Showing posts with label vw. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vw. Show all posts
Saturday, October 19, 2013
2014 VW Tiguan R Line R
2014 VW Tiguan R-Line R, volkswagen along at the detroit motor show presented r-line versions on your tiguan and touareg models. 2014 vw tiguan r-line relies by the sel version and delivers 19 “mallory wheels with low profile tires for those seasons. the designers of volkswagen have created various improvements towards the tiguan models by your company, thats resulted within the new r line. this model requires follow the type of owning audi s line clearly as the bmw m sport models.
This model is needed to follow the type of owning audi s line like the bmw m sport models. conjointly, the 2014 vw tiguan r-line has a few components on your design on your passat r36 and touareg’s powerful r50. one of the putting modification will be the introduction of a brand new splitter beneath the front bumper thats coloured which r line offers aerodynamic appearance. the expanded thresholds additional points added appearance of the model whereas the tires are mounted on 19” wheels which are unique for this model. a rear spoiler but a diffuser is incorporated directly into bumper
an identical sense of giving and interior of ones car that brings a whole new look steering wheel till the sports seats are complemented with unique r brand. the seats feature a robust aspect strongholds, and after all there will be the sports steering wheel with 3 arms and aluminum details, whereas the foot management made of stainless steel. enticing exterior details monitors and sports suspension. customary equipment for that vehicle includes vw 2zone system oversight weather, and users are obtainable automatically headlights, front fog lights, wipers that respond out to rain and sports suspension
That the changes brought regarding by this model other then just cosmetic, and testifying that they will are offered to firmly future customers a similar engine choices also like the 2. 0l tdi diesel engine power or 138ks 168ks and proved vw 2. 0l tsi petrol engine developing 197ks. 2014 tiguan r-line is characterised by r-line rear spoiler, fender extensions, bi-xenon headlights with led drl and sports suspension.
as regarding the touareg model, it relies on lux variants and is sold in combination with 4motion and eight-speed automatic transmission.
This model is needed to follow the type of owning audi s line like the bmw m sport models. conjointly, the 2014 vw tiguan r-line has a few components on your design on your passat r36 and touareg’s powerful r50. one of the putting modification will be the introduction of a brand new splitter beneath the front bumper thats coloured which r line offers aerodynamic appearance. the expanded thresholds additional points added appearance of the model whereas the tires are mounted on 19” wheels which are unique for this model. a rear spoiler but a diffuser is incorporated directly into bumper
an identical sense of giving and interior of ones car that brings a whole new look steering wheel till the sports seats are complemented with unique r brand. the seats feature a robust aspect strongholds, and after all there will be the sports steering wheel with 3 arms and aluminum details, whereas the foot management made of stainless steel. enticing exterior details monitors and sports suspension. customary equipment for that vehicle includes vw 2zone system oversight weather, and users are obtainable automatically headlights, front fog lights, wipers that respond out to rain and sports suspension
That the changes brought regarding by this model other then just cosmetic, and testifying that they will are offered to firmly future customers a similar engine choices also like the 2. 0l tdi diesel engine power or 138ks 168ks and proved vw 2. 0l tsi petrol engine developing 197ks. 2014 tiguan r-line is characterised by r-line rear spoiler, fender extensions, bi-xenon headlights with led drl and sports suspension.
as regarding the touareg model, it relies on lux variants and is sold in combination with 4motion and eight-speed automatic transmission.
Monday, October 14, 2013
VW Says “More Masculine” 2012 Beetle will Appeal to Men
VW of America’s Vice President of marketing and strategy Rainer Michel told Autonews that “a more masculine appearance, including a higher beltline, and 20 more horsepower for the base model, should do the trick”.
While female buyers accounted for more than 65% of the previous Beetle’s sales, Michel believes that the percentage for the all-new 2012 model will be split between the two sexes.
He also predicts that the new model will attract younger buyers as well and that the average age of Beetle owners will fall dramatically from 58 to 36 years old.
At launch the Beetle will be available in the US with two gasoline engines: a 2.5-liter 5-cylinder engine with 170HP and a turbocharged 4-cylinder with 200HP. Prices will start from $19,765 for the 2.5 and $24,165 for the turbo.
Next spring will see the addition of a diesel variant while Autonews reported that a convertible model will be launched in the summer further increasing the Beetle’s appeal.
