The Lucknow Sentinel, 1996-03-13, Page 59•
wry- Gerlofsma, presi-
dent of. Easthill
Autohaus, Walkerton is
pleased to announce
'Turbo Direct. Injected,°'
ut as .Gerry quickly,
intsout, Volkswagen's en's intri uing
points intriguing
new series of Tai .modelscould just as
well: be described as a: "Totally
Different Idea." An idea that is sure to
rock the automotive world!
Volkswagen'snewest concept in
powerplant design, as Gerry explains,
is one of -those rare cases"where com-
promises don't come into play. It con-
sists of a range of cars - the familiar
Jetta, Golf, and Passat shapes -
equipped with a new no -compromise
engine called TDI which permits, " for
the first time, cars that do it all.:.A
Volkswagen TDI has state-of-the-art::.
fuel efficiency, spirited 'performance,'
low.emissions, suitcase -eating cargo
capacities -4 and never 'needs a tune-
up. The catch? There isn't one.
Wander through Wolfsburg and
talk to 'Volkswagen's legendary
German engineer's M andthey'll burst
buttons with pridee: TDI is one of the
Most notable engineering achieve -
iments of ,the decade, and may well
represent a turning -point in the devel-
opment of the passenger car power
Theyl also tell you that
T
DI
stands for Direct�urb0 Injection"
a short description of the•key attribut-
es that distinguish it from previous
generations of VW dieser-powered
engines. The TDI powerplant, says
Gerry, is basically a highly evolved
four -cylinder diesel -fueled engine,
equipped with a turbo -charger, a very
smart electronic 'brain, and' a high -
itch' combustion chamber that swirls
fuel rather than guzzling it. Result; :a
TDI acts like neither an "anemic. four-
.- banger nor a' diesel; it feels. just like
any of Volkswagen's sporty driver -ori-
ented gasoline engines.:
TDI will, never need a tune-up
because it does not have an ignition'
system like a gasoline. engine does.
Instead, combustion occurs automati-
cally°'as the piston Compresses the
mixture. There are no spark plugs, no
spark plug wires, no distributor, no
rotor.:
The TDI engine concept, also
solves the traditional problems of
"'diesels literally' 1-2-3: with three
advanced technologies, combined so
seamlessly they break all of the old
rules of choosing a car. Indeed 'the • 'afterburner",
`
Concept . as so novel it has: earned two- 'A third nagging diesel . �.naraccte
ns
'major'., awards in North . America - tic that distinctive: rattling sound is
even before its official introduction, ' adroitly solved by the. same parts that
first, traditional automotive cure the otherroblerns; the catalytic
diesels. ha` 2 tasked;' thrilln levels of , converter' acts as a muffler,' and the
horsepowe.r in part because there's ` .turbocharger's spinning blades swiftly
less energy potential in the fess• e cho u .the: exhaust noise; ,.convert-
refined.fuel andin` part beeause:.they ir�g "rat -tat -tar innto",hrnnim'.
don't operate :as well `at highrprns as More significantly, they also had
gawhile .engines. The best solution is ;little trouble achieving fuel economy.
to turbacharge the engine - which not `levels more likely found ° in
only squeezes every .last ounce of motorscooters. The official EPA ,rat-
energy out of the fuel, but 'also opti- ing for the U.S.-edition Jetta and Golf
is an astound-
ing 55 miles
per " gallon'
h-ig.hw•ay.
(5.23-1/100-
km). To put it .
in 'perspec-
.:tive, a Jetta
TDI should be`.
able to cruise
offer
•km- without.
refueling. Or
° handle nearly
a month Of
bac"k'-and
forth workday
commutes to.
.. ani office 3,0
km: from,
home•
�f'course
the final proof
mizes the high rev range.: ofany powerplant's value ishow it,
Tal does "precisely this, and" it integrates with the overall car. As
also uses a muchsmarter computer Gerry points out, TDI comes in four
brain than previous diesels to derive flavors for' 1996,.• all using the carne
maximum power with minimum: emis- 1.9 liter powerplant and yielding 55
sions.:In fact, the computer picks` or more highway miles pergallon.
from among 25 different memorized The spirited. and sporty Goff
programs in selecting, the best para- becomes ,a turbocharged hatchback
meters for economy and perfor= that' offers you over 700•miles of non
mance. - stop enthusiastic driving per tank. TDI
Second, lowered .;exhaust amts- • transforms the Euro -styled Jetta,
cions. are achievedas ,'a result of a'already one of the Most fun -to -drive'
smart computer brain working in con- cars on the road,:,into"one of the Most
junction with a heretofore rarely dosed environmentally -friendly cars in the
technique called direct injection, world. The Passat TDI a "sleek live -
which ' sprays not one but five mists of person sedan, while the Passat TDI
fuel- directly into a''Specially' shaped Wagon offers similar European
combustion chamber, •:swirling it styling with even more space and utili-
around :like a mini-toimado The result ty." As 'Gerry' points out; the larger
t,. tnewclass
is a verythorough; clean burn of the Passat.evolves,�n into a whole e ss
fuel mixture, which leaves fewer poliu- of cars: a chiseled athletic five-passen-
tantstel go out the tailpipe. Clean ger sedan with the fuel consumption
operation is further aided by a gas- of a teensy econobox, Indeed the 55
engine type catalytic converter which MPG (5.231/100 km).highway EPA
catches and, burns, what: smoke - figure of the Passat TDI. nearly equals
comes,out, of engine, acting as an the highway mileage of the 3 -cylinder ,
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il
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Turbo Direct Injected", 'butoas Gerry,..
notes, Volkswagen's intriguing new
series of cars could - ust as well be
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described as a Totally pi f feren Idea" .
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