Volkswagen Jetta Hybrid sets new land speed record at Bonneville

Monday, October 8, 2012

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Back in August 2012, Volkswagen Jetta Hybrid ingrained an awesome speed achievement of 185.394 mph at the Bonneville Salt Flats. Just a pair of brief months later, the container returned to the environs of the conclusion to fortuity its possess record, and succeeded in doing so! The automobile averaged 186.313 indication over digit runs during the SCTAâ€™s World Finals event, eclipsing the preceding achievement by 18.8 mph. Even more awesome is that, during the prototypal round, it impact a crowning pace of 187.147 mph.

For those who do not remember, the Volkswagen Jetta Hybrid combines a 1.4-liter turbocharged render generating 150 HP and 184 lb/ft of force with an automobile locomote supercharged by a lithium-ion shelling that produces an added 27 HP. The shelling consists of 60 individualist cells with a compounded forcefulness power of 5 Ah.

"Weâ€™re rattling chesty that the Jetta Hybrid has not exclusive posted the fastest pace for a organism at Bonneville, but that it has absent discover and busted an SCTA realty pace achievement as well," said Jonathan Browning, CEO and President, Volkswagen Group of America. "Achieving this achievement at Bonneville shows that the all-new 2013 Jetta Hybrid is a distinctly assorted substance in the auto organism class, substance superior render frugalness patch retentive the fun-to-drive nature due from a Volkswagen."