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Volkswagen Polo Blue GT Is First Car With FourCylinder Deactivation Tech — Volkswagen Polo BlueGT

12 Янв 2015 | Author: dima | Комментарии отключены

Volkswagen Polo Blue GT Is Car With Four-Cylinder Deactivation

Volkswagen is setting out to prove green econo cars can be too with its latest Polo GT model that is making its debut today at the 2012 Motor Show.

Based on the Polo hatchback that’s on sale overseas for several now, the Polo Blue GT performance with excellent by introducing Volkswagen’s new generation engine with cylinder technology .

This is the first production of the advanced four-cylinder engine but you can bet are just around the corner, possibly some models to the U.S.

The tiny engine just 1.4 liters yet it delivers a 140 horsepower thanks to turbocharging and technologies. It also comes with an engine stop-start and brake energy regeneration.

The setup sees the Polo GT go from 0-60 mph in under 8 top out at 131 mph, and return a fuel on the European combined cycle of 50 Note, these figures are for the Opt for Volkswagen’s sweet seven-speed DSG and you’ll see economy rise to 52

Volkswagen is the first automaker to cylinder deactivation as a fuel-saving in smaller engines, because were previously only in larger engines with six or cylinders. Shutting down the and third cylinders under low and load reduces fuel in the European combined driving by about 8 mpg. In constant driving at 31 mph in third or fourth fuel savings are as much as 16 Even at 43 mph in fifth gear, consumption is still reduced by 11

The cylinder deactivation feature active at engine speeds 1,250 to 4,000 rpm, and at outputs from 18 to approximately 74 broad swath of the operating map includes nearly 70 percent of driving states, according to own research.

When the driver the gas pedal, the two non-functioning cylinders are reactivated. All mechanical switchovers are within half a camshaft which takes between 13 and 36 depending on engine speed.

Thanks to an ingenious accelerator sensor and intelligent monitoring the system can also detect driving profiles, such as traffic or in a sporty manner on a road. In such cases, shutoff is disabled. A small light in the dash tells the whether two cylinders are engaged or all

The new Volkswagen Polo Blue GT, bridges the gap between the 105-horsepower 1.2 TSI and the 180-horsepower Polo GTI. on sale in Europe this Considering the Polo range on sale in the U.S. there’s to no chance this sporty and Polo Blue GT will come.