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Today, a 1.8-liter turbo 4 replaces the naturally aspirated 2.5-liter inline-five as the new base engine (a TDI and V-6 Passats it's still offered). A modification begins with the line-topping SEL Premium and can eventually expand to coat a S, SE, and Wolfsburg Version cuts afterwards this year. A force-fed 1.8-liter is identical Mexican-built gen-three EA888 four-cylinder which locates it's way into Golfs and also Jettas for 2014. The engine includes a thin-wall crankcase much less counterweights for reduced mass, together with lesser main bearings plus decreased oil strain to reduce friction. A exhaust manifold are integral on the tube scalp in order to enable the engine to warm-up more quickly, and the turbo is slighter along with spools increase faster.

Our team driven a well-equipped, $31,715 SEL Luxury automatic. Whilst the Passat is a couple of hundred pounds heavier compared to Jetta, a 1.8-liter turbo’s 170 horsepower and 184 lb-ft with torque shift the middle - size sedan logically enough, with something around half-throttle summoning a generator for function. Showing is a torque curve with the 1.8T, which increases easily with mesa from 1500 rpm into close the 6200- rpm hp maximum. Contrast that on the peaks and valleys in the outgoing 2.5L five-tube, that proffers its 177 lb-ft of maximum torque in a fairly rev-happy 4250 and it is 170 horsepower maximum on 5700, creating the tighten nice stain.

A gasoline - economy - enhanced calibration of the 6- speed torque- converter automatic retains the Passat at low revs on the upper gears when cruising, during which there’s much less rumbly powertrain sounds compared to the Jetta 1.8T we recently drove. We’ll attribute that to more soundproofing and the reality that the engine does not stay at 1200 rpm lengthy if street fill increases. Climb even a minor grade or scarcely breathe in the accelerator, and the automatic transmission downshifts, removing a rumbling noise. Obviously, you can use your own gearbox programming through tipping from the gears physically or simply by opting for the Passat using a 5 -speed manual-yes, the car is still obtainable with the stick even after a 1.8T accomplishes it's creep across the selection.

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