Vehicle
Chevrolet Epica
The mid-size saloon developed by Daewoo and sold as the Tosca there, and the reason it is worth its own page is the engine: a transverse inline-six of 2.0 or 2.5 litres, which is a layout almost nobody else has built for a front-drive car of this size. It is long, it fills the bay end to end, and access to the rear of it is the practical constraint on nearly every job. Nothing about a transverse V6 transfers. Also sold as the Suzuki Verona in North America, which is where a good deal of what exists in English was written.
Generations
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First generation 2004–2011
A transverse inline-six in a front-drive saloon; sold as the Daewoo Tosca and Suzuki Verona.
- Body styles
- Sedan
- Platform
- GM Epsilon
- Engines
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- 2.0 straight-six — petrol
- 2.5 straight-six — petrol · 115 kW (154 hp) · 237 Nm (175 lb-ft)
- 2.0 turbodiesel — diesel · 110 kW (148 hp) · 320 Nm (236 lb-ft)
- 1.8 — petrol · 90 kW (121 hp) · 165 Nm (122 lb-ft)
- Transmissions
- 4-speed Aisin 81-40LE automatic · 5-speed Aisin AF33 automatic · 6-speed GM 6T40 automatic · 6-speed GM 6T45 automatic · 5-speed GMDAT D24 manual
- Drivetrain
- Front-wheel drive
Service information
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