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What is a small steel cannon?
Spend the least amount of money, use the smallest car, and install the biggest "beep". The Golf GTI, Lynk & Co 03+, Civic TYPE R are all like this, but this is not far from the limit of the genre...
Recently, Volkswagen released the 2022 POLO GTI model (sixth generation), the new car not only integrates the R-Line sports suite, as well as IQ.DRIVE Travel Assist advanced driving assistance functions, but also equipped with EA888 2.0TSI engine, with Volkswagen's seven-speed dual-clutch transmission, the vehicle 0-100km/h acceleration time is only 6.7 seconds.
At the design level, the car incorporates more sporty elements on the basis of the sixth-generation POLO, including the red decorative strip in the front grille position, and the shape of the lower encirclement is easily reminiscent of the Golf GTI model, which is also a hatchback, and this POLO GTI does have a bit of a condensed version of the Golf GTI.
Similarly, Volkswagen's latest IQ.Light LED headlights are not absent, in addition to the matrix light groups on both sides, the middle position has also added LED light strip decoration, which looks a bit of the technological avant-garde temperament of the ID series pure electric cars. In addition, the new rear lights have also been redesigned to support the flow signal effect.
In terms of color matching, the new car will provide pure white, black pearl, smoked ash, metallic red, coral blue and other metal paints to choose from, and some colors can also be optional black roof to further strengthen the combat temperament.
Wheels part, the car standard with 17-inch alloy wheels, users can also choose 18-inch alloy wheels, at the same time, black exterior mirrors, red calipers, fender "GTI" logo and other details can also see the difference between this car and polo standard version.
As with the exterior, the interior of the new car also has a clear movement tendency, although the layout is similar, but the central control position uses a large number of red decorative panels, the steering wheel, seat details have also added red stitching decoration, and the woven seats are the same as the Golf GTI, which is a Scottish weaving style, highlighting the sports temperament.
In addition, the full LCD dashboard and Volkswagen's latest three-frame steering wheel are also used in this car, the only regret is that the car does not apply the electronic shift mechanism and electronic handbrake on the Golf GTI, which is less of a sense of technology.
For polo GTI, Volkswagen's EA211 1.4T/1.5T are slightly chilly, Volkswagen directly in the narrow cabin of this small car into the EA888 2.0TSI engine, the maximum power of 147kW / 200PS, peak torque of 320Nm, the book data is not prominent, but pulling this car weighing less than 1.3t is more than enough. With the XDS front axle limited-slip differential, the acceleration time of the vehicle from 0-100km/h is compressed to 6.7 seconds, which is essentially faster than the domestic Golf GTI (7.1 seconds).
Technically, this EA888 2.0T engine applies many mainstream advanced technologies including dual injection, Miller cycle, variable valve lift (intake side), the maximum compression ratio is 11.65:1, and the 7-speed dual-clutch transmission is equipped with a 7-speed dual-clutch transmission on many models such as the Passat and Tiguan L in service in China, and its fuel economy has been widely recognized. More importantly, this engine is a cast iron cylinder block design, its strength is also more resistant than the now common all-aluminum cylinder block, and the modification of the hardware is also more reassuring, more than 250 horsepower is still relatively easy.
In the chassis section, the car has been correspondingly enhanced compared to the standard version for springs, auxiliary springs, shock absorbers and anti-roll bars, and the body height has been reduced by 15mm to fit its performance car status. In addition, the car also provides an optional version of the adaptive electromagnetic shock absorber, which fully meets the user's multiple demands on the comfort and support of the chassis in different car scenarios.
summary
Any mature passenger car market will show more and more segmented characteristics, although the rise of domestic cars so that Honda Fit, Volkswagen POLO gradually lost market space, but like this kind of high-horsepower small steel cannon in the country still has survival soil, the key to see whether the joint venture company has the sincerity to introduce such hard-core gadgets. From the perspective of the development of the entire industry, pure fuel small steel guns like POLO GTI have not been in line with the long-term development needs of domestic "carbon neutrality", even if officials and users are interested in this thing, it is estimated that the future is also the era of THE ID series GTX version (dual motor four-wheel drive pure electric vehicle).
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