2012 Volkswagen E-Bugster Concept

An electric motor provides the E-Bugster with eighty five kWh (115 PS) of power, which will propel it from zero to 60 mph in 10.nine seconds, and nonetheless offers a range of a minimum of a hundred and ten miles from the 28.three kWh lithium-ion batteries. If the E-Bugster desires a top-up, a quick-charging operate allows complete recharging in just thirty five minutes from a specialist DC supply, or slower charging from an AC source like a 230-volt domestic outlet.

The E-Bugster conjointly charges itself as soon as the driving force’s foot leaves the accelerator pedal, when kinetic energy is transformed into electricity and stored in the battery. Applying the brakes will increase the intensity of regeneration, a operate that is indicated to the driving force within the instrument panel. Other instruments include driving vary and battery state indicators, and a meter that shows how abundant energy the driver is requesting via the accelerator pedal.

The E-Bugster’s speedster look is made partly by a 90 mm lower windscreen, and also by the distinctive form of the panel that covers the lithium-ion batteries behind the seats. Both back and front bumpers have been substantially modified from those of the assembly Beetle. At the front, LED daytime running lights at the outer edges of the central air intake kind a C-shape on the left that's mirrored on the correct – a signature of Volkswagen’s electric vehicle ideas. At the rear, reflectors take the place of LEDs. 

At 4,278 mm long and 1,838 mm wide, the E-Bugster is the identical length as a customary Beetle but 30 mm wider. Beneath the flared wheel arches sit twenty-inch alloy wheels with 235/35 tyre.

Volkswagen Golf GTI Cabriolet 2013

With an output of fifteen5 kW / 210 PS (from 5,three hundred rpm to six,200 rpm), the TSI engine which lies at the guts of the new Volkswagen Golf GTI Cabriolet has specifically the same power as the classic GTI with a steel and/or panoramic sunroof. Specifically, this can be a GTI direct-injection petrol engine of the EA888 series. The turbocharged 16-valve four-cylinder engine develops a most torque of 280 Newton metres at an occasional 1,700 rpm. And this torque remains accessible at a constant level up to 5,two hundred rpm – an ideal plateau for a torque curve, which is really not curved to any extent further.

The TSI engine accelerates the foremost powerful Golf Cabriolet ever from 0 to 100 km/h in simply seven.3 seconds. A special strength of the engine is its great flexibility: the manually shifted Cabriolet will accelerate from eighty to 120 km/h in just ten.five seconds – this value shows why the open-prime four-seat convertible is a perfect cruiser. The VW Golf GTI Cabriolet attains a top speed of 237 km/h (DSG: 235 km/h). This contrasts with a combined fuel consumption of just seven.half-dozen l/one hundred km and seventeen7 g/km as the equivalent CO2 emissions (DSG: seven.seven l/100 km and one hundred eighty g/km CO2). Incidentally, the Golf GTI is the sole convertible in the compact class up to 210 PS to be offered with a twin clutch gearbox!

Like the classic Golf GTI with a mounted steel roof, the new convertible also exhibits visual logos of the GTI. They're the typical GTI insignia that have made their approach into the collective memory of all car drivers over the past thirty six years. At the front, they're the red framing of the radiator grille with its honeycomb structure and GTI signature, the honeycomb structure of the lower air inlets, the front GTI bumper and the GTI-specific fog lights with chrome surrounds. At the rear, the Golf GTI Cabriolet is distinguished by a replacement diffuser style, the typical chrome tailpipes (one on the left and one on the proper) and smoked LED rear lights. The licence plate at the rear is additionally illuminated by LEDs. From the perimeters, the side sill extensions and seventeen-in. ‘Denver’ alloy wheels (on 225/45 tyres) build the convertible a GTI. Of course, here too eighteen-inch ‘Detroit’ GTI wheels with 225/forty tyres are offered as an choice.