Best Eco Car around the World? VW Golf 1.6 TDI Bluemotion 2009 Review

VWGolfBluemotion_2009_reviewVW Golf 1.6 TDI Bluemotion really impress us with its fuel consume, while Toyota uses the Prius, with its eco hill, Europe’s decision makers are also trying to raise themselves on the sunny green uplands with a series of hybrid rival misers. By Econetic Ford to BMW EfficientDynamics, Blue Efficiency Vauxhall Ecoflex Benzes, Ecomotive of seats BlueMotion Volkswagen. They are all on, fabricated increasingly daft model name to float their greenest offering.

Volkswagen, which has been building fuel-sipping ideas (remember the freewheeling Ecomatic golf?), Long before Toyota began to sprout Preen court has just launched a new range of Bluemotion, from 114g/km to 90g/km Polo BlueMotion Passat BlueMotion.

We focus here on the big sale 99g/km VW Golf BlueMotion 2009, Europe’s first central sub-100g/km Luke (99g/km the new Ford Focus Econetic follows the beginning of 2010). It is just as well we are writing about golf, because the above-oriented, slow and loud Polo BlueMotion is about as attractive as a diet of tofu and lentils. (The Passat BlueMotion is much more a celebration, but that’s another story.)

How is the VW Golf BlueMotion other than a regular golf?

Start with the standard 105bhp 1.6 TDI Golf that uses a diesel engine to the sweetest. Power and torque remain unchanged when Bluemotioning. Add stop-start (so that the engine shuts off when the car is stationary) and) regenerative braking (kinetic energy to increase coverage of the battery. Improving the aerodynamics so that the air cleaner splits (Note-Tronic ® lowering, revised grille, new front bumper and a small rear spoiler).
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Mercedes-Benz ML320 BlueTEC, world’s cleanest diesel?

The BlueTEC ML320 SUV was recently unveiled at the 2008 New York auto show and according to the manufacturers, its AddBlue technology makes it the world’s cleanest diesel. The car uses a turbocharged diesel 3.2-liter V-6 engine which produces 210 horsepower and 398 lb-ft. ot torque and it represents the first use of AddBlue technology in the States.

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What is the AddBlue technology? Well, AddBlue is a urea-based liquid which if is injected in the exhaust stream, it converts 80 percent of the nitrogen oxide into ammonia.

“These vehicles now have a urea injection [called AdBlue] which makes them 50-state [compliant],” Rob Moran, Mercedes-Benz USA spokesman, told Inside Line. “Bluetec enables a diesel to be as clean as a gas engine, in simple terms. For 2009, those SUVs become available in 50 states and become Bluetec, not CDI models. CDI is the 2008 model that is only available to be registered in 42 states.”

The ML320 has a 7 gallon tank for AddBlue which means it should be refilled every 10,000 miles. Mercedes-Benz will follow the ML320 BlueTEC with R-Class and GL-class BlueTEC models.

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