at best, equipped with 25 year old technology 4-speed auto trans! (I know, there is the Corvette - show of hands who's got one - a small minority!)
Who's asleep at the wheel in that outfit? It's time for Wagoner to retire - he's been overpaid long enough! Let's see: dropped market share; except pick-ups - no product; share price in the toilet! Was he ever worth $25 million per year?

jd

keep dreaming these are not T2B5 and never will be, T2B5 was created to keep diesels out of the USA and it works, our refineries are set up to make gasoline not diesel we export the diesel to europe where it sells for $8 a gallon there is no economic advantage to selling that diesel here especially since converting to diesel would lower fuel usage and lower profits no way diesels with high milage come the USA. as soon as someone gets to T2B5 in mass production at near OTTO cycle costs the epa will lover the standard to another unreacable level. like i said keep dreaming and pony up for the gasoline sheep

no, sir Dieselhybrid. It's a new version of diesel family B (four cylinder) PRATOLA SERRA. The 1,9 Twin stage (180cv) is used by SAAB,Cadillac.
The 2.0 Twin stage (190cv) is used by fiat groups (lancia now)
http://www.fptpowertrain.com/ita/pdf/Scheda_tecnica_IT.pdf

castigamatti

no,sir diesel hybrid.
It is a new version of 4 cylinder 1900 cc diesel by family B PRATOLA SERRA.
The 180cv is used in europe by saab e now cadillac
The 190 cv is used by fiat groups , now lancia delta.

http://www.fptpowertrain.com/ita/pdf/Scheda_tecnica_IT.pdf

fred@dzlsabe.com

Note to GMNA rencen wingnuts...NOBODY in Europe is clamoring for Cadillacs or another layer of GM dealers.

This car is nothing more than a reskinned Saab 9-3(its built along side in the same plant). If theyre looking to throw some money at something, get a new 9-5 out ASAP.

Real-world mileage for 2L petrol Saabs is 24 to 34. E85 models will be roughly 20% less. Diesels range from 34 to near 50.

Peter

jd:

Please explain why VW and Mercedes can make T2B5 diesels but GM cannot.

Do you really think that selling diesel in Europe is more profitable than selling it in the States? Sure, it's $8 per gallon, but $4 of that is taxes. What goes to the oil company is roughly the same.

michel

...yea, Saab with Fiat engine - but without exhaust gas after treatment. Good enough for stupid Europeans. Daily gasification or a tiny daily holocaust to our lungs, brains and hearts. Thank you very much! GM!

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