Emerson going into 2019 will introduce a manual version of its BKC coupe 2+2 touting 229 horsepower from its 1.5L four-cylinder engine.

 

Emerson going into 2019 will introduce a manual version of its BKC coupe 2+2 touting 229 horsepower from its 1.5L four-cylinder engine; however, choosing to use the Emerson sourced 5 speed to differentiate itself from the more powerful BKC slated to release in the next five months.

These vehicles share outer appearances, but under the skin are very much different with the 2016-model design, redesigned for the 2019 model year features the tried and tested 1.5L DOHC B-S series engine mated to the E6A g4 Emerson transmission communicating 276 horsepower to a top speed of 138 miles per hour while the LWm trim boast a 152 pound weight savings over the BKC, the BKC LWm will set the customer that chooses this path a significant increase in cost of 2,841 that will improve handling, dependability for prolonged track use, a decrease in luxury features as this is for the enthusiast drivers and a drop in cargo priorities. While these upgrades improve the handling the decrease in horsepower hampers 0-60 times by 2 seconds and a top speed decease from 138 to 123 mainly due to the different technologies built into the Emerson Performance 1.5L DOHC vs the Stage 1, E-1500 Emerson version.

 

Why would this be the vehicle for you? Driving dynamics built around track use prefers handling over horsepower to a certain degree on particular tracks where corner performance improves lap times over top speed runs on the short straight where the likely hood of reaching top speed has decrease, while having a higher top speed and more horsepower is an advantage the shear weight difference will hamper performance speed in the corners.