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VW powered Asian Formula series for 2013
The VW China backed championship is set to replace the Ferrari academy supported Formula Pilota series.
A new Volkswagen Group-backed single seater championship in the Asian region is set to kick-off next year, Autocar India can reveal.
Supported by VW China with an objective to train fresh talent for the group’s Asian GT championships including the Audi R8 and Porsche Carrera Cup Asia, the new series will replace the Ferrari-academy supported Formula Pilota China which was introduced in 2011.
Re-christened as ‘Formula Masters China’, the series will see the 180bhp Fiat-Abarth unit being replaced by a slightly detuned version of the engine unit used by VW in Formula 3. Mated to a six-speed sequential transmission, the two-litre naturally-aspirated mill is likely to produce just under 200 horses in the Formula Masters car, compared to 210bhp produced in F3 trim.
The F3-homologated Tatuus FAO10 chassis will be carried over largely unchanged from the current series.
While the calendar is yet to be finalised, it is set to feature six rounds with 18 races in total, visiting three F1 circuits including Sepang, Shanghai and Buddh International Circuit in India as well.
Sunday, October 13, 2013
2012 2013 VW Jetta Base and 2 5L
Once again, I apologize for a ridiculously slow update. Its been nearly half a year since I updated this blog and fortunately I have more entries. New to my reviews is my personal conclusion. Anyways heres some new cars to enter.
Introduction: The Volkswagen Jetta was introduced shortly after the introduction of the Volkswagen Golf/Rabbit. The Jetta became the compact car in VWs lineup, bigger than the Golf but smaller than the Passat. One of the few things that has differentiated the Jetta over other vehicles is the always available option of having a diesel even though many North American vehicles dropped or never introduced diesel as an option. After seeing disappointing sales for the 5th generation Jetta, VW has decided to build its 6th generation with a new direction. Seeing modest success from the City Jetta line from both Canada and 2nd/3rd world countries, VW has opted to go the route of lowering the base price of the car.
Now, whenever I hear of an automaker going the route of cheaper cars I worry greatly. The problem being is something good might actually be cut and reduced to mediocrity or worse something mediocre becomes bad. I do not have many positive things to say about VWs City line so I was not entirely eager about this car in this form.
Performance: Apart from the TDI Jetta which is a diesel, the other two petrol options are the 2.0L and the 2.5L. Im going to pretty blunt here, the engine to choose is the 2.5L. The reason being is the 2.0L is an awful engine, this is a now 22 year old engine design which has not seen many updates and is still lacking things like multi-valve heads which was standard in a Kia Rio 10 years ago. The result is you get 22 year old power and fuel economy, and the 2.0L only produces 115 hp. By choosing the 2.0L youre driving the slowest car for 2013. The Smart fortwo in perspective is 11.3 seconds to 100 km/h, this Jetta is capable of 12+ seconds. Now as for the 2.5L, youre now dealing with a 5-cylinder so expect worse fuel economy over the competition but sadly this is still better than the 2.0L base engine. It outputs 170 hp and 177 lb.ft of torque which is better than previous versions. Acceleration, expect the 2.5L to take the Jetta up to 9 seconds with the automatic, the manual is faster. Case in point, if youre buying a Jetta totally skip the 2.0L and go straight for the 2.5L.
My Score(Base): 0/10 - This engine was outdated 15 years ago, VW doesnt seem to care, inferior in all aspects. It shouldnt exist.
My Score(2.5L): 6/10 - A mild improvement over the previous iteration but still not outright impressive.
Handling: When you take the Jetta around a corner you can expect the Jetta to actually handle most corners with some confidence. Any difficult corners will of course be meet with understeer as is usual with VWs. On the fun factor, Im not inclined to say its all that fun, while the steering has enough weight to it...it doesnt have much feel either. Every time I took either versions of the Jetta while cornering it performed like any other car which doesnt make it special in any way. In some ways, this car is actually kind of boring where its alright but its neither good nor bad. VW definitely intended you treat this as an appliance as simply an item to be used and disposed of.
My Score(Both): 5/10 - Nothing impressive, nothing horrible, pretty boring.
Interior: This is one of the areas where youd expect to see some cuts on a downgraded version of a car and the Jetta is no different. I didnt find the previous Jetta to be all that nice inside, unfortunately that interior was actually more colourful than this one is. This interior is very bland and uninteresting, no special features and on base models the wing mirrors are actually still manually operated. If you come into this car from any previous Jetta you can definitely see this interior is more barren and less substantial than before. In this case newer is definitely not better. Visibility wise the only issue is the rear windscreen being small, which is a problem on modern sedans as of late. Build quality is not great, youre not getting German build quality meaning seeing misaligned panels or loose trim is something to expect. The Jetta is built in Puebla, Mexico.
