Diesel three-cylinder for Polo
Volkswagen's upcoming 1.2-litre three-cylinder diesel will be good for 3.3L/100kmA truncated version of VW's 1.6-litre oiler will go to market in the Polo Bluemotion later in 2010. Volkswagen has taken the wraps off the new three-cylinder turbodiesel engine it says will boost fuel economy in its Polo junior hatch to around 3.3L/100km. The engine isn't brand new, having appeared in a Bluemotion concept Polo at the Geneva motor show in March 2009.
It will replace the 1.4-litre three-pot TDI already available in the Polo Bluemotion in Europe and the UK.
Introduced in detail in the last week of April at the annual Vienna Motor Symposium, the 1.2-litre engine amounts to the company's existing 1.6-litre four with one cylinder lopped off. The basic block and cylinder head architecture remain intact, as does the common-rail fuel injection system VW has already deployed in its 1.6-litre and 2.0-litre fours.
VW claims part of the way engines such as this boost fuel efficiency is by compensating for cylinder reductions with commensurate cuts in friction and weight.
The new engine produces 55 kW of power and 180Nm of torque, peaking at 2,000 rpm. With fuel economy sticker claims of 3.3L/100km and 87g/km CO2 emissions on the EU combined test cycle, the engine is expected to reach the market powering the Polo Bluemotion later this year.
Volkswagen is launching the new Polo locally today, so stay tuned for more news concerning the latest model.
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