Skoda begins production of new engine with Audi, Seat, VW
November 19, 2009 by Matt Brogan
Skoda has commenced production of a new four-cylinder engine which will be shared between itself, Audi, Volkswagen and Seat.
The all-new 1.2-litre design is a supercharged, direct fuel injection unit capable of producing 77kW and will carry the TSI (Turbo Stratified Injection) family name.
Skoda BOD chairman, Reinhard Jung, said the engine was designed specifically to minimise CO2 emissions and fuel consumption.
“This brand new TSI engine provides a unique opportunity of combining environmental friendliness with a well-balanced driving performance.
“With substantially lower CO2 figures, this new engine needs to be seen as a contribution to a significant reduction of average emission volumes in our cars,” he said.
The new engine has forced the expansion of Skoda’s manufacturing plant in Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic, which yesterday celebrated 110 years of constant engine production.
Skoda’s head of engine manufacturing, Milan Stanek, was delighted with the decision to produce the new TSI at Mladá Boleslav, a site that made more than 270,000 engines and half a million transmissions last year.
“This new unit is going to be one of the most important engines for the company, and we are indeed pleased that it is our plant that is going to manufacture it.”
November 18 marked the 110th anniversary of the first official ride on a Laurin & Klement motorbike produced at Mladá Boleslav in 1899.
Skoda Works acquired the engine plant in 1925 which later went on to become the Skoda Auto we know today.
by Tim Beissmann
Print it: 
New VW Polo 1.2 liter, 77kW, 175Nm between 1550 – 4100rpm, city fuel economy 6.8L/100km, freeway 4.5L/100km, Top speed 190km/h and 0 to 100km/h in 9.7 sec.
Replace the base Octavia 1.6 with this engine please – more power/torque, less fuel consumption. Great!
I Czech Rep you can buy it with the 1.4TSI engine and 7 speed DSG
Yeah I know that, its just this engine is new and maybe Skoda Australia would be smart enough to realise this engine is new, then maybe they’d import it! Defs a replacement for the current 1.6FSI in the Roomster range though!
Maybe that is why Fabia is late because we will get it with this new engine!?!
Yeah, Skoda Aus said that they’re gonna bring in the facelifted Fabia range (no point in importing the current one, because it’d be faclifted within two secs, like the Octavia) so I reckon that’ll get this engine. AND the RS (Y)!!!
Who’s been building the engine up until now then? Because the 1.2 TSI is already in the new Polo and it seems strange they’d build it in one place for the first four months and then move.
However, from the reviews I’ve read for the new Polo, it’s apparently a great engine. I hope Vollswagen’s TSI engines don’t suffer from the stupid no turbo rules for P Platers that some Australian states have, especially this one because it’s such a tiny engine and may be affordable to a lot of young drivers.
Could be in the new Dresden factory.
If you could read the article again, you would understand that it’s a brand new engine, so nobody has been making it before.
It’s a 1.2 Supercharged engine, as distinct from the 12. variants with NA or Turbo.
I’m confused….this engine is supercharged but has a TSI nameplate (Turbo Stratified Injection) Isn’t that the same title as the current Turbo/Supercharged combo arrangement?
Engine choice for Octavia in Czech Rep
» 1,4 MPI/59kW
» 1,6 MPI/75 kW
» 1,4 TSI/90 kW
» 1,4 TSI/90 kW aut.
» 1,8 TSI/118 kW
» 1,8 TSI/118 kW aut.
» 1,6 TDI CR DPF/77 kW
» 1,6 TDI CR DPF/77 kW aut.
» 1,9 TDI PD/77 kW
» 1,9 TDI PD/77 kW aut.
» 2,0 TDI PD DPF/103 kW
» 2,0 TDI PD DPF/103 kW aut.
» 2,0 TDI PD/103 kW
» 2,0 TDI PD/103 kW aut.
» 2,0 TSI 147 kW (RS)
» 2,0 TSI 147 kW aut. (RS)
» 2,0 TDI CR DPF 125 kW (RS)
» 2,0 TDI CR DPF 125 kW aut. (RS)
» 1,6 TDI CR DPF 77 kW
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Yep, and don’t forget the 1.6 L with Factory fitted LPG.
Yes I missed that one.
