Lima
11-06-2010, 10:05 AM
Wasn't really sure where to post this one, but below is a link from Motor Trend in the US with a review of three pretty tasty Volkswagens...
http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/hatchbacks/1006_volkswagen_golf_r_scirocco_r_polo_gti_first_d rive/index.html
The quotes below aim to give a teaser, while not giving too much away.
On the Golf R:
There's not a lot wrong with the character of the new engine. The torque curve is steeper, so you need to be more attentive with the gears, but use the torque well and you've got a huge well of easy corner-exit thrust. And as fours go, it makes a charismatic noise when you wind it out toward redline, while remaining civilized enough for long-distance cruising.
On the Scirocco R:
Volkswagen dialed into the Scirocco R chassis an unusually tail-happy attitude. Turn in to an off-camber corner with a flick of the wheel and the car rotates so sharply there's time to wheel on a dose of corrective lock before the ESP kicks in. The electronic simulated LSD (VW calls it XDS) is effective at canceling understeer on the way out of bends, too.
On the Polo GTI:
But whereas that VR6 was a 2.8-liter, the Polo GTI has just half those cubes, deriving its poke from VW's unique twincharger concept. This means a supercharger provides the urgency at low revs, and is declutched at higher rpms once the turbocharger has spooled up. Yes, two types of forced induction in one engine.
There's never a hole in the power delivery, or anything that would feel strange to a driver who hadn't been told such a relay-race of technologies was going on.
http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/hatchbacks/1006_volkswagen_golf_r_scirocco_r_polo_gti_first_d rive/index.html
The quotes below aim to give a teaser, while not giving too much away.
On the Golf R:
There's not a lot wrong with the character of the new engine. The torque curve is steeper, so you need to be more attentive with the gears, but use the torque well and you've got a huge well of easy corner-exit thrust. And as fours go, it makes a charismatic noise when you wind it out toward redline, while remaining civilized enough for long-distance cruising.
On the Scirocco R:
Volkswagen dialed into the Scirocco R chassis an unusually tail-happy attitude. Turn in to an off-camber corner with a flick of the wheel and the car rotates so sharply there's time to wheel on a dose of corrective lock before the ESP kicks in. The electronic simulated LSD (VW calls it XDS) is effective at canceling understeer on the way out of bends, too.
On the Polo GTI:
But whereas that VR6 was a 2.8-liter, the Polo GTI has just half those cubes, deriving its poke from VW's unique twincharger concept. This means a supercharger provides the urgency at low revs, and is declutched at higher rpms once the turbocharger has spooled up. Yes, two types of forced induction in one engine.
There's never a hole in the power delivery, or anything that would feel strange to a driver who hadn't been told such a relay-race of technologies was going on.