The Volkswagen Lavida 230TSI is a front wheel drive motor vehicle, with its engine mounted in the front, and a 4 door saloon (sedan) bodyshell.
The 4 cylinder, double overhead camshaft turbocharged engine has 4 valves per cylinder and a volume of 1.4 litres. This unit develops power and torque figures of 128.5 bhp (130 PS/96 kW) at 5000 rpm and 225 Nm (166 lbft/22.9 kgm) at 1400-3500 rpm respectively.
The engine supplies its power through to the wheels via a 5 speed manual gearbox.
Claimed weight at the kerb is 1270 kg.
Top quoted speed is 200 km/h, which equates to 124 mph.
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