The Polo BlueGT is a motor vehicle from Volkswagen, with front wheel drive, a front mounted engine and a 3 door hatchback body style.
It's powered courtesy of a turbocharged engine of 1.4 litre capacity. This unit features double overhead camshaft valve gear, 4 cylinder layout, and 4 valves per cylinder. It develops 138 bhp (140 PS/103 kW) of power at 5600 rpm, and maximum torque of 220 N·m (162 lb·ft/22.4 kgm) at 1500-3500 rpm.
The engine drives the wheels compliments of a 6 speed manual 'box.
With a claimed weight at the kerb of 1212 kg, the Volkswagen Polo BlueGT covers the 0-100 km/h benchmark in 7.9 seconds and the kilometre from rest in 29 seconds.
Top stated speed is 210 km/h or 130 mph, and carbon dioxide emissions are 107.0 g/km.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 4/5 seater hatchback | ||
| Number of doors | 3 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2470 mm | 97.2 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1443 mm | 56.8 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1437 mm | 56.6 inches | |
| Length | 4064 mm | 160 inches | |
| Width | 1682 mm | 66.2 inches | |
| Height | 1462 mm | 57.6 inches | |
| Ground clearance | |||
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.65 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1212 kg | 2672 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 45 litres | 9.9 [11.9] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | turbocharged petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Volkswagen | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Capacity | 1.4 litre 1395 cc (85.128 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 74.5 × 80 mm
2.93 × 3.15 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 0.93 | ||
| Valve gear | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
4 valves per cylinder 16 valves in total |
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| maximum power output | 140 PS (138 bhp) (103 kW) at 5600 rpm |
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| maximum torque | 220 Nm (162 ft·lb) (22.4 kgm) at 1500-3500 rpm |
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| Specific output | 73.8 kW/litre 100.3 ps/litre 98.9 bhp/litre 1.62 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque |
157.71 Nm/litre
1.91 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | aluminium block & head | ||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 10.5:1 | ||
| Fuel system | direct petrol injection | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1981.8 kPa (287.4 psi) | ||
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| crankshaft bearings | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 348.75 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Turbo | ||
| Compressor | |||
| Intercooler | |||
| Catalytic converter | Y | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | |||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | |||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | 7.9 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | 15.9 s | ||
| Standing kilometre | 29 s | ||
| Maximum speed | 210 km/h (130 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 115.44 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.12 PS/kg 84.91 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.08 kW/kg 113.86 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.11 bhp/kg 0.05 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 11.78 kg/kW 19.67 lb/bhp |
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| Fuel consumption | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
| US MPG | |||
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 107.0 g/km NEDC | ||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | B | ||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | B | ||
| 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 | 7J x 17 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 7J x 17 | ||
| Tyres front | 215/40 R 17 V | ||
| Tyres rear | 215/40 R 17 V | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/Di-S-ABS | ||
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| Gearbox | 6 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | |||
| Final drive ratio | |||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 279939 | ||
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| RAC rating | 13.8 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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2012 Volkswagen Polo BlueGT added 2012-07-05. Last modified 2020-02-02. |
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