The Volkswagen Golf Variant 1.9 TDI is a 5 door estate/station wagon-bodied road car with a front mounted engine supplying power to the front wheels.
Its 4 cylinder, single overhead camshaft turbocharged engine has 2 valves per cylinder and a volume of 1.9 litres. It musters power and torque figures of 104 bhp (105 PS/78 kW) at 4000 rpm and 250 Nm (184 lbft/25.5 kgm) at 1900 rpm respectively.
The engine drives the wheels via a 5 speed manual gearbox.
It weighs a claimed 1361 kg at the kerb.
Its maximum speed claimed is 187 km/h, which is 116 mph, stated fuel consumption is 6.6/4.5/5.2 l/100km urban/extra-urban/combined, and carbon dioxide emissions are 137.0 g/km.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 4/5 seater estate/station wagon | ||
| Number of doors | 5 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2578 mm | 101.5 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1535 mm | 60.4 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1508 mm | 59.4 inches | |
| Length | 4556 mm | 179.4 inches | |
| Width | 1781 mm | 70.1 inches | |
| Height | 1504 mm | 59.2 inches | |
| Ground clearance | |||
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.77 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1361 kg | 3000 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 55 litres | 12.1 [14.5] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | 0.31 | ||
| Frontal area | 2.20 m² | ||
| CdA | 0.68 | ||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | turbocharged diesel | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Volkswagen | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Capacity | 1.9 litre 1896 cc (115.701 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 79.5 × 95.5 mm
3.13 × 3.76 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 0.83 | ||
| Valve gear | single overhead camshaft (SOHC)
2 valves per cylinder 8 valves in total |
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| maximum power output | 105 PS (104 bhp) (78 kW) at 4000 rpm |
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| maximum torque | 250 Nm (184 ft·lb) (25.5 kgm) at 1900 rpm |
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| Specific output | 40.9 kW/litre 55.6 ps/litre 54.9 bhp/litre 0.9 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque |
131.86 Nm/litre
1.59 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | cast iron block; aluminium head | ||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 19:1 | ||
| Fuel system | direct diesel injection | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1657 kPa (240.3 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | 5 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 474 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Turbo D. | ||
| Compressor | |||
| Intercooler | Y | ||
| Catalytic converter | Y | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | 8.2 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | |||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | 12.2 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | |||
| Standing kilometre | |||
| Maximum speed | 187 km/h (116 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 77.48 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.08 PS/kg 56.98 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.06 kW/kg 76.41 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.08 bhp/kg 0.03 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 17.55 kg/kW 29.31 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | 6.6/4.5/5.2 l/100km urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | 6.6/4.5/5.2 l/100km urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| km/litre | 15.2/22.2/19.2 km/l urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| UK MPG | 42.8/62.8/54.3 UK MPG urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| US MPG | 35.6/52.3/45.2 US MPG urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 137.0 g/km NEDC | ||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | E | ||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | transverse | ||
| Drive wheels | front wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | I.MS.LW.ARB. | ||
| Rear suspension | I.4Li.ARB. | ||
| Wheel size front | 6½J x 16 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 6½J x 16 | ||
| Tyres front | 205/55 R 16 H | ||
| Tyres rear | 205/55 R 16 H | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/Di-S-ABS | ||
| Front brake diameter | 280 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | 260 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 5 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | 0.74 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.39 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 158686 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 15.7 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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2007 Volkswagen Golf Variant 1.9 TDI added 2007-05-22. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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