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Last Auto account – Constituent Kia accessible to gun for Prius? Hi-tech new amalgam promises ambit of 746 afar and able 202mpg ammunition economy

Meet the car that’s set to about-face up the calefaction on the Toyota Prius. This is Kia’s new constituent hybrid, alleged the Ray.

Revealed at the Chicago Motor Show, the abstraction appearance a powertrain that will actuate the new Cee’d bear in 2012. It’s a 151bhp 1.4-litre direct-injection petrol engine additional by a 78kW electric motor and a lithium-ion battery.

This drives the foreground auto through a CVT automated gearbox agnate to that in Honda’s Insight. It has a ambit of up to 50 afar on electricity alone, or 746 afar by application the petrol engine.

The Ray aswell gets some able energy-saving features, including an engine alternator administration system, and an indicator that tells you if to change accessory to animate economical driving. Specially advised low-rolling-resistance tyres, accumulation a hexagon pattern, advance ability further. The foreground headlamps even accelerate aback to actualize openings for bigger air assimilation if the petrol engine is getting used.

Incredibly, this agency the Ray can acknowledgment 202mpg in constituent mode, yet still has a top acceleration of 109mph. The head-turning physique appearance a slippery, aerodynamic shape, low ride acme and long, top appendage to abate drag. It aswell gets an amid underfloorand attenuated 20-inch wheels.

Composite cobweb seats advice to accumulate weight down, while admission to the aback is by rear-hinged â??suicide’ doors. Other accurate appearance cover a Microsoft-powered infotainment arrangement that allows users to baddest music and accomplish buzz calls via articulation activation.

The Ray aswell gets roof-mounted solar panels, which ability a fan to accumulate the autogenous air-conditioned in hot conditions.

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