Volkwagen’s 1.4 litre TSI twincharger, which won for the ninth time in succession in the 1.0 to 1.4 litre cubic capacity category, once again received the International Engine of the Year Award this year.
For several years, the TSI brand has stood for intelligent downsizing from Volkswagen. Despite their small cubic capacity, the TSI engines is capable of producing levels of power output that not so very long ago only engines with a considerably bigger capacity were able to offer.
The TSI engine is currently available in differing cubic capacity classes and levels of power output ranging between 90 PS and 300 PS. The first TSI engine was in 2006 the twincharger, now once again an award winner, which thanks to an additional turbocharger and mechanical compressor has especially high torque and is very efficient. The TSI twincharger is available in different power levels from 140 PS to 170 PS and continues to be offered for a multitude of Volkswagen’s models such as the Beetle, Jetta, Eos, Touran, Tiguan, Passat and Sharan.
The award for the 1.4 TSI was presented recently in Stuttgart to Carsten Helbing, Head of Application EA888 and Alternative Fuels in the Volkswagen Petrol Engine Development Division. “Our successful TSI engines have for years been impressively demonstrating that the combination of cubic capacity reduction, direct injection and intelligent charging produces great dynamic performance while at the same time delivering low emission and fuel consumption figures,” explained Helbing at the award presentation.
