This car has a 5 door hatchback body style with a front mounted engine driving through the front wheels.
The 4 cylinder, double overhead camshaft turbocharged engine has 4 valves per cylinder and a displacement of 1.8 litres. This unit musters power and torque figures of 170 bhp (172 PS/127 kW) at 4500 rpm and 270 Nm (199 lbft/27.5 kgm) at 1600 rpm respectively.
The engine delivers its power through to the wheels via a 6 speed automatic 'box.
The Volkswagen Golf TSI weighs a claimed 1362 kg at the kerb.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 4/5 seater hatchback | ||
| Number of doors | 5 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2638 mm | 103.9 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1549 mm | 61 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1519 mm | 59.8 inches | |
| Length | 4257 mm | 167.6 inches | |
| Width | 1798 mm | 70.8 inches | |
| Height | 1478 mm | 58.2 inches | |
| Ground clearance | 137 mm | 5.4 inches | |
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.61 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1362 kg | 3003 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 50 litres | 11 [13.2] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | 0.29 | ||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | turbocharged petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Volkswagen | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Capacity | 1.8 litre 1798 cc (109.721 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 82.5 × 84.1 mm
3.25 × 3.31 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 0.98 | ||
| Valve gear | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
4 valves per cylinder 16 valves in total |
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| maximum power output | 172 PS (170 bhp) (127 kW) at 4500 rpm |
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| maximum torque | 270 Nm (199 ft·lb) (27.5 kgm) at 1600 rpm |
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| Specific output | 70.5 kW/litre 95.9 ps/litre 94.5 bhp/litre 1.55 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque |
150.17 Nm/litre
1.81 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | cast iron block; aluminum alloy head | ||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 9.6:1 | ||
| Fuel system | direct petrol injection | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1887.1 kPa (273.7 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | 5 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 449.5 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Turbo | ||
| Compressor | |||
| Intercooler | |||
| Catalytic converter | Y | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | |||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | |||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | |||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | |||
| Standing kilometre | |||
| Maximum speed | |||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 126.55 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.13 PS/kg 93.08 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.09 kW/kg 124.82 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.12 bhp/kg 0.06 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 10.74 kg/kW 17.95 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | 24/33/27 US MPG EPA city/highway/combined | ||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | 9.8/7.1/8.7 l/100km city/highway/combined | ||
| km/litre | 10.2/14.0/11.5 km/l city/highway/combined | ||
| UK MPG | 28.8/39.6/32.4 UK MPG city/highway/combined | ||
| US MPG | 24.0/33.0/27.0 US MPG city/highway/combined | ||
| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | transverse | ||
| Drive wheels | front wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | power assisted rack & pinion | ||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | |||
| Rear suspension | |||
| Wheel size front | 6J x 15 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 6J x 15 | ||
| Tyres front | 195/65 R 15 | ||
| Tyres rear | 195/65 R 15 | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/Di-S-ABS | ||
| Front brake diameter | 287 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | 272 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 6 speed automatic | ||
| Top gear ratio | 0.67 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.87 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 539286 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 16.9 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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2018 Volkswagen Golf TSI Automatic added 2018-01-13. Last modified 2020-03-16. |
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