ce geras. kaip golfui ar kokiai mazdai 3 laimejus metu automobilio awardsa 
vistiek ferrari geriau, taip ir renkantis tarp 354 taskus gavusi vw tsi ir 
114 tasku gavusio amg, tas vw variklis ne pro kur nelaimi :) is kitos puses, 
mercedes 2.1 cdi lygiai taip pat nelaimi prie bmw v8, nors tasku po 203 :)




"pragäras" <briuseliokopustas@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
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>a vuo:)
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> Volkswagen 1.4-litre TSI Twincharger
>
>      Having accumulated 354 points from 65 judges, VW’s innovative 
> new-generation TSI Twincharger has ended four years of BMW dominance to 
> win the overall International Engine of the Year Award for 2009.
>
>      In what was the closest race in the history of the Awards, the 
> Twincharger beat the 2007 and 2008 champion, BMW’s 3-litre DI Twin Turbo 
> by four points. TSI’s triumph in the overall International Engine of the 
> Year, Green Engine and 1-litre to 1.4-litre categories will be seen as an 
> important victory for those backing the downsizing of internal combustion 
> engines over other solutions such as gasoline hybrids and full electric 
> vehicles.
>
>      Most notable was how well VW’s 1.4-litre unit managed to gather 
> points from markets outside Europe, with judges in North America, Asia and 
> South America all awarding top marks. “It was an easy choice,” said 
> international motoring journalist Peter Robinson. “TSI combines 
> outstanding refinement with terrific performance and low consumption and 
> emissions.” American Matt Davis was equally impressed: “Volkswagen’s 
> 1.4-litre TSI EA111 is still way ahead of the curve, sensationally 
> over-engineered in all the right ways, and even makes the company’s 
> fantastic 2-litre TFSI already look like yesterday’s tech.”
>
>      The four-cylinder combines a turbocharger and supercharger in one 
> compact unit. The result is power of up to 178bhp, but what’s most 
> impressive is the engine’s specific power that attains 127.1bhp per litre 
> of displacement. And with 240Nm of torque coming good at 1,500rpm, it’s 
> easy to see why the jurors that look for performance and sporty 
> characteristics were impressed.
>
>      But power is just part of the story for this year’s International 
> Engine of the Year. The TSI derivative mated to VW’s DSG system emits 144g 
> CO2/km, and in a Golf application, fuel consumption is rated at 
> 6.2litres/100km (45.5mpg). With those figures, it’s little wonder that TSI 
> won.
>
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