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

VW 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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