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Joining Volkswagen'due south new line of gasoline four-cylinder engines—dubbed EA211 and detailed and driven here—in powering forthcoming MLB- and MQB-platform cars is a new serial of diesels. VW is calling this new diesel four-cylinder engine range "EA288," and displacement varies from 1.6 to 2.0 liters. We'll only get the ii.0-liter here in the U.S., so we'll concentrate on that.

The EA288 diesel fuel will exist the TDI powerplant in the adjacent-generation Golf game, Jetta, and Passat. The inline configuration, iron cake and aluminum head, and DOHC configuration will carry over, but horsepower from the two.0-liter surges to from 140 to 190, while torque is up from 236 lb-ft to 280 lb-ft. Those ii figures represent increases of 36 and 19 percent, respectively. Also, as with the EA211 gas engines, a belt that never requires replacement drives the camshafts.

You may call back that our long-term 2009 Jetta TDI had difficulty heating the cabin during the wintertime months. This is a concern with all diesels, and a main reason why yous run into heat-trapping radiator covers on semi-trucks and school buses in the winter. The Canadian market place was lucky enough to get an electric secondary cabin heater that kicked in when maximum oestrus was requested.

To remedy such heating concerns with the EA288, engineers integrated the exhaust manifold into the engine head, as they did with the EA211 gas engine. The EA288 head has its own cooling circuit controlled with valves. When the engine is cold, the head circuit is the nigh agile, which allows the engine coolant to oestrus up swiftly, making it possible to warm the motel faster. This also helps the engine get upward to operating temperature more quickly, thus improving fuel efficiency.

Currently, VW diesels use a NOx storage catalytic converter in the frazzle to meet emissions requirements. To further clean up the new 2.0-liter EA288'southward deed—and comply with the stringent EU6 regulations—VW has employed a urea NOx reduction device, otherwise known every bit a selective catalytic reduction organization. The combination of the urea arrangement, two frazzle-gas recirculation devices, a particulate filter, and an oxidation catalytic converter results, says VW, in a 45-pct reduction in total emissions versus the erstwhile engine.

A pair of counter-rotating balance shafts help smooth out the power delivery and lower NVH; this feature is absent from smaller-displacement versions.

Our first opportunity to confirm the extra twist, power, smoothness, and efficiency volition come when we drive the new MkVII Golf, which debuts this summer in Europe.