j3oomerang
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those wheels are niiiiiice
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V6 in the Mk8 R?
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TheProfessional
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If it is actually a hybrid, I'll be curious how much the curb weight goes up. I would also suspect that means the end of the manual transmission in the R.
It can have hybrid technologies without being a full on hybrid.
Like I said, there are all sorts of mild hybrids better to help manage the energy and use recaptured energy for start/stop, driving all the goodies in the car, etc. That leaves the gasoline free to move the car instead of doing those things, which means using less gas.
It could be a small battery, or it could be like what Mazda's doing with a big capacitor.
And for the record, Honda had a shift-your-own Civic Hybrid. I owned one.
Like I said, there are all sorts of mild hybrids better to help manage the energy and use recaptured energy for start/stop, driving all the goodies in the car, etc. That leaves the gasoline free to move the car instead of doing those things, which means using less gas.
It could be a small battery, or it could be like what Mazda's doing with a big capacitor.
And for the record, Honda had a shift-your-own Civic Hybrid. I owned one.
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Sorry to burst your bubbles,
My self along with other club Admins in our region sat down with Jost Capito and Andrew Savvas during Dubdrive GCC event for a privet Q&A session. One of the pictures raised about the possibility of putting an inline 5 or VR6 or even increasing the displacement to make it a direct competitor with other brands offering.
His answer was it very unlikely to happen, specially with new EU regulations that are coming up in terms of emissions, he hinted several times the the VW are slowly shifting its focus on going to electrical route and its possibly the 3-4 Generations down the road the hybrid or electrical R will offered so investing more in internal combustion nowadays are very challenging for car manufacturers around the world.
When asked about giving one hint about the MK8 R, he said a drift bottom!
Pictures from the event if anyone is interested
https://we.tl/JxOqYfHCZz
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My self along with other club Admins in our region sat down with Jost Capito and Andrew Savvas during Dubdrive GCC event for a privet Q&A session. One of the pictures raised about the possibility of putting an inline 5 or VR6 or even increasing the displacement to make it a direct competitor with other brands offering.
His answer was it very unlikely to happen, specially with new EU regulations that are coming up in terms of emissions, he hinted several times the the VW are slowly shifting its focus on going to electrical route and its possibly the 3-4 Generations down the road the hybrid or electrical R will offered so investing more in internal combustion nowadays are very challenging for car manufacturers around the world.
When asked about giving one hint about the MK8 R, he said a drift bottom!
Pictures from the event if anyone is interested
https://we.tl/JxOqYfHCZz
Sent from my A0001 using Tapatalk
TheProfessional
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RudyH
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It doesn't matter how much power it will have, it still won't be able to out run ugly. The Jetta now Golf? Someone needs to be fired at VW
VW dropped the VR6 ID a long while a go, they don't call the 3.6L engine in the passat and atlas a VR6 but it is a VR6 design.
NCM
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