Sport Is So Good?
I wonder if Volkswagen appreciates the irony of the new CC. 95,000 (a hundred grand with tax) for a 12-cylinder model. It was a monumental flop, yanked summarily from the U.S. Part of the problem was that for all that money, it looked like a Passat, only bigger. And from a block away, with no perspective to judge size, it looked like a Passat, period. 1,200 below the least-expensive Passat. Teutonically purposeful as the ones before, but without actually achieving elegance or desirability. Attempts to soften the Passat have resulted in it coming off as lukewarm. But the CC turns up the heat by appealing to the emotions with fluid, sensuous lines. Sport is so good? EPA estimate (with automatic): 19 city/29 highway. Manual transmission 21 city/31 highway. UPDATE: Just ended a week in another CC Sport. I took delivery of 450 miles seems plausible. I handed it back this morning with just under half a tank of gas remaining.
German car manufacturer Volkswagen AGhopes to get management's break-even target for your South American current market by 2010 at the earliest, the company's main labourrepresentative Bernd Osterloh tell Dow Jones Newswires in aninterview Saterday. Osterloh mentioned, adding it can be ahard target to reach. Osterloh explained meeting the objective will need an improve inproductivity and reduced purchasing charges. This means astronger focus on purchasing parts locally, he said. He also added that the South American marketplace could be a focalpoint for your organization within the near years. With this in mind,Wolfsburg, Germany-based Volkswagen is sending its "best man for the south American industry," Stefmn Jackby, to assume the positionof Chief Executive of Volkswagen of America beginning on Sept. Osterloh said that he didn't know whether production would resume in theUnited States using the construction of the new factory. She said before this may be decided, capacity utilization in Mexico would bestudied.According to Osterloh,Osterloh said that he didn't know whether production would resume in theUnited States using the construction of the new factory. She said before this may be decided, capacity utilization in Mexico would bestudied.According to Osterloh it's mucb more essential that the companydevelops car versions for the U.S. He mentioned designs the size of a Passat or Jetta would besuitable and are becoming considered.
Everything started thanks to the first model BMW E21. Then BMW E30 appeared and it鈥檚 still popular, especially among young and drift beginners because of its 2.5 liter 6-cylinder aggregate producing 170hp. Next favorite engine can be found behind the 318is badge. It鈥檚 a 1.8 liter 4-cylinder aggregate producing impressive 140hp and it鈥檚 lighter than V6s too. So its power/weight ratio is amazing and that means great maneuverability and fast drive. And there鈥檚 some rare model - the really first M model - BMW E30 M3. BMW E30 series was replaced with new BMW E36 models in 1992. Rounded headlamps from E21s and E30s were changed for elongated square ones. It became bigger too. The most powerful aggregates of this generation are 2.5 and 2.8 liter V6 (both producing 192hp) and 2.5 TDS diesel engine which wasn鈥檛 very impressive. The BMW E36 model was produces in many version like the previous E30 - 4-door saloon, coupe, convertible, touring and shorter version of coupe called 鈥瀋ompact鈥? Finally in 1998, first BMW E46 models has appeared and replaced old E36s. Beautiful oval curves were nice change compared to the previous models.
Also this generation offers many engines and fortunately also good diesel version like 136hp from 2.0 liter turbo diesel. Of course petrol power plants were elaborated too, but we can find also older versions. Like the 2.5 V6 engine with Vanos technology offering 192hp. Also 221hp from a 3.0 liter V6 appeared. The most powerful M version has a 3.2 liter engine under the hood and 343hp are transferred to the rear axle. And now we can move to the latest generation BMW E92 introduced in Geneva in the year 2005. Yes, it鈥檚 more than 2 years. Maybe its modern shapes weren鈥檛 pleasant for those used to beautiful E46, but now almost everyone likes these modern, stylish shapes of bodykit available as a saloon, touring, coupe and convertible. Majority of engines available in this generation came from the E46 models, but with some modifications of course. There are new 3.5 liter 6-cylinders - one petrol and one diesel aggregate.
The most interesting engine is the petrol version that isn鈥檛 naturally aspirated but it has not only one, but two turbochargers! BMW car manufacturer used a turbocharger in the model 2002 which was something like a predecessor of the series. And why the engine needs two turbos? This answer is very simple for those who know something about turbo technology. The big one serves big output, in this case there are 306hp (242kW). But big turbos has one big disadvantage - a turbo lag. A turbocharger needs some time and high revs to work efficiently. So there鈥檚 a smaller turbo to patch this lag till there are necessary revs. It works from low revolutions and it鈥檚 a great solution of this problem. This engine allows reaching 100kmph in 5.5 seconds and top speed is 250kmph. Bavarian engineers have achieved another important goal - fuel economy under 10 liters per 100km. This car needs only 9.5 liters per 100kmh combined.
