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Old Jan 31st, 2008, 10:40   #7
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There was an interesting article in what or which car magazine I was reading in November at my hairdressers.

VW had been working on a small capacity engine, about 1.4 which will be fitted to the Polo and Golf models and it was supposed to develop some ridiculous torque figure around 300lbs ish IIRC and a healthy power output for a car that size. From the print from memory it certainly seemed like this sort of thing would become a hit for the right reasons.
That sounds like a diesel...their current (petrol) 1.4TSi produces 167bhp and 177lb-ft.
Not a fan of VW supercharging as their previous efforts have required overhaul at 60k miles.
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