What is Formel E?

[Steven100]

Hi

Does anyone know what vw's formel E engines, are?
What do they entail/exactly do & how?

Be as technical as you like, that no problem.

Thanks for any insight into the matter!!

Steve

[golfvr6]

As far as i know the very early golf mk2 had a formel E model which had a 1.0L engine, they stopped doing it after a year as it was sh!t. I think they made some of the early polos 1.0L and called them formel E.

[mk1]

Didn't they have a very tall 5th gear for economy?.

[kniterider]

yep your right mk1 e was for economy and an extra gear and yes they were pants!

[Hammy]

Here we go


Taken from a *cough* Jetta owners club site  

At the beginning of 1981, when Volkswagen announced a series of energy-saving measures under the banner of Formel E Technology, the Jetta, like the Golf, became the recipient of an optional 3+E gearbox in which (fourth) offered a cruising gear in which the engine revs typically dropped by around 1000 rpm following the change up from third. The other Formel E equipment mirrored that of the Golf, but with the addition of a rear spoiler.

[kniterider]

blimey thats a new one! ill take your word for it!

[adyh]

They also came with an engine shut off device for traffic lights , and jams etc. If you pulled up at the lights and put your hand brake on (or something like that) the engine cut out and only started again when you wanted to pull off

[Helios_Blue_Valver]

They also came with an engine shut off device for traffic lights , and jams etc. If you pulled up at the lights and put your hand brake on (or something like that) the engine cut out and only started again when you wanted to pull off

sounds like a pain in the nether regions to me. I had a VW rabbit years back that would turn itself off at lights. I think that feature was called "sh!te carburator" on that particular one though