My Score(Both): 2/10 - Less colourful, less content, same disappointing build quality and lesser materials compared to a mediocre interior from before.
Styling: As always this is subjective, however in the case of the VWs my score is pretty easy. I consider these designs as a fail, not because theyre hideous but because theyre so blatantly lazy. Confusing a Jetta for a Passat is so freaking easy, the moment the car loses its visual identity is the moment in my mind it ceases to exist.
My Score(Both): 0/10 - Blends in so much that its unidentifiable.
Value for money: The base Jetta does bring out an attractive price of $15K, but when you find out what 16K gets you...youll be sorely disappointed. Truthfully the base Jetta is only worth its price if you can find it for 10K new, compared to even base model subcompacts its awful. Now as for the 2.5L you have bring the price up to $23K...again not a good price considering you have to buy this one to not get shafted with the worst engine of 2013. When a Hyundai Elantra gets a decent engine and decent equipment at base spec for $16K why would you spend $7K more on a lesser car for a VW badge?
My Score(Base): 0/10 - Worthless.
My Score(2.5L): 3/10 - Ok handling and so-so power for a lot of money is a rip off.
Conclusion: Taking into account the price and how in general the car is mostly awful I cant in good faith recommend this car to anyone. I particularly hate when a company decides to stick it to their consumers with a relic of an engine just because they bought the base car. To me its assuming the consumer is too stupid to research and find out the 2.0L was a brand new design in 1991, if you had a 1994 Jetta for instance this was the engine you had and it was slow back then. The fewer people blindly buy a car for its badge, the less likely companies like VW can screw you over with an inferior car.
Overall(Base): 7/50 - Utter rubbish
Overall(2.5L): 16/60 - An overpriced, boring car.
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Introduction: The Volkswagen Jetta was introduced shortly after the introduction of the Volkswagen Golf/Rabbit. The Jetta became the compact car in VWs lineup, bigger than the Golf but smaller than the Passat. One of the few things that has differentiated the Jetta over other vehicles is the always available option of having a diesel even though many North American vehicles dropped or never introduced diesel as an option. After seeing disappointing sales for the 5th generation Jetta, VW has decided to build its 6th generation with a new direction. Seeing modest success from the City Jetta line from both Canada and 2nd/3rd world countries, VW has opted to go the route of lowering the base price of the car.
Now, whenever I hear of an automaker going the route of cheaper cars I worry greatly. The problem being is something good might actually be cut and reduced to mediocrity or worse something mediocre becomes bad. I do not have many positive things to say about VWs City line so I was not entirely eager about this car in this form.
Performance: Apart from the TDI Jetta which is a diesel, the other two petrol options are the 2.0L and the 2.5L. Im going to pretty blunt here, the engine to choose is the 2.5L. The reason being is the 2.0L is an awful engine, this is a now 22 year old engine design which has not seen many updates and is still lacking things like multi-valve heads which was standard in a Kia Rio 10 years ago. The result is you get 22 year old power and fuel economy, and the 2.0L only produces 115 hp. By choosing the 2.0L youre driving the slowest car for 2013. The Smart fortwo in perspective is 11.3 seconds to 100 km/h, this Jetta is capable of 12+ seconds. Now as for the 2.5L, youre now dealing with a 5-cylinder so expect worse fuel economy over the competition but sadly this is still better than the 2.0L base engine. It outputs 170 hp and 177 lb.ft of torque which is better than previous versions. Acceleration, expect the 2.5L to take the Jetta up to 9 seconds with the automatic, the manual is faster. Case in point, if youre buying a Jetta totally skip the 2.0L and go straight for the 2.5L.
My Score(Base): 0/10 - This engine was outdated 15 years ago, VW doesnt seem to care, inferior in all aspects. It shouldnt exist.
My Score(2.5L): 6/10 - A mild improvement over the previous iteration but still not outright impressive.
