Specifically, Piaggio's LCVs are mostly popular in many European as well as Asian markets. The new diesel engines includes at the premium end, a full Euro 5 compliant and diesel particulate filter (DPF) equipped 1.2 litre twin cylinder turbocharged, common rail equipped engine targeted at European customers.
This product delivers 47kW (63hp) with extremely low fuel consumption and claimed CO2 emissions in the Piaggio Porter light van of just 127 g/km.
Given the application of these vehicles in predominantly inner city locations and for delivery purposes, customers will benefit from both the class-leading nature of the DPF system and long service intervals made possible with the new engine.
For more cost-sensitive markets such as India, the same engine family will be offered in a naturally aspirated form, compliant with Bharat stage 4 regulations (the Indian Euro 4 equivalent standard), in the Piaggio Ape Truk Plus vehicle range.
“The degree of flexibility achieved with these engines, in line with the Piaggio Group product strategies for the different markets, demonstrates the very effective manner in which Piaggio and Ricardo engineers have been able to work together to deliver attractive solutions in the form of cleaner and more fuel efficient engines for our customers,” Piaggio Commercial Vehicles Powertrain director Maurizio Marcacci said in a release.
“The new two-cylinder diesel is both a world first in offering Euro 5 compliance in an engine of this type, as well as providing a cost-optimized architecture for naturally aspirated products in India,” added Ian Penny, Ricardo global director for engine engineering.
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