Saturday, August 27, 2011

Volkswagen Up!

The VW Up! intended as a small car (series VW120) to expand the product range of VW AG downward.

2012 Volkswagen Up
2012 Volkswagen Up

The vehicle is part of the New Small Family-modular system. was originally a development rumored rear-engine, but this was later discarded. The manufacture of all model and brand variations for the European market in Bratislava take place Slovakia. A similar plant is under construction. Other works are in Kaluga, Russia and in Pune, India planned.

The three-door basic version of the Up! be introduced in 2011. The other members of the "family", the five-door space up! and the electric car space up! blue with the eponymous blue solar panels on the roof to follow later.

For 2013 is a pure electric version of the Up! with the name E-Up! and planned an expected range of 130 km. This is both the concept of design as well as the VW Beetle-heirs of the 21 Present century.

Volkswagen Up Interior
Volkswagen Up Interior

Planned are:
  • A basic version of Audi, Seat, Skoda and VW.
  • A two-seater short version (City Car) for Skoda and VW.
  • An electric version (E-Up!). 
  • On the short version an electric version of Toyota (E1 from 2014). 
  • A roadster for VW and Seat. 
  • A microvan for Seat, Skoda and VW, 
  • A low-energy vehicle with four seats (Up! Lite)

The bodies will not be different for each brand, branding the outside, too, is limited to the rear side panels, bumpers, hood and grille.

Volkswagen Up
Volkswagen Up

The three-door base model will have a length of 3540 mm, a wheelbase of 2420 mm, a width of 1640 mm and a height of 1480 mm. The payload is 400 kg, 251 liters of luggage hold. The drag coefficient is given as 0.33.

Planned are an electric drive, a three-cylinder 1.0-liter gasoline engine with two valves per cylinder 44 kW and later a supercharged (TSI) four-valve version with 63 kW. Furthermore, a three-cylinder 0.2-1-liter diesel engine with 55 kW and a consumption of 3 l/100 km (80 g CO2 per kilometer) is considered. sheetingable a mild hybrid and full hybrid.

The Volkswagen Space up
The Volkswagen Space Up

The Up! was introduced in 2007 as a concept vehicle at the International Motor Show. It was a 2/3-türiges city car for 4 with a length of 3.45 m. The width was 1.63 m, height 1.50 m. For better use of interior space for transport, all bucket seats that are up to the driver's seat, easily folded down or removed entirely. A special feature of the study was the rear engine and rear-wheel drive.

Volkswagen Up Concept
Volkswagen Up Concept

The E-Up! is a 2009 at the International Motor Show featured, zero-emission electric vehicle. Emission-free means that the vehicle to propel any carbon dioxide (CO2), carbon monoxide (CO) and no hydrocarbons or nitrogen oxides (NOx) releases to the environment.

Instead of an internal combustion engine, the E-Up! by an electric motor with 40 kW (54 hp) engines. Briefly, for overtaking, for example, can increase the engine's performance by 50% to 60 kW. The engine is in front of the vehicle, the front axle is driven, the maximum torque of 210 Nm. The energy is needed for the drive mounted in a vehicle on the ground, 240-pound lithium-ion battery, with a capacity of 18 kWh saved. The battery is fast charging, so that it is already after one hour again loaded to 80%. A normal load on the electricity network will take 5 hours, the charger socket is located behind the VW logo, the hood. When the charge can support the 1.4 m2 solar roof or cool only the interior of the operation of air conditioning.

With a fully charged battery, the vehicle has a range of 130 km, the maximum speed is 135 km / h. The acceleration from 0 to 100 km / h in the E-Up! 11.3 s, for the more relevant in urban traffic acceleration from 0 to 50 km / h 3.5 sec

The E-Up! With a length of 3.19 m shorter than the Up!, width (1.64 m) and height (1.47 m), however, differ little between the two vehicles. The reduced length of the vehicle is in the interior part by a deep reduction in the instrument panel and a balanced forward pulling of the front passenger seat. Despite these measures, the seat is considered a jump seat behind the driver so that it is located in the vehicle is a 3 +1 seater. The rear seat is folded down as single sitting, so that the trunk can increase from 85 l of 180 liters to 320 liters. The curb weight is 1085 kg.

