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Volkswagen installs TSI EcoFuel in the Touran minivan

Volkswagen has apparently decided it's about time to install its latest and most powerful CNG (compressed natural gas) bifuel powertrain under the hood of the Touran, a compact MPV, as well as the Cross Touran (pictured above). The 1.4-liter TSI EcoFuel powerplant has an output of 150 horsepower and fuel consumption of 5.2l/100km (45 mpg U.S.) when running on gasoline. Driven with natural gas, the Touran uses 4.7 kg/100 km, earning a respectable 126 g/km of CO2 emissions. Running exclusively on the 18 kilograms of natural gas stored in four ... Read more →

VW Caddy EcoFuel on sale in the UK this summer Sebastian Blanco

Putting natural gas in the tank isn't the first thing people think about when they talk green cars (unless said person is T. Boone Pickens) but in Europe, especially, natural gas is a somewhat ...

VW brings CNG-powered Caddy EcoFuel to the UK Sebastian Blanco

click to enlarge At the website in the metal event known as Green-Car-Guide Live! 2008, Volkswagen will be showing off a prototype right hand drive version of the CNG-powered Caddy EcoFuel for the ...

Geneva '08 Preview: Volkswagen Passat Variant TSI EcoFuel Sam Abuelsamid

Click the Passat for a high res gallery At the Geneva Motor Show next week, Volkswagen will be premiering a new natural gas-fueled version of the Passat that they are calling the EcoFuel. Unlike most ...

Around the world in 142 days in a VW Caddy EcoFuel Jeremy Korzeniewski

We don't get any VW Caddy's here in the U.S., and definately none powered by natural gas. But, they do sell them in other parts of the world. Speaking of other parts of the world and the VW Caddy ...

EcoFuel World Tour driving around the world on natural gas 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Click on the image for a gallery of really sweet high-res images of the EcoFuel World Tour. Hoping to prove that compressed natural gas (CNG) is a completely feasible and more environmentally friendly substitute for petrol and diesel, Rainer Zietlow embarked on the EcoFuel World Tour. The goal of ...

Volkswagen betting each way on powertrain technologies 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Click on above image to see complete high resolution gallery. Car and Driver have posted a feature article on the wide array of different powertrains that Volkswagen is testing in a bid to capitalise on new developments under way in a host of technologies. Ten different vehicles were available for ...


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