The new version of the Octavia LPG and the Octavia Combi LPG is based on a 1.6 MPI/75 kW petrol engine that meets the EU4 standard and burns both unleaded petrol and LPG. The car is available with a five-speed manual gearbox. The engine provides a power output of 75 kW (102 hp) when burning petrol and 72 kW (98 hp) when using LPG. Petrol consumption is 7.1 litres/100 km and LPG consumption is 9.2 litres/100 kilometres. CO2 emissions are at a low level; 149 g/km for LPG and 169 g/km for petrol.
A 1.4 with 59kw in a Octavia, does it even move??
That engine in the Polo is slow as is…
No Myke it doesn’t move, it’s Skoda’s attempt at a car shaped garden gnome.
Some people are forgetting how little power the VW Beetle had in the early days, yet it still moved and sold more units than almost any ohter car ever built.
Wow a big block 1200cc with 77kw! Love to see its credentials with all 4 seats filled!
Why is this even news?
Because they will sell millions of them to people who drive around European cities and pay vast sums of money for Petrol as opposed to diesel.
But you’re just full of dumb comments so you’re hardly worth replying to.
Petrol in Germany today cost 18% more than diesel. If I convert Euro to AUD yes it cost a lot more but wages are different over there casr are more economical at least 30% and travel less and use more public transport. If you going from Frankfurt to Paris with train is quicker than with plane.
Because they will sell millions of them to people who drive around European cities and pay vast sums of money for Petrol as opposed to diesel.
So lets see, they will have to go and spend more money on a new car that is petrol powered instead of the cheaper to run Diesel alternatives!
And you have the nerve to tell me I am full of dumb comments!
Everybody is going to agree with Reckless1, you are full of dumb comments.
Excellent choice of engines from VAG, something for everyone.
VAG – something for everyone. Bigger…bigger…bigger…splat! Sound familiar, anyone? By the time VAG have realised they’ve lost their soul, it’ll be too late to find it.
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Fiat/alfa have a cracker of 1.4Turbo engine pruducing 134KW with innovative Multiair technology. It even outperforms VAG 1.8TSI which produces 118kw.
Yep, I have the nerve to call you on your dumbass comments. You just made another one.
Here ya go, sweetie – they will not have to go and spend more money on a new car at all.
If they were in the market, they will now have an additional choice of engine. The supercharged 1.2 might be the best fit for their circumstances, so they’ll buy it.
IF they want a nice power plant for there lawm mower maybe.
D%#kless 1:
What part of Diesel being cheaper in Europe than petrol don’t you understand? It is not like Europeans do not have choices right now with the abundance of little econoboxes and engines to suit, and guess what dumbass, diesel is still the more popular choice.
Lets compare this revolutionary Skoda engine to the larger CRDi fitted in the I30 for instance. You get a bigger car with more power, more torque and better fuel consumption and as a bonus the diesel is cheaper as well!
So unless you and your mate Toyota Guru bogan can come up with some real valid reasons apart from ‘choice’, to why this engine development is so spectacular in comparison to any other recent modern 4 cylinder your comments are in the same dumbass pedigree as those of the Skoda cheer girls that frequent here!
You will find, people, that diesel is more expensive than petrol in several major european countries. UK is one example. It would seem that the point of the TSI engine is that it offers diesel like torque (200 Nm from 1,500 to 4,000 RPM), and elevated BHP (122 as opposed to 80 from conventional 1.4 petrol with 40 MPG, or 102 from the 1.6 petrol with 38 MPG). The 1.4 TSI delivers 45 MPG. (All MPG for combined cycle). I have test driven all of these engines as well as two diesel variants, and I can tell you there is definitely a place for this unique engine.
Diesels are still the more popular choice, but with a price premium of approx 1600-1800 euros, that popularity will reduce, especially amongst those not doing high annual mileage, as the diesel MPG advantage will not offset the higher purchase and maintenance costs. Each to his own, fitness for purpose is the name of the game. Personally I preferred the 1.4 TSI to the 1.9 TDI or 1.6 petrol, and therefore just bought one. Take some test drives, you may be pleasantly surprised, I know I was. TRN
Gee skoda must be getting under some peoples skin , like a rash .
Well get used to it the VAG group will only get stronger , leaders in power/economy.