Volkswagen Polo GTI 1.8 Turbo
The Volkswagen Polo GTI was shown at the end of October last year at the Tokyo International Motor Show. I’ve posted about it before, but I thought it would be nice if I’d do another feature on it right after my post on the Volkswagen Polo Bluemotion. Kind of like two opposite ends of the Polo model range you know, one of them offers mega mileage and the other one offers you mega horsepower 
Volkswagen Polo GTI 1.8T Test Drive Review
The Volkswagen Polo GTI pays tribute to the original 1986 Volkswagen Polo G40, the original performance Volkswagen Polo. It had a 115 horsepower 1.3 liter force inducted powerplant put down to the ground with the front wheels. 0-100km/h took 9 seconds and the little pocket rocket’s top speed was 195km/h. Pretty good for a 1.3 liter mini-car back in the 1980s.
The new Volkswagen Polo GTI bears some similiarity to it’s older brother, the Volkswagen Golf GTI in terms of bodykit design. Under the hood is a 1.8 liter four-cylinder powerplant making 150 horsepower with the help of a intercooled turbocharger. 150 horsepower from a turbocharged 1.8 liter engine isn’t really all that impressive, and you would expect at least 180 horsepower. Volkswagen probably wanted to match the engine output to the chassis size. The 1.8 liter engine is a 20 valve engine, 5 valves per cylinder - 2 inlets and 3 outlets. Torque is a maximum of 220Nm from below 2000rpm. The engine is probably tuned for low-end power, which explains the low peak horsepower. But I reckon a simple rechip would unlock all that extra horses if you need them.
April 5, 2006 @ 5:12 am
: ) and I was just talking about this car earlier too.
It’d have been nicer if they used the 1.4 twincharged engine. I reckon its lighter than the 1.8 and it makes nearly 170hp too. The downside is it requires higher octane petrol.
April 5, 2006 @ 9:39 am
push the torque n HP higher, then it would be a high rev engine!!! wow
April 5, 2006 @ 9:45 am
2 inlet and 3 outlets? wow, that’s new to me…the 4A-GE 20v is the other way round rite?
April 5, 2006 @ 10:46 am
1.3 = 115hp = 195 kph??.. huyoo… this what malay call, kecil cili padi…. even more powerful than gen2 1.6.. bye2 la poton…, sad when poton & VW deal off..
if not VW for national car, good la…
ps: motorhead likes small but powerful… like cute amoys….
April 5, 2006 @ 11:19 am
wahlaueh…
The car;s side view may look like ‘Charade’ a bit, but the front look really impressive, further more with woo… factors engine & performance… OMG… i really love this baby.
Stupid P1 for giveaway VW offers, to maintain national pride then we, malaysians have to suffer for high price low quality cars…
April 5, 2006 @ 2:02 pm
150 hp is enough for me lor… anyway sure Paul is a VW freak especially the Golf and Polo….hahahaha
April 5, 2006 @ 2:52 pm
kody.. yea lah.. but i think VW was very greedy oso… want complete control of poton.. how can.. cannotlah… partner like perodua ok what.. can perform oso…
May 8, 2006 @ 10:28 pm
[...] Volkswagen AG has put a hold on it’s plans to introduce Volkswagen cars here through official channels in the Malaysian market. Back in February 2006, Volkswagen said it planned to introduce a total of 9 models here in Malaysia, beginning with low-end models like the Volkswagen Fox and the Volkswagen Polo. Down the pipeline will be more premium models like the Volkswagen New Beetle, the Volkswagen Golf GTI, the Volkswagen Jetta, the Volkswagen Passat and the Volkswagen Sharan MPV. These models are CBU models. [...]
July 10, 2006 @ 11:24 am
[...] The 1.4 TSI is currently found in the Golf, Golf Plus, and Touran models, but will eventually find it’s way into the Polo, Eos and Passat. I think it will do especially well in a Polo GTI, which is currently powered by a 1.8 liter 150hp engine. [...]