reliability might own them
VW - Turbo and Supercharger Combo - Factory Built
Autoweek reports that VW is going back in time with a Supercharger-turbocharger combo on the new engines to debut in the 06 golf, starting with 1.4L and making their way later into the 1.6 and 2.0L versions .
The 1.4-liter four cylinder that will produce 140 hp and 184 lb-ft of torque, with a performance version producing 170 hp and 199 lb-ft. all from a 1.4L ENGINE!
1.6 and 2.0-liter versions of the SuperTurbo, which would produce 195 hp and 240 hp resp !!!
The system, dubbed SuperTurbo Compounding by supercharger supplier Eaton, eliminates turbo lag while boosting overall power and fuel economy by 15 to 20 percent. Eaton, the apparent supplier of the supercharger for the engine, says a car fitted with the system will likely be shown at the upcoming Frankfurt show
Today’s computers make the complex induction system seamless in the new application, which uses a mechanical supercharger operating at low engine speeds to increase low-end torque, and a turbocharger engaging at middling revs to provide added muscle up high. Once the turbo reaches sufficient speed to provide boost, a clutch disengages the supercharger and an induction valve closes, bypassing the supercharger.
kind of like the days of the mr2's with the twin-charged engines
The 1.4-liter four cylinder that will produce 140 hp and 184 lb-ft of torque, with a performance version producing 170 hp and 199 lb-ft. all from a 1.4L ENGINE!
1.6 and 2.0-liter versions of the SuperTurbo, which would produce 195 hp and 240 hp resp !!!
The system, dubbed SuperTurbo Compounding by supercharger supplier Eaton, eliminates turbo lag while boosting overall power and fuel economy by 15 to 20 percent. Eaton, the apparent supplier of the supercharger for the engine, says a car fitted with the system will likely be shown at the upcoming Frankfurt show
Today’s computers make the complex induction system seamless in the new application, which uses a mechanical supercharger operating at low engine speeds to increase low-end torque, and a turbocharger engaging at middling revs to provide added muscle up high. Once the turbo reaches sufficient speed to provide boost, a clutch disengages the supercharger and an induction valve closes, bypassing the supercharger.
kind of like the days of the mr2's with the twin-charged engines
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BLU BY U said:
TOTALLY agreed! If VW would build a quality product! I would of purchased a TDI Jetta, but for 30k I dont think its WORTH it. Also a friend had a jetta...as soon as he got it... NOTHING but problems....
mg:
Quick true story for everyone......i won't get into details. Friends dad goes to look at a jetta in the showroom at Medina Auto Mall. He goes to open the door and the handle assembly pops out of the door. Kinda funny but no big deal right? They take it out of the showroom and he realises there is no rearview mirror.....the salesman says it fell off and the service dept. will fix it. Going down the road.....everything is cool. He goes to roll down the windows (playing with buttons) and the front passenger window falls halfway in the door off track! BWAHAHA! :gaygiggle :help:madeguy said:TOTALLY agreed! If VW would build a quality product! I would of purchased a TDI Jetta, but for 30k I dont think its WORTH it. Also a friend had a jetta...as soon as he got it... NOTHING but problems....
So he ended up buying a mazda (like that's any better)
Well, I might as well jump on the anti-VW bandwagon with a little story of my own...
A friend of mine was going back to TO from Ottawa and decided to stop in (we went to high school together, but I don't see him too often since I don't live in TO anymore). He was driving his mom's 99 Jetta... over the course of the weekend, the AC compressor broke down (making a strange gutteral sound at idle) and the passenger-side mirror broke off when his mom TOUCHED it (she didn't even put any weight on it apparently). After he left my place, I took the sea-doo out and came back to find out that he was back in my driveway with the front passenger door in pieces... turns out that the motor for the passenger-side power window failed, followed in rapid succession by the mechanical failure of the linkage from the motor to the window, causing the window to plummet into the door. We tried to temporarily rig it closed, but VW in their infinite wisdom makes their doors completely closed in with sheet metal so you can't even access the window! Needless to say, he ended up having to make the 3+ hour trip with the passenger-side window wide open
It makes me wonder why in the hell he's now looking at buying a VW... I hope after that comedy of errors, he'll reconsider.
J
A friend of mine was going back to TO from Ottawa and decided to stop in (we went to high school together, but I don't see him too often since I don't live in TO anymore). He was driving his mom's 99 Jetta... over the course of the weekend, the AC compressor broke down (making a strange gutteral sound at idle) and the passenger-side mirror broke off when his mom TOUCHED it (she didn't even put any weight on it apparently). After he left my place, I took the sea-doo out and came back to find out that he was back in my driveway with the front passenger door in pieces... turns out that the motor for the passenger-side power window failed, followed in rapid succession by the mechanical failure of the linkage from the motor to the window, causing the window to plummet into the door. We tried to temporarily rig it closed, but VW in their infinite wisdom makes their doors completely closed in with sheet metal so you can't even access the window! Needless to say, he ended up having to make the 3+ hour trip with the passenger-side window wide open
It makes me wonder why in the hell he's now looking at buying a VW... I hope after that comedy of errors, he'll reconsider.
J
lol german engineering at its finest, 2 stories of plummeting passenger side windows.J-Ro said:Well, I might as well jump on the anti-VW bandwagon with a little story of my own...
A friend of mine was going back to TO from Ottawa and decided to stop in (we went to high school together, but I don't see him too often since I don't live in TO anymore). He was driving his mom's 99 Jetta... over the course of the weekend, the AC compressor broke down (making a strange gutteral sound at idle) and the passenger-side mirror broke off when his mom TOUCHED it (she didn't even put any weight on it apparently). After he left my place, I took the sea-doo out and came back to find out that he was back in my driveway with the front passenger door in pieces... turns out that the motor for the passenger-side power window failed, followed in rapid succession by the mechanical failure of the linkage from the motor to the window, causing the window to plummet into the door. We tried to temporarily rig it closed, but VW in their infinite wisdom makes their doors completely closed in with sheet metal so you can't even access the window! Needless to say, he ended up having to make the 3+ hour trip with the passenger-side window wide open
It makes me wonder why in the hell he's now looking at buying a VW... I hope after that comedy of errors, he'll reconsider.
J
God, I couldn't agree more... any twit can drive a car in a straight line (granted doing it in a manual does require more skill). I live in a fairly rural area, and there are some nice windy roads that I love... granted I've only got an ex (wanted to get an Si, but time/money prevented that) but I still love that thing in the cornersBLU BY U said:
My friend's mom's Jetta couldn't take a particular corner at 40 km/h without squealing all the way, whereas I regularly do it at 60 and not a peep. (Notice: I'm not a retard when I drive; I believe wholeheartedly that the difference between driving stupidly and driving aggressively is how well you know your car's limits).
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