The Volkswagen Jetta Sportwagen 2.5 is a front wheel drive car, with the engine mounted in the front, and a 5 door estate/station wagon body.
Its 5 cylinder, double overhead camshaft naturally aspirated powerplant has 4 valves per cylinder and a displacement of 2.5 litres. For this model it develops power and torque figures of 168 bhp (170 PS/125 kW) at 5700 rpm and 240 Nm (177 lbft/24.5 kgm) at 4250 rpm respectively.
The engine supplies its power through to the wheels by means of a 5 speed manual 'box.
The quoted weight at the kerb is 1445 kg.
Full specs
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Applicable to the USA domestic market(s). | ||
| 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) | 1542 mm | 60.7 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1514 mm | 59.6 inches | |
| Length | 4557 mm | 179.4 inches | |
| Width | 1781 mm | 70.1 inches | |
| Height | 1504 mm | 59.2 inches | |
| Ground clearance | 137 mm | 5.4 inches | |
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.77 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1445 kg | 3186 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 54.9 litres | 12.1 [14.5] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | 0.31 | ||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Volkswagen | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 5 | ||
| Capacity | 2.5 litre 2480 cc (151.339 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 82.5 × 92.8 mm
3.25 × 3.65 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 0.89 | ||
| Valve gear | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
4 valves per cylinder 20 valves in total |
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| maximum power output | 170 PS (168 bhp) (125 kW) at 5700 rpm |
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| maximum torque | 240 Nm (177 ft·lb) (24.5 kgm) at 4250 rpm |
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| Specific output | 50.5 kW/litre 68.7 ps/litre 67.7 bhp/litre 1.11 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque |
96.77 Nm/litre
1.17 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | cast iron block; aluminum alloy head | ||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 9.5:1 | ||
| Fuel system | EFI | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1216.1 kPa (176.4 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | 6 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 496 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| 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 117.88 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.12 PS/kg 86.7 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.09 kW/kg 116.26 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.12 bhp/kg 0.05 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 11.53 kg/kW 19.27 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | 23/33 US MPG EPA city/highway | ||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | 10.2/7.1 l/100km city/highway | ||
| km/litre | 9.8/14.0 km/l city/highway | ||
| UK MPG | 27.6/39.6 UK MPG city/highway | ||
| US MPG | 23.0/33.0 US MPG city/highway | ||
| 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 | 3.010 | ||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | |||
| Rear suspension | |||
| 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 | 287 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | 257 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 5 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | 0.66 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.39 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 355047 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 21.1 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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2014 Volkswagen Jetta Sportwagen 2.5 added 2013-08-26. Last modified 2020-02-02. |
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