Best Technological Innovation of the Year: The Golf GT Sport with 170 PS strong TSI and DSG

Golf GT Sport wins awards at Barcelona International
Motor Show as a TSI with dual clutch transmission


Wolfsburg / Barcelona, June 13, 2007. The Golf GT Sport with TSI
engine and dual clutch transmission (DSG) was honored with
“Barcelona International Motor Show Award 2007”. In May, the TSI
engines brought home to Wolfsburg the Engine of the Year Award
for their class.


More than 100 automotive projects were nominated for the “Barcelona
International Motor Show Awards” this year in Spain. The goal of the
competition: To find the best technological innovation of the year.


The Spanish jury for the Golf GT Sport, a car whose powertrain systems
are among the most technologically advanced in the world; the engines of
the GT Sport cover a range from 75 kW to 125 kW. The prize-winning
high-end engine, the 125 kW (170 PS) strong TSI, is a prime example of
innovative engine charging. Its maximum torque of 240 Newton-meters at
a low 1,750 rpm enables an absolutely impressive style of propulsion.
After just 7.3 seconds the Golf GT Sport is moving at a fast 100 km/h, and
its top speed is 220 km/h.


This is contrasted by – and this is decisive – an average fuel consumption
of just 7.3 liters per 100 kilometers. This does not change when the Golf
GT Sport TSI is paired with the innovative dual clutch transmission (DSG)
either. This transmission, the only one of its kind in the world, unifies the
comfort of an automatic and the dynamics and economy of a manual
transmission.


Representing Volkswagen in accepting the Barcelona International Motor
Show Award were Lucas Casasnovas, Volkswagen Brand Manager in
Spain, and Michael Schäfer, Director of Dual Clutch Transmission
Development. TSI and DSG, says Michael Schäfer, underscore
Volkswagen’s leadership position in the powertrain area. These
technologies also reflect the fact that sportiness and economy definitely
do not need to be mutually exclusive.


TSI engines are currently offered on these Volkswagen models: Golf, Golf
Variant, Golf Plus, CrossGolf, Jetta, Touran and CrossTouran. DSG dual
clutch transmission is also available on these models, as well as on the
Eos, Passat and Passat Variant.


The awards were initiated by the motor show management and the
Sociedad de Técnicos de Automoción (STA). STA is the Spanish
association of automotive engineers, comparable to the  Association of
German Engineers (VDI), and like VDI it is a member of FISTA, the wellknown
umbrella organization of automotive engineering associations
worldwide.


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