Mein verdämmter Volkswagen...

the engine noted, the 1.2 L has 74 Hp and 133 ft/lb of torque. It should be recalled just because of the offending low power numbers. I guess you can alway push it uphill if your in a hurry.

 

My neighbor races flat track motorcycles. He’s building a new bike based around a Yamaha twin engine. It puts out 107hp.

 

You guys obviously never had the pleasure of driving a 1981 VW diesel pickup... I think it was 50 hp! 74 would feel like Formula 1.

On a side note, the power output was not the biggest drawback. The exposed fuel lines which would freeze while driving were... That usually happened several miles from home, and reduced the engine to a nice idle.

 

Oh actually I did drive a 1981 diesel VW pick-up, a lot.
My second job was delivering parts for a VW dealer in Glendora and my parts truck was this wonderful piece of machinery. Slow enough to be dangerous, this "vehicle" would not go over 57 mph and that was flooring it!
One time had to drive to Apple valley to deliver parts. After driving up the Cajon Pass at about 35 mph, I put it neutral for the descent into the desert. Managed to get it to coast at the extremely fast pace of 65. Red light in my rear view! F*ck....pull over for exceeding the 55 speed limit, while coasting! I asked the cop to drive this POS and if he can get it to go over 55 I'll not contest it. The officer was not amused. The one and only time that thing went that fast and it cost me.
But it got like 40 mpg. Not a fair trade IMO.

 

Yeah but how much torque?

 

Been dealing with something similar with my Ram Eco Diesel:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidk...ulators-over-its-own-dieselgate/#55a73f067557

 

The story that never goes away...
https://jalopnik.com/four-german-audi-managers-charged-in-u-s-for-diesel-ch-1831856171

I wonder how Porsche has been able to avoid this?

 

Talk about no power; our '63 Bug had an 1192cc a total of 34 HP. With a manual 4 sp tranny that was actually underdriven in the final gear. Pretty sure we could only get it up to 56mph.

 

When I was a kid my cousin had just about every Mopar Muscle Car there was. The first time I got in the passenger seat of a Bug I asked why the speedometer only went up to 100? I thought all cars would do 150!