The launch is planned for 2013.

Volkswagen Up Interior
Volkswagen Up Interior

The Up! Lite is the study of a four-seater low-consumption vehicle from Volkswagen, which in 2009 was unveiled at the Los Angeles Auto Show to the public. The standard consumption was 2.44 l (diesel) for 100 km determined, equivalent 65 g CO2 per kilometer.

Acts in accordance with the Lupo 3L TDI, it is in the Up! !-Lite series is a special optimization of the components of the Up: How was the empty weight of the vehicle by using aluminum and carbon fiber - despite its dimensions of 3.84 m length, 1.60 m width and a height of 1.40 m reduced to 695 kg -. The drag coefficient is through adjustments to the contour of the vehicle and the vehicle's front panels only 0.237.

The drive is by a supercharged two-cylinder diesel engine with 0.8 liter displacement and an output of 38 kW (equivalent to 51 hp) and ensured a 10-kW electric motor. The performance of the diesel engine can be limited by pressing a button to 26.5 kW (36 hp). Only in the latter as "organic" mode designated mode, the vehicle reaches the specified consumption levels. For shorter distances, the drive can be transferred from the electric motor alone, he is in control mode, however, while the diesel engine only power peaks, eg support during overtaking. The electric motor is powered by a lithium-ion battery that is charged by regenerative braking, thus recovering energy when braking.

Translated by a long, dry, 7-speed dual-clutch gearbox, the engine power loss is passed on to the drive wheels.

The speed of the trial is put at 160 km / h, acceleration from 0 to take 100 km / h 12.5 sec

Volkswagen Up Exteriors
Volkswagen Up Exteriors

The Milano is a study for an electrically powered taxi, which was presented at the Hannover Fair 2010.

The time required for the electric traction power is provided from a ground vehicle in the integrated lithium-ion battery. Depending on your driving style to the 85-kW/115-PS-Motor can take the taxi with a charge up to 300 km. The interior design is dominated by its use as a taxi: The passenger compartment is separated from the driver's compartment. In the front position is located next to the driver a space for luggage and the waiver of an actual trunk at the rear of the vehicle.

Volkswagen Up
Volkswagen Up

Sunday, August 21, 2011

Volkswagen Golf

Launched originally in May 1974, the Golf has been the best-selling car in Germany and the best-selling German car abroat for over 30 years, despite increasing competition. Those involved with the Volkswagen Golf quickly come across a key question: How does a car become a bestseller? Volkswagen has always succeeded when the brand has given expression to people's dreams. The beetle dream has been followed, to date, by five generations of the bestselling Golf which has sold in its millions. It has always been an engine of progress, democratising the future of the motocar with features such as ABS, airbags, highly secure bodywork and ESP fitted as standard. Whether it is a question of the clean, thrifty turbo-diesel with a particle filter or the latest TSI petrol engines which immediately won international awards and are seen as a particularly visionary development in the automobile sector, in-house innovations by Volkswagen have always kept the Golf out in front. The fact is that the Golf epitomises Volkswagen and the image of the brand and is the most popular car in its class. So far, over 25 million have been built. Over time, the Golf has become such a part of everyday life that even the 'Golf Generation' was named after it. This generation was driven around in their drivers license in one, drove one to school, college and to the drive-in cinema with their girlfriends and later drove one on holiday. Quite simply, the Golf is right for any occasion and the Golf phenomenon continues to break boundaries.

Volkswagen Golf Interior
Volkswagen Golf Interior

Volkswagen Golf R20
Volkswagen Golf R20

Volkswagen Golf Interior
Volkswagen Golf Interior

Volkswagen Golf Tuning ABT
Volkswagen Golf Tuning ABT

Volkswagen Golf R32
Volkswagen Golf R32

2011 Volkswagen Golf
2011 Volkswagen Golf

Volkswagen Golf R32
Volkswagen Golf R32

Volkswagen Golf and Girl
Volkswagen Golf and Girl

Volkswagen Golf GTI
Volkswagen Golf GTI