« Reply #48 on: 12 November 2014, 14:05 »
Talking of reliability of twin-charged units, the super-turbo-charged 1.4 VW have just binned wasn't exactly a paragon of reliability and I don't think I've ever read a single review from an owner that said it was "trouble free". This was an engine that won awards for design!
Hopefully that was just the supercharger side of things as VW dropped the G40/60 due to its issues way back when. But I have to say the Polo G40 I had about a thousand years ago was the best fun car I ever owned (the Lupo GTI being the best fun car I drove but didn't actually own) and dispelled all those myths that people need canal barge sized cars as soon as they have children - check out the boot size of a mk2/3 Polo and I can tell you I managed perfectly ok for a couple years with a very small child in tow.
Anyway, hopefully VW have learned their lessons and we can take the huuuuuge price difference between the single turbo and bi-turbo Passat as a sign that this new engine is very expensive and therefore very well built!!!
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