1996 Volkswagon Passat Tdi 1.9 Liter Diesel 1z Ahu Turbo Ready To Swap on 2040-cars
Venice, California, United States
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I bought this Passat because I was going to swap it's incredibly bomb-proof TDI engine into my VW Caddy / Pickup. A brand new job has me wondering when I'll ever have the time. I rebuilt the injection pump, tuned the engine and commuted 30 miles a day in Los Angeles rush hour traffic for 4 months with this car to see if it's engine was worthy. This is the '96-97 TDI engine that swaps into MK1 and MK2 Rabbit's, Jetta's and VW Pickup trucks with commercially available mounts. These things are German Legos. It has never let me down and worked like a champ. Been sitting for the last month and started instantly this afternoon. Clutch is solid as is the O2J transmission. Brakes could use new pads. Interior is horrible. Dash needs some new plastic parts but could easily be new with a few small parts. Car cruises at 80 mph all day and gets 45 mpg doing so. You could drive it across the country tomorrow. Are you going to use the whole car? You'll need to fix the electric windows. A/C is there but un-charged. You'll need to do something about the interior. The electric sunroof works perfectly! Running synthetic oil and new filters while I've owned it. Timing belt will need to be changed in 5-10K. Clear title and California registered until 2015. No smog necessary.
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Witness this insane 736-hp VW Golf immolate its front tires
Mon, 11 Mar 2013There's torque steer and then there's what we'll from now on dub "The Boba," as in Boba Kettler. The German tuner has a way with the Volkswagen Golf, and the MkI example you see above has been touched with 736 horsepower - that's right, 96 more ponies than a new SRT Viper, all trying to get to ground through those two front wheels.
The 2.0-liter, 16-valve engine has an 8,800 rpm redline and is aided by a Garrett GTX3582R turbocharger shoving 50 psi through the internals. Other upgrades include a new ECU (natch) and a six-speed 'box among other treats. The rubber is Toyo R888s - street-legal competition tires. The result is enough smoke for three Chinese New Years when the lights go green. Indeed, the standing start isn't its forte, but it can apparently get from 62 miles per hour to 124 mph in five seconds.
Watch it go in the video below. And know that this isn't even Boba's best work; he's got a 900-hp MkII Golf that'll do 0-62 mph in 2.3 seconds.
Volkswagen breaks 40-year-old sales record in 2012
Sun, 13 Jan 2013The last time Volkswagen moved this many vehicles in America in one year, Richard Nixon was still a President in good standing, Let It Be was a radio hit and each car wearing the VW badge boasted an air-cooled engine. That's right, with a grand total of 580,286 vehicles sold in the US last year, the VW Group has broken its own four-decades-old sales record by 2,899 vehicles.
Of that 580k total sold, 438k were Volkswagens and 139k were Audi products - increases of 35.1 percent and 18.5 percent, respectively, in year-over-year sales. The ultra-premium members of the VW group also fared well; Bentley delivered 2,315 vehicles for a 23.3-precent increase, and Lamborghini delivered 520 units for a 52.9-percent jump. Bugatti, we're told is "right on track."
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Car companies may need to start curbing model proliferation
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According to Yahoo Finance, the offerings from the German automakers are up 25 percent over the past three years to over 200 models in Europe. The peak is expected to come around 2018 at 230 separate vehicles, according to consulting company PwC.
Amazingly, BMW, which is among the poster children for this model explosion, might be changing its tune. "I'm sure there will be points in the future where we look at certain cars and say, 'Maybe we need to think differently now,'" said head of sales Ian Robertson in an interview, according to Yahoo Finance. The statement certainly sounds shocking coming from a company rumored to have 23 front-wheel-drive vehicles all using a single platform on the way.