Tuesday, June 28, 2011

2011 Chevrolet Captiva: New design and new engines


New Captiva SUV:
  • a sportier look and new engines
  • Line showing the redesigned front affirmed Chevrolet
  • Indoor and dressed in new high-quality materials
  • Seven seats standard, excellent load capacity
  • New engine range, powerful and sober
  • New six-speed transmissions manual or automatic
  • Traction or four-wheel drive
  • One of four world premieres of the Chevrolet Mondial de l'Automobile
The new Captiva SUV will be presented for the first time at the Mondial de l'Automobile in Paris. He gets a new design of its front face, a series of improvements in and a new range of engines and transmissions. The Captiva will be one of four world premieres of Chevrolet.

The Captiva is a true SUV Chevrolet signed. His style is strong and renewed momentum, and it can have a drive system activated on demand, which distributes power as needed.

The new Captiva, however, retains the advantages of its stadium-style seating system, three rows allow it to comfortably accommodate up to seven passengers.

Since its inception in 2006, the Captiva has won the public through its exterior design: the new version, the line has simply become even more successful. Some changes have an immediate visual impact. They touch the front of the new Captiva and give it a sporty even more evident: the hood contours reshaped receives much more marked, the grille is more imposing with its double opening, proudly bearing the logo Chevrolet at its center, the lights are prismatic repeaters and LED indicators are incorporated in the exterior mirrors.

Following the movement of the front fenders, side air vents now adopt a more angular shape to emphasize the sporty character of the new Captiva. But the line short of the amount of the windshield to the rear has been retained to keep the beautiful Captiva profile, characterized by its simple and shoulder line rising.

To complete the renewal outside the Captiva, it now has a new palette of colors and wheel arches can accommodate wheels from 17 to 19 inches.

It is under the hood of the new Captiva which are also many changes have occurred: no fewer than four new engines arrive, more powerful, associated with new six-speed transmissions, manual or automatic, which will give the Captiva a power line while serene. The new range of engines consisting of a petrol engine (3.0 l) and two turbodiesel variants (2.2 l), has many technical improvements aimed at providing an optimal balance between performance and fuel economy.

With the arrival of a new 3-liter V6 petrol engine of 258 hp with direct injection and a variable valve timing, the Captiva is one of the most powerful compact SUV market. The new turbocharged diesel direct injection common rail 2.2 liter available with 163 or 184 hp. The 2.2-liter turbo-diesels are available in front-wheel drive configuration or all-wheel drive.

The chassis of the new Captiva settings have been revised to improve vehicle dynamics, the benefits of cornering, stability and driving precision. In series with the trajectory control ESC (Electronic Stability Control), traction control TCS (Traction Control System) and Emergency Brake Assist BAS (Assist Braking System), as well as front airbags, side and curtain The Captiva offers a high level of security.

Inside, the new Captiva always welcomes both the driver and passengers in its cabin light and airy. It has a volume among the best in class and offers the opportunity to take up to 7 people.

Reviewed in the sense of quality, the interior of Captiva now offers new skins, with fabrics and decorations that give the car a distinctly more upscale. The designers have used some of the items on other Chevrolet models such as the backlight in blue counters wrapping or design of the instrument panel, which blends in contreportes driver and passenger to draw a double alcove.

The new system receives Captiva Hill Start Assist, which facilitates maneuvering during hill starts, and an electric parking brake which releases space in the center console. It can now accommodate two-door 1 liter bottle.

The audio system of the new Captiva includes auxiliary input and USB and Bluetooth compatible. Passengers will appreciate the better the quality of its engineers have reworked the acoustics by reducing the transmission of road noise and engine. The Captiva can receive a system of touch-screen navigation with backup camera for easy parking.

The Captiva offers a lot of SUV for its price: powerful engines but sober possibility of having an all-wheel drive, generosity and a modular interior that can accommodate up to seven passengers.