International Engine of the Year Award 2014: Volkswagen’s TSI Technology Triumphs Again
Volkswagen's TSI technology has once again received the 'International Engine of the Year Award': the 1.4 liter TSI twincharger, which won for the ninth time in succession in the 1.0 to 1.4 liter cubic capacity category, is thus the most successful engine in the history of this international competition for engine technology. Despite their comparatively small cubic capacity the TSI engines produce levels of power output that until recently only engines with a considerably bigger capacity were able to offer. The TSI engine is currently available with differing cubic capacities and levels of power output ranging between 66 kW / 90 PS and 221 kW / 300 PS. The first TSI engine in 2006 was the twincharger – now again an award winner – which thanks to an additional turbocharger and mechanical compressor has especially high torque and is very efficient. The TSI twincharger is available in different power levels from 103 kW / 140 PS to 125 kW / 170 PS and continues to be offered for a multitude of models – in the Beetle, Jetta, Eos, Golf Cabriolet, Touran, Tiguan, Passat and Sharan.
However, the downsizing is not yet finished: the latest addition to the TSI family is the 1.0 litre version delivering 66 kW / 90 PS in the new Polo TSI BlueMotion. This first one-litre, three cylinder direct injection turbo engine will be making its debut in the second half of the year, featuring fuel consumption of just 4.1 l/100 km and thus a CO2 figure of 94 g/km. Its predecessor, delivering an identical 90 PS, consumed 4.9 l/100 km.
With active cylinder management (ACT), Volkswagen has since last year also been offering a technology that enables an additional reduction in fuel consumption by temporarily turning off the second and third cylinder.
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