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[extract] Seat has revealed the 2013 Ibiza Cupra facelift in its fully glory. The model was previewed by the Ibiza Cupra Concept at this year

The GTI version of the next generation Volkswagen Golf will receive a more powerful iteration of the existing 2.0L turbocharged engine. To achieve 220hp, there were detailed modifications made to the EA888 engine, including a new valve lift system developed by Audi. Volkswagen is also working on an electronically controlled, mechanically locking differentials for GTI and R models.This guarantees that the drive is still directed to the tire with most grip when accelerating. Apart from the hot GTI, VW also plans for the next Golf to undertake significant engineering revisions to the 1.4-litre

Volkswagen may pull the plug on their award winning 'Twincharger' engine. The innovative supercharged and turbocharged 1.4liter engine that makes as much horsepower as a normally aspirated 2.0liter engine (but a whole lot more torque) has won 'Engine of the Year' twice (2009-2010) but this little feat has not stopped VW evaluating whether they should stop producing it due to expensive production costs. The sources inside VW said that while innovative and technically sound, the TSI forced induction engine isn't cheap to manufacture. Of course it isn't. You have to be quite blind if you don't see the complexity in the dual type forced induction engine. It has to have the engine, a turbocharger and a supercharger. Most cars have an engine and one or the other item. Having three major power making components is certainly more costly than having two components. Imagine if you make a million cars without a supercharger. The end result is that you save millions by not ordering a supercharger. The same source also says that VW now have the technology to ensure that a single turbocharged direct injection engine may have enough punch and tractability as a Twincharged one. Of course VW will make such a statement come true. But the reality is, it all boils down to cutting costs. Cutting costs is a large fact of life these days and it is especially true with large conglomerates like VW. Let's just wait and see what happens next. In the meantime, those of you that are thinking of getting a VW 1.4TSI Golf, Scirocco, Polo, you should go get one as you may never see such engineering innovation in a car again IF VW do decide to kill the Twincharger. source:autocar

[extract] Audi is preparing to show off a new high-end performance variant of the A1 subcompact powered by the VW group

For the second consecutive year, the Volkswagen 1.4-liter TSI Twincharger engine has been declared the overall winner at the International Engine of the Year Awards. The 72 member panel was impressed that the engine produces almost 180 bhp (134 kW / 183 PS), despite its small capacity, thanks to the intelligent use of both a turbocharger and a supercharger. According to IEOTYA co-chairman Dean Slavnich, "That VW's clever 1.4-liter Twincharger is still proclaimed by the judges as the best engine on sale in the world today demonstrates the class of this highly refined trend setter." The Fiat 1.4-liter MultiAir Turbo (from the Alfa Romeo MiTo / Giulietta) won the title of