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

Kowalski

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

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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

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

phaeton

I wonder if fuel consumption will improve ?

ps was waiting for Official PR before this was posted

Merc1

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

M

Mr. M

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

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?

Mr. M · 06:28 AM

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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

James 2.5 debuted on Jetta V

Mr. M

Quote:

Originally Posted by phaeton

James 2.5 debuted on Jetta V

Thanks.