News: VW to unveil 70 mpg (US) Golf diesel hybrid
Via Daily Tech and channel4.com
Continuing today's diesel theme... VW will be unveiling a diesel hybrid Golf at the upcoming Geneva auto show. http://www.channel4.com/4car/media/V...dsg-7-fs-a.jpg Quote:
The most surprising thing - if the 2 articles I've seen can be believed - is they're not calling this a "concept". They're talking about it as if it's destined for the North American market. |
Outstanding!!!!
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Nice if it happens. So far they haven't been able to release the Jetta.
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The big question of course will be price. Both diesels and hybrids add cost compared to a gasoline engine. VW is facing a double whammy.
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This could land in the States by 2009.
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Well, I hope they bring it over here ASAP. I'm not the biggest VW fan but we need more options now and the fact that US offerings are lagging a decade behind japan and europe is just pretty damn sad.
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Our luck... VW N. America - Canada :p
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Some more news, from edmunds.com: http://blogs.edmunds.com/GreenCarAdvisor/269
They're saying the car will be a "full" parallel hybrid with an EV mode. It'll use VW's automated, 7-speed dual-clutch manual (DSG), and it's destined for the US market, though Europe will see it first. |
Hope they are savy enough to use an automatic compression release system to get the engine turning before they throw the fuel to it.
If the engine is over 1.0 Liter i am going to cry. |
Lots to look forward to in the next few years.... New Honda hybrid and diesel, new Prius, now a VW hybrid. I wouldn't think twice about buying Honda or Toyota, but the VW would need to be bloody awesome for me to be able to overlook the reliability issues that VW has had over the last decade or so.
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http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.au..._sneak-(3).jpg http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.au..._sneak-(2).jpg http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.au...brid_sneak.jpg http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.au..._sneak-(1).jpg |
Nice find. Thanks for posting that.
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Its interesting that the car is making its debut in Geneva but the the display is in miles and MPG. Does the CNBC button take me to the latest Wall St. news? Sweet! I think this drivetrain was designed specifically for the US market. They figured they had to have a trendy "hybrid" badge to take on Toyota and Honda.
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I like how they disconinued the lupo 1l diesel capable of the same mpg, just so they could squeeze another hybrid into the market. same as the perfectly capable hx getting pushed out for the mediocre civic hybrid. :(
f@ck big business. |
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The 1L (engine size) lupo only came as a gasser which could never dream of reaching 69mpg. The 1.2L diesel did manage 2.99L/100km consumption highway but that was about half the car of this Golf. The Lupo was discontinued because it was an over priced failure. Its been replaced by the much cheaper Brazilian built Fox. The Golf is a much larger car than both the Lupo or Fox. The next generation LUPO is coming to America with a 3 cyl rear mounted engine. http://www.semaforoverde.com/VW%20up!.jpg |
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Great, the US needs more overpowered small cars. The american market sucks elephants feet. I wish we could just hypnotize everyone into being like us. |
"I wish we could just hypnotize everyone into being like us."
how about instantaneous hypnotism, with a rubber mallet. how do you take half the pistons out of a 3 cyl. |
Anybody else notice the "faux" alloys on the Golf, shown above. On closer inspection, they actually appear to be aero-friendly, very smooth discs.
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They are real alloys and aero-friendly at least that is what I saw here>>> http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/04/g...ybrid-concept/ updated info. MetroMPG what do think of those wheels? :thumbup: |
Ah - so they are alloys.
But check this link: http://www.autoblog.com/photos/vw-go...hybrid/675148/ They've got inserts between the spokes, a la Prius, effectively presenting a smooth surface to the wind, except near the center. |
Hmm.
I wonder if I could make inserts like that for my wifes alloys? They would only help when I drive anyway. Would it be worth it just to try a concept? Hmm. S. |
Nice pix. I hope this car comes to north america in 2009.
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I need this car.
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You know, this sounds really good...except for the fact my old 78 and 81 diesel Rabbits would BOTH get 50 mpg with no mods. The Cd was about 0.34. I can't imagine how they would do in the hands of an ecomodder today.
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any news on this or did it die like all the other concepts
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VW Twin Drive plug-in hybrids not due until 2015 - MotorAuthority VW to fleet test Twin Drive Golf plug-in hybrid concept in 2010 — Autoblog Unfortunately for God knows what reasons they always seem to ship unnecessarily large engines over the Atlantic, like all other car manufacturers :confused: Does size really matter so much in the US of A ? :D |
It kind of went away VW is still playing with the hybrid idea on the V8 Toureg, (polishing a turd, eco-wise imho) but the current gen golf blue motion runs huge MPG with out the weight, cost and complexity of development
oh and 2 other things: 1.The lupo wasn't an over priced failure - or even a failure of any kind, it came to the end of its design life along with the Arosa and the only thing Group had to follow it was the Fox. 2.Gassers aren't always cheaper than Diesels from a build point of view. Simple economies of scale v's development cost spread across the 4 group brands + outside partners means the diesels can be more than just fuel sippers but income generators. Over here and especially in mainland europe i'd say its almost a 70/30 diesel/petrol split of cars bought or running. |
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