The next 2013 VW Golf Mk7 may be your first choice for 2013 s biggest launch. VW's new MQB (Modular Transverse Matrix) architecture has made its production debut in the 2012 Audi A3, but it's the next Golf that will be the mass-market litmus test of the new modular platform.
The new family of EA211 TSI petrol engines are dimensionally very similar but easily configurable to produce different levels of power. No tricks have been missed when it comes to cutting weight here either. The aluminium blocks are 16kg lighter and other major parts have been lightened too, so the 1.4-litre comes in at 22kg lighter than its EA111 predecessor. The new 1.2-litre engines produce 85PS and 105PS with 121lb ft and 129lb ft torque. The 1.4-litre gives 122PS and 140PS with 148lb ft and 184lb ft torque.
Exhaust manifolds are cast as one into the cylinder head so the engines are extremely compact. They get a dedicated cooling circuit and the main engine has two cooling loops, top and bottom, to extract maximum efficiency. There are no fancy, twin-scroll turbochargers, simple, single scroll compressors do the job saving weight and cost. Making its debut in the 140PS, 1.4-litre is equipped, ACT (active cylinder management) shuts down cylinders two and three.
Two-cylinder mode works between 1,300rpm and 4,000rpm and when producing between 18lb ft and 74lb ft torque. That equates to steady, constant speed driving and at around 30mph 2013 VW Golf Mk7 claims a saving of 1-litre of fuel every 60 miles. According to a senior engineer I spoke to, it's active for 75 percent of the time in the EU test cycle.
The new Euro 6 EA288 TDIs are just as advanced. 1.6 and 2.0-litres in capacity, total emissions are reduced by as much as 45 percent with CO2 alone down seven percent. Power output is 90PS and 190PS respectively, the engines producing between 184lb ft and 280lb ft torque. Overall, diesel performance of 2013 VW Golf Mk7 is up compared to the previous generation from 12 to 26 percent depending on the configuration.
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