Volkswagen's 118 Mpg, one hundred fifty five Mph Sport Coupé Idea GTE Plug

Sitting in the middle of the Volkswagen show stand at this years Geneva Auto Present is a shiny yellow-gold car that subconsciously cries out to its goal demographic. You're younger(ish) and profitable, however nonetheless on the way up. You've got style and flair and you're an individual (although more often than not a man) that has little to no qualms about letting others know just how successful and upwardly mobile and stylish you are.

On the inside, the inside of VW's Sport Coupe Idea GTE goals to be as revolutionary as its exterior. It features a particularly clear, very Germanic design, and Volkswagen may be very pleased with the car's ergonomics. There are new interactive interfaces between the driver and the car that embrace using the motive force's biometric data and a new Energetic Info Display that has a 3D appearance.


The Sport Coupe Concept GTE is a brand new wrinkle in VW's GTE philosophy. The impressively motorized 374-horsepower (279 kW) GTE fastback brings the lengthy-distance property of a conventional Gran Turismo while simultaneously facilitating zero-emission driving, because of its two electrical motors and externally chargeable battery. The GTE Coupe tops out at a hundred and fifty five mph (249 km/h) but can even boast of a remarkable EC common mixed gasoline consumption of 118 mpg (2 l/100 km). So VW is aiming the Sport Coupe Idea GTE at having the ability to mud off guys in Audi A5s and let you cross by a Toyota Prius with regards to fill-ups.

This is all due to the Sport Coupe Idea GTE's drive system. The concept automobile uses a turbocharged 3.0-liter TSI V6 direct-injection engine that cranks out 295 hp (220 kW) and produces most torque of 369 lb ft. The electrical workings are comprised of a lithium-ion battery that lives in the heart tunnel and two electric motors. The fifty four-hp (forty kW) front motor is included within the 6-speed DSG dual-clutch computerized transmission, while out back the rear electrical motor develops 114 hp (85 kW). If you happen to add that all up it comes out to a total available system power is 374 hp (279 kW).

In GTE mode, the coupe accelerates from zero to sixty two mph in simply 5.zero seconds. Regardless of this degree of performance, it may be pushed all-electrically, with zero native emissions, for a distance of not less than 32 miles. In keeping with VW the total driving vary on a single tank of gasoline is more than 745 miles.