VW Introduces A New 1.4 Liter And A 7 Speed DSG For The Golf

VW introduced a new member of its turbocharged gasoline direct-injection TSI engine family at the Vienna Motor Symposium: a 1.4-liter, 90 kW (122 hp) version that develops up to 200 Nm (148 lb-ft) of torque. The company also introduced a new 7-speed double shift gearbox (DSG).

With a 7% increase in power compared to the normally aspirated 1.6-liter FSI engine, the new TSI delivers a 30% increase in peak torque, while reducing fuel consumption by about 6%.

VW based the new engine on the higher-power Twincharger units in the TSI family (earlier post), but does not use the supercharger in addition to the turbochargers as they do.

The new seven-speed DSG, which unlike the six-speed DSG uses a dry sump, also offers better efficiency.

VW will apply both technologies in the Golf for an estimated fuel consumption of 5.9 l/100km (40 mpg US).

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EnnNorak - 4/30/2007 1:01:01 PM

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I'd like to see the more powerful Twincharger offerer in all VW cars.

MookGmbH - 4/30/2007 2:12:28 PM

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The DSG was developed in conjunction with BorgWarner. Not Mercedes. An Automatic means that it possess a torque converter, the DSG does not. Are you really that deprived of easily sought automotive technology information, or just unintelligently blinded by the lure of the chrome "L".

Rupert - 4/30/2007 2:37:29 PM

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What are you talking about? The 8 speed does have a torque converter, it's an automatic! Not related to F1 at all!
And Audi makes plenty of CVTs.

EL34 - 4/30/2007 3:34:58 PM

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LexusFanForever, because Lexus are old skool.

nvme - 4/30/2007 5:57:06 PM

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LexusFanBoy: Where is the logic in"doesn't use a torque converter because its shifts rival those of Formula 1 cars"? audi has had CVTs for 5 yrs at least, on which it has preset 6 "gears" then 7 and now even 8, because of the hype around the number of gears a car has, I have to admit! don't ask for proof, because you don't give any that Lexus doesn't use a torque, which btw you will never find.
now in case you didn't know, i put "gears" because a CVT by definition does not have them, but audi has preselected 8 positions for the transmission belt on the transmission cone, for the driver to be able to choose one when it is needed or wanted.
Now saying torque conveter is old tech just says about you what you really need not say: you're an ignorant: obviously torque converters aren't the same from 30 yrs ago, but they are mainly what gets a car to change gears AUTOMATICALLY!

Rupert - 4/30/2007 6:08:49 PM

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Audi uses a CVT on all non-quattro models, bar the 2.0T, I believe.
The 8 speed is a torque converter.

BMW995 - 4/30/2007 2:12:41 PM

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It's not just the number of gears that make a car a great driving machine. My Lexus IS has a 6 sp. auto but the electronics, hydraulics, etc are not quite as good as the BMW 3 series I just sold with just a 5 sp. auto trans. It seems BMW really "tuned" its automatic for driving enjoyment more than Lexus did. I will say that the Lexus IS trans is set up for high mileage if you don't leadfoot it. They did a great job in that respect.

Rupert - 4/30/2007 2:36:20 PM

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Is this a refreshed Golf?
And 7 speed DSG - cool.

chewy - 4/30/2007 8:34:55 PM

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Not fragile, but not designed for them. Different gear boxes for different engines.

gregsfc - 5/4/2007 8:23:54 PM

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VW should get rid of that 2.5 Inline five that they love to use in the U.S. for the Rabbit, Beetle, and Jetta; and go to 100% direct injection, turbo-charged engines.

Those three cars should have only a choice of a fuel-efficient, high-performing, 1.4 I-4 TSI or a 2.0 I-4, TDI/BlueTec. Fuel economy would immediately jump an average of 15 mpg or more in either version of those cars compared to that gas-guzzling, designed-for-North America, CO2-spewing, performance-lacking, 2.5 Inline 5.

VW does so much better; just not in the U.S.