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Volkswagen has launched a car at the Detroit motor show. And to help silence any placard-waving critics, it"s a plug-in hybrid with petrol and electric power.Meet the Tiguan GTE Active Concept. Like the Passat and Golf GTE production cars, it marries a 148bhp 1.4-litre TSI engine with two electric motors. Here, though, it yields a higher total output of 222bhp, which is roughly the same as a Golf GTI.Naturally it"s four-wheel drive, with an electric motor at each axle. Start the Tiguan up fully charged and it will operate as a rear-drive electric car. Put excitable thoughts of zero-emissions skids aside, though, as when traction is lost, the front motor kicks in to supplement it.It"ll manage 20 miles without petrol power, with a top speed of 70mph in electric-only mode. When battery power runs low (or the driver notches the Tiguan into hybrid mode), that rises to 120mph, supplemented by a hot hatch-like 6.4sec 0-60mph time.Predictably, there"s lots of clever tech to keep petrol consumption low and battery efficiency high, with regenerative braking and coasting among the drivetrain"s functions. Its total range is 580 miles.
Date: 11 Jan 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 1647
Volkswagen has launched a car at the Detroit motor show. And to help silence any placard-waving critics, it"s a plug-in hybrid with petrol and electric power.Meet the Tiguan GTE Active Concept. Like the Passat and Golf GTE production cars, it marries a 148bhp 1.4-litre TSI engine with two electric motors. Here, though, it yields a higher total output of 222bhp, which is roughly the same as a Golf GTI.Naturally it"s four-wheel drive, with an electric motor at each axle. Start the Tiguan up fully charged and it will operate as a rear-drive electric car. Put excitable thoughts of zero-emissions skids aside, though, as when traction is lost, the front motor kicks in to supplement it.It"ll manage 20 miles without petrol power, with a top speed of 70mph in electric-only mode. When battery power runs low (or the driver notches the Tiguan into hybrid mode), that rises to 120mph, supplemented by a hot hatch-like 6.4sec 0-60mph time.Predictably, there"s lots of clever tech to keep petrol consumption low and battery efficiency high, with regenerative braking and coasting among the drivetrain"s functions. Its total range is 580 miles.
Date: 11 Jan 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 1647