Handling: When you take the Jetta around a corner you can expect the Jetta to actually handle most corners with some confidence. Any difficult corners will of course be meet with understeer as is usual with VWs. On the fun factor, Im not inclined to say its all that fun, while the steering has enough weight to it...it doesnt have much feel either. Every time I took either versions of the Jetta while cornering it performed like any other car which doesnt make it special in any way. In some ways, this car is actually kind of boring where its alright but its neither good nor bad. VW definitely intended you treat this as an appliance as simply an item to be used and disposed of.
My Score(Both): 5/10 - Nothing impressive, nothing horrible, pretty boring.
Interior: This is one of the areas where youd expect to see some cuts on a downgraded version of a car and the Jetta is no different. I didnt find the previous Jetta to be all that nice inside, unfortunately that interior was actually more colourful than this one is. This interior is very bland and uninteresting, no special features and on base models the wing mirrors are actually still manually operated. If you come into this car from any previous Jetta you can definitely see this interior is more barren and less substantial than before. In this case newer is definitely not better. Visibility wise the only issue is the rear windscreen being small, which is a problem on modern sedans as of late. Build quality is not great, youre not getting German build quality meaning seeing misaligned panels or loose trim is something to expect. The Jetta is built in Puebla, Mexico.
My Score(Both): 2/10 - Less colourful, less content, same disappointing build quality and lesser materials compared to a mediocre interior from before.
Styling: As always this is subjective, however in the case of the VWs my score is pretty easy. I consider these designs as a fail, not because theyre hideous but because theyre so blatantly lazy. Confusing a Jetta for a Passat is so freaking easy, the moment the car loses its visual identity is the moment in my mind it ceases to exist.
My Score(Both): 0/10 - Blends in so much that its unidentifiable.
Value for money: The base Jetta does bring out an attractive price of $15K, but when you find out what 16K gets you...youll be sorely disappointed. Truthfully the base Jetta is only worth its price if you can find it for 10K new, compared to even base model subcompacts its awful. Now as for the 2.5L you have bring the price up to $23K...again not a good price considering you have to buy this one to not get shafted with the worst engine of 2013. When a Hyundai Elantra gets a decent engine and decent equipment at base spec for $16K why would you spend $7K more on a lesser car for a VW badge?
My Score(Base): 0/10 - Worthless.
My Score(2.5L): 3/10 - Ok handling and so-so power for a lot of money is a rip off.
Conclusion: Taking into account the price and how in general the car is mostly awful I cant in good faith recommend this car to anyone. I particularly hate when a company decides to stick it to their consumers with a relic of an engine just because they bought the base car. To me its assuming the consumer is too stupid to research and find out the 2.0L was a brand new design in 1991, if you had a 1994 Jetta for instance this was the engine you had and it was slow back then. The fewer people blindly buy a car for its badge, the less likely companies like VW can screw you over with an inferior car.
Overall(Base): 7/50 - Utter rubbish
Overall(2.5L): 16/60 - An overpriced, boring car.
Thursday, October 10, 2013
VW Imagines the Future of Delivery Vans with e Co Motion Concept
The e-Co-Motion Concept is Volkswagens vision of a zero-emissions, compact delivery van of the not-so-distance future, and it was unveiled in the flesh today during a media-presentation held ahead of its public premiere at the Geneva International Auto Salon on Tuesday, March 5.
Smaller than a Transporter at 4.55 meters (179 inches) long, the e-Co-Motion features an electric powertrain comprising an electric motor mounted on the rear-axle together with a single-speed planetary gearbox, and a battery package.
VW said it chose this layout to achieve large wheel turning angles at the front axle and thereby, improve maneuverability, something necessary for a vehicle of this type. Thanks to this design, the e-Co-Motion has a turning circle of 8.95 meters.
The electric motor has a continuous power output of 50 kW (67hp or 68 PS) and a maximum output of 85 kW (114hp or 115PS), together with a constant peak torque of 270Nm (199 lb-ft). While it was primarily designed for city use, VW says the speed limited doesnt kick in until 120 km/h (75mph).
The e-Co-Motion was created to be fitted with three different battery packages. A 20kWh unit provides a driving range of around 100km (62miles), while a larger 30kWh enables 150 km (93miles), and finally, a battery with 40 kWh storage capacity offers a top driving range of 200 km (124 miles).
In its current form, the e-Co-Motion concept has a maximum cargo capacity of 4.6 m3 and a payload of 800 kg (1,763 pounds), but VW said the platform can serve as a basis for as many derivatives as possible "for a wide variety of body concepts and customer solutions".
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