Volkswagen Rabbit and Jetta to get an extra 20 Bhp power increase.

Kowalski · 03-29-2007, 01:51 PM

Volkswagen will increase in 20 Bhp the power of the Rabbit and Jetta powered by the 2.5 Inline-5 20V engine.

Source: - ONLY REGISTERED AND ACTIVATED USERS CAN SEE ALL LINKS - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

and this other one: - ONLY REGISTERED AND ACTIVATED USERS CAN SEE ALL LINKS - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

5-door Hatchback with 170 Bhp, 177 ft-Ib of torque, nicely made interior and 6-speed Automatic Tiptronic gearbox for 16K.

If I lived in America, I would definitely have a Volkswagen Rabbit.

siko · 03-29-2007, 03:44 PM

Very good move from VW considering what the competition is doing.

phaeton · 03-29-2007, 06:36 PM

I wonder if fuel consumption will improve ?

ps was waiting for Official PR before this was posted

Merc1 · 03-30-2007, 01:26 AM

I hope there is some changes like better refinement to go along with this hp increase.

M

Mirage77 · 03-30-2007, 05:36 AM

Nice, I always thought that 2.5 needed a little boosting.

Kowalski · 03-30-2007, 01:22 PM

This engine should have came with at least 175hp to begin with.

What I really want to know, is why Volkswagen went to the trouble of creating a normally aspirated 2.5 5-cylinder 20V engine based on half of the Gallardo's 5.0 V10 40V engine, when they could just have fitted their own well-proven 1.8 Turbo 4-Cylinder 20V engine?

Hmm...why?

Mirage77 · 03-31-2007, 03:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kowalski

This engine should have came with at least 175hp to begin with.

What I really want to know, is why Volkswagen went to the trouble of creating a normally aspirated 2.5 5-cylinder 20V engine based on half of the Gallardo's 5.0 V10 40V engine, when they could just have fitted their own well-proven 1.8 Turbo 4-Cylinder 20V engine?

Hmm...why?

I think, generally speaking, in the US bigger engine displacement = better perception of the car. Correct me if I'm wrong.

phaeton · 03-31-2007, 06:06 AM

James 2.5 debuted on Jetta V

Mirage77 · 03-31-2007, 06:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by phaeton

James 2.5 debuted on Jetta V

Thanks.

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Kowalski Advocate Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 653 Thanks: 191 Thanked 293 Times in 158 Posts	Re: Volkswagen Rabbit and Jetta to get an extra 20 Bhp power increase. This engine should have came with at least 175hp to begin with. What I really want to know, is why Volkswagen went to the trouble of creating a normally aspirated 2.5 5-cylinder 20V engine based on half of the Gallardo's 5.0 V10 40V engine, when they could just have fitted their own well-proven 1.8 Turbo 4-Cylinder 20V engine? Hmm...why?

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