GTD-R

[GrahamFR]

If you believe hard enough it might just happen 

http://www.passat.com/gb/en/home.html?page=features&section=areaContent-Performance&modal=3.3.1-BiTurbo.html

[Hawaii-Five-O]

Very interesting! So a bi-turbo TDI does exist. But will it make it to the Golf GTD(R)?

Some other good tech mentioned too. ACC that steers in heavy traffic. How about that.

[fredgroves]

Everyone I've spoken to who is remotely mechanically minded (ie not me!) says the current crop of bi-turbo engines are fiddly fail prone things.

Not quite sure why VW would want to push 240ps like that, when the current proven design will definitely go there anyway (as DTUK and friends prove easily!).

Some other interesting new bits of VW (Bosch!) technology on that page though, you can see that the truly smart car is only just around the corner.

[GrahamFR]

engine bay in the passat and the golf cant be that different so i see now real reason why they cant put this and the awd system into a golf if they really wanted to.

And yeah i agree 240 from a single turbo is easy, think the D5 has done it for a while now, but think of the tuning potential  ok its still gonna be way behind petrol but 300 bhp should be easy from it 

[monkeyhanger]

Have you seen the prices of the bi-turbo Passats? The difference in price between the Bi-turbo and single turbo 190PS ultra for both the GT and the R-line spec is £5100. Are they for real? Unless the Bi-turbo comes with leather seat and bigger wheels, I can;t see where 3/4 of that £5100 is coning from.

[fredgroves]

I went to compare the Vauxhall costs for their TDI Bi-Turbo.... but it seems you can't spec it anymore.

Can't find out why, but suspect its the same reliability issues I mentioned...

[GrahamFR]

cant really compare opel's crap old tech, slower than the current gtd, to this bad boy. ze germans love a good derv, so i retain the faith here

[Wo-Wo]

Hasn't this been around for a while in the transporter?

[GrahamFR]

true the transporter has had a biturbo for a while but not this potent, its gotta be a different engine

[GrahamFR]

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