Hyundai is reluctant to apply direct injection to small engines due to the cost and complexity of doing so. Direct injection is known to reduce fuel consumption and emissions. In some applications, it also boosts engine performance.
Hyundai’s new family of engines, Theta II, has 2.0- and 2.4-liter four-cylinders with direct injection. John Juriga, powertrain director at the Hyundai-Kia America Technical Center Inc. in Superior Township, Mich., said that future engines with a displacement of 1.6 liters or less may not have this feature. At a Hyundai Motor America press event at the tech center this month, Juriga said that for the US, he thinks that there will soon be a transition to gasoline direct-injection engines.
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