Comments on: New Engines for VW Golf GT Sport and Passat

By: CHRIS

CHRIS — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 05:23:41 +0000

Really the car is wonderful.Such a engine will be very useful.

By: gilda cruz

gilda cruz — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 13:25:38 +0000

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By: vw golf

vw golf — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 12:33:33 +0000

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By: JohnMartin

JohnMartin — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 01:43:38 +0000

Interesting review, but again only talks about the 1.4 litre petrol engine. I’m considering purchasing the 2.0 diesel, and probably don’t have the time or leverage with the VW dealerships to take out both examples and drive them for a week or two in order to decide which one would be best over the long term.

The diesel is more expensive and costs less to run (diesel is generally more expensive than 98RON and both the city cycle and highway mileage is better) and from a purely economic sense, you wont make back the price difference until you’ve driven a lot more miles than I would have over the 3 year timeframe I’ll be keeping the car. I do however want to “put my money where my mouth is”, and spend the extra $$ to have the car with the smaller carbon footprint.

From a performance point of view, the diesel has much better torque, and hence in-gear acceleration, but the 1.4 beats it by about a 0.2 to 0.4 of a second to most of the speeds I’ll be doing in the city that will take up about 95% of the driving I’ll be doing

vis.

0-40km/h
TSI: 2.2 sec
TDI: 2.2 sec

0-60km/h
TSI: 3.5 sec
TDI: 3.8 sec

0-80km/h

By: confused

confused — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 05:31:10 +0000

ok um why has it got a turbo and supachager, im new to this but dont they both need air to work and correct fuel to air mixtures wich i think would be diffrent but uu kow im just new

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 07:42:46 +0000

Uhhh, 16 inch brakes? You mean it has 406mm rotors? You might want to check that…

By: Reckless1

Reckless1 — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 08:20:04 +0000

I’m looking forward to when VW turns it into a 2.8 litre V8 with twin Supercharger and twin turbocharger, and then into a 5.6 litre W16 with 4 superchargers and 8 turbos

Stuff it all into the Golf, and then we can play :)

By: Colonel Klink

Colonel Klink — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 07:52:38 +0000

Yes great car motor… not liked in the USA as hasnt got 8 cylinders, car not big enough and 1metre less wide then normal… UPGRADE IT TO STINKING EXTRA LARGE PLEASE WITH FRIES ON THE SIDE MAAM… LOL

By: George

George — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 07:00:40 +0000

Thanks for the correction Gavin, for some odd reason the press release listed power output per litre, which is pretty useless.

By: Gavin

Gavin — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 03:12:24 +0000

Power output of 1.4L TSI is not 90kW as listed but 125kW

By: Colonel Klink

Colonel Klink — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 02:56:47 +0000

Wasnt that long ago the bigger then everyone else AMERICANS laughed at TSI motor…..Hmmm. Better do a TAKE 2 on that one!!!!!

They are more busy designing souped up crap butch ugly rubbish on wheels – do not take this Ford Aust fans views; simply go to http://www.ford.com and you will hate the look. Real classic smooth as cars are rarer the elephants flying over in the USA!