The MkVI Volkswagen Golf will make its debut in October this year, which should lead to the next generation Volkswagen GTI soon after. The MkVI GTI should result in a few MkV GTIs to appear on the second hand market, something thats apparently quite a rarity in Malaysia – it seems everyone is just really really happy with their MkV!
But that’s not the point of this story. What we have here is a detail revealed about the most baseline of Golfs, which will feature a 75 horsepower 1.0 litre or 1.2 litre TSI engine, depending on whether Volkswagen finally decides on a 3-cylinder or 4-cylinder displacement, according to Volkswagen powertrain research manager Wolfgang Steiger.
A 1.2 litre inline-3 should be likely, as Volkswagen has already introduced a new 1.2 litre inline-3 petrol engine with the fourth generation SEAT Ibiza not too long ago. This new engine will not appear in the initial MkVI Golf line-up, only to be added earliest in 2009.
at 7:24 am
1.2l sounds like Savvy capacity. Small car? or with turbo maybe.
at 8:09 am
Why are they downsizing the engines in the Golf? The Golf despite being a hatchback is in no way a lightweight.
Perhaps the 1.2 would be more suited to the Polo.
Even the North American VW Rabbit which is VW’s base car gets powered by a 2.5L
at 10:21 am
VW TSI engine usually come with turbo+supercharger………
at 10:48 am
i bet the 0-100kmh time would take at least 20s, heheh..
at 12:11 pm
75 hp is exactly what the savvy has if i’m not mistaken.
at 3:49 pm
if thy bring it here,it wd still be sold above rm100k……
at 4:08 pm
e-nabilll said,
June 3, 2008 @ 3:49 pm
if thy bring it here,it wd still be sold above rm100k……
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agreed… even polo is 140k… those who could afford buying 100k+ car would surely buy something else.. like… er… i like the new accord.. or lancer perhaps..
at 4:13 pm
hopefully the GTi version is as good as the MkV
at 6:35 pm
“xg9 said,
June 3, 2008 @ 4:08 pm
e-nabilll said,
June 3, 2008 @ 3:49 pm
if thy bring it here,it wd still be sold above rm100k……
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agreed… even polo is 140k… those who could afford buying 100k+ car would surely buy something else.. like… er… i like the new accord.. or lancer perhaps..”
Get your facts right. VW Cross Polo, 1.6 with 6 Speed Tiptronic is RM108,888.
at 11:33 pm
ohh i thought i read somewhere polo was 140? i must have mistaken it with some other vw car.. sorry.. so if polo is 1.6 = 108k… golf 1.2 would be around 70-80k maybe?
at 9:46 am
there is a polo selling at 140k here
but that’s a polo GTi, with a 1.8 turbo engine