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Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Captiva has got a 1991cc four cylinder VCDi displacement engine. The diesel 2.0 liter engine produces a maximum power of 148 Bhp at 4000 rpm and the maximum torque of 320 Nm at 2000 rpm. This new class of diesel engine has been made by GM Powertrain and GMDAT with VM Motori. The suspension is Mc Pherson strut with Twin tube gas strut.
The ground clearance comes to 197.00mm and the kerb weight is 1820.00 kilograms. The front brakes are ventilated whereas the rear ones are disk. It has the five manual gear system and the tyre size is 235/60 R17. The dimensions of Captiva are 4660mm length, 1870mm width and 1755mm height.
An on demand system has been given in the vehicle wherein rear axle is selected through an electromagnetic coupling. This gives maximum traction. ESP and ABS systems are too given in Captiva to make the drive safer and convenient. Some additional functions included in the vehicle include hydraulic brake assist, hill descent control and active rollover
History Chevrolet was founded in 1911 by Louis Chevrolet, a Swiss-French race-car driver, and William C. Durant, an American and former founder of General Motors who had been forced out of the company in 1910. Durant and Chevrolet were previously acquainted as Durant had hired Chevrolet to drive Buicks in promotional races prior to his founding of GM.
The "bowtie" logo used by Chevy was first used in 1913. Originally thought to have been inspired by the wallpaper Durant once saw in a French hotel, recent research shows that the design may be based on a logo for "Coalettes". In 1915 Durant was setting up production for Chevrolet vehicles in Toronto, Canada during which they agreed Chevys with with McLaughlin-designed bodies would be built. Within three years both companies had been purchased by General Motors and became General Motors of Canada Ltd.
