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Volkswagen TSI engine wins its category again for Engine of the Year

Posted May 8th 2008 at 7:26PM by Jeremy Korzeniewski

Filed under: Emerging Technologies, MPG, Volkswagen

Since winning the "Best New Engine of 2006" award from the International Engine of the Year committee, Volkswagen's Twincharger TSI engine has taken the 1.0 to 1.4 liter category by storm, taking the class victory last year and again for 2008. Cited reasons for the win include the engine's high power output and low gasoline consumption. Other awards have been given to the engine, including two in Japan, an Auto Environment Certificate from the ÖKO-TREND Institute for Environmental Research and the "TechnoBest" award from the 15-nation AutoBest jury in Istanbul. Not too shabby, if you ask us. These awards make us want to see this engine make its way from Europe to the states even more. Although the U.S. gets a turbocharged engine labeled TSI, it is unfortunately not the same as the turbo and supercharged engine that these awards have been given to. Volkswagen, if you're listening out there, we'll gladly take the 1.4 Twincharger TSI in the new CC. Thanks!


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Detroit 2008: Volkswagen Passat CC to launch TSI engines in US market

Posted Jan 15th 2008 at 3:36PM by Sam Abuelsamid

Filed under: Volkswagen, Detroit Auto Show, NEV (Neighborhood Electric Vehicle)


click the Passat CC for a high res gallery

Volkswagen has been offering their 1.4L TSI engine range in several of their European models for the past several years but has yet to make them available in the U.S. The TSI engines are reduced displacement, turbocharged direct injection engines that offer power comparable to larger engines with much improved fuel efficiency. The first of the TSI engines will arrive in the U.S. this summer with the launch of the new Passat CC. The coupe-like sedan will have a 200hp/207lb-ft 2.0L TSI as the base engine and deliver 29.8mpg. After the Passat CC hits the market the 1.4L TSI engines will get added to the Rabbit/Jetta lineups as well, probably some time in 2009.

Gallery: Detroit 2008: Volkswagen Passat CC


[Source: Volkswagen]


Tags: detroit-2008, detroit-auto-show, turbocharged-direct-injection, volkswagen-tsi

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VW's TSI technology wins two awards in Japan

Posted Dec 11th 2007 at 1:13PM by Sebastian Blanco

Filed under: Emerging Technologies, Volkswagen, Green Daily, Japan



Back in April, the VW Golf 1.4L TSI won the Auto Environment Certificate from the ÖKO-TREND Institute for Environmental Research. Today, VW announced that its TSI engine technology - which is available in a variety of vehicles, including the Golf, Touran, Jetta, Golf Plus and Golf estate - won two prizes in Japan. TSI was named "Most Advanced Technology Award 2008" (a bit early, no?) from Japanese automotive journalists and "Technology of the Year" from the jury of the Japanese Automotive Researchers' and Journalists' Conference.

TSI engines are able to get more performance from less fuel. VW's 1.4L TSI petrol direct-injection engine uses about six percent less gas thanks to twin charging via a compressor with turbo charging and a reduced cubic capacity. Emissions are also reduced. From VW:

The TSI Golf typically exemplifies how this technology enables powerful driving performance at low levels of fuel consumption. As a TSI version with 103 kW / 140 PS, it sprints to 100 km/h in just 8.8 seconds, achieves a top speed of 205 km/h and yet consumes an average of only 7.1 litres of fuel in urban traffic and a mere 5.7 litres on the cruise. (read more after the jump)

VW says around 118,000 TSI-equipped vehicles have been sold around the world.

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[Source: VW]


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