I'm not sure it is the same article (no table in it) but the same newspaper, and concept car: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/mar/06/new-kia-no-3-concept-car-stars-at-geneva-show/
The 15 kW 105 Nm rating is the supplemental electrical motor as explained in the article. The output of the gasoline engine is not revealed. --- On Fri, 3/6/09, Bill Hooper <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Bill Hooper <[email protected]> > Subject: [USMA:43362] Re: SI in Auto reports > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, March 6, 2009, 10:43 AM > On Mar 6 , at 9:23 AM, STANLEY DOORE wrote: > > > The "New Kia No 3 concept car stars at Geneva > Show" article reported by Motor Matters in the March 6 > issue of The Washington Times uses all metric. Great! > > Following are a few examples > > Gasoline only > Hybrid gas-electric > > > > Length 4045 mm > 4045 mm > > CO2 rating 137 g/km > 109 g/km > > Engine size 1.4 & 1.6-litre > 1.6-litre > > Fuel Consumption > 4.81 liters per 100 km > > > 15 kW > > > 105 Nm AC > > Acceleration to > 11.8 seconds > > 100 kph > > Top speed > 185 kph > > To what do those two items, "15 kW" and 105 Nm > AC", refer? > > They seem to be unlabeled in the table, but the table was a > bit garbled (just not well lined up, mainly) as I received > it on my computer (a common problem with tables transmitted > by email). > > "15 kW" is obviously a power, but - power of > what? The "4.81 L/100 km" is presumably the fuel > consumption for the gasoline-only car (although my garbled > table shows it in the "hybrid" column. So the 15 > kW perhaps belongs in the next (hybrid) column, but why it > would be on the line labeled "fuel consumption" I > don't know. > > 105 Nm might be a torque but that makes the appended > "AC" confusing. > If it is a torque, then, torque of what? > And if it is torque and the unit is supposed to be > newton-metres, then the symbol should be "N m" or > "N.m" or "N·m", with a space or dot or > raised dot between the symbol for newtons and the symbol for > metres.
