VW STAYS TRUE TO STYLE

+ Click to Enlarge SHOWPIECE: Volkswagens' Concept BlueSport is making a comeback.

January 12, 2009

Maximum driving fun with minimal fuel consumption: that's how VW has started car year 2009 by presenting the Concept BlueSport roadster at the North American International Auto Show.



BLUE MOVIE: VW unveiled its Concept BlueSport roadster at the 2009 Detroit auto show

"The BlueSport proves to be a compact and passionate car with a clear Volkswagen signature. The car offers pure dynamics with a powerful 134kW Clean Diesel engine that is combined with the characteristic Volkswagen philosophy of efficiency," Volkswagen's board chairman Martin Winterkorn confirmed at the Detroit show.

The Concept BlueSport is making its appearance at the car show in Detroit with a Flex Silver exterior and orange fabric convertible top. "It is the symbiosis of outstanding technology and timeless VW design that makes this car an exceptional sports car. Its styling is clear and is reduced to the essentials; the car body itself has a lean and linear structure", explained VW's chief designer Walter de Silva.

The interior shows finesse in details and conveys a high level of technological fascination. Immediately visible to the eye is the intuitive and easy to operate touchscreen.

Perfectly adapted to the interior are the leather upholstered seats in lightweight construction with their single-piece seatbacks.

Behind the two sport seats of the 3.99m long Concept BlueSport, a 132 kW strong Clean Diesel with common rail injection and downstream NOx storage catalytic converter delivers dynamic performance.

POSITIVE IMPACT

A six-speed DSG dual clutch transmission – the most economical and agile transmission system in the world – transfers power to the rear wheels. In just 6.6 seconds the sports car is moving at 100km/h; its top speed is 226km/h.

Also having a positive impact on the car's low fuel consumption of just 4.3 litres/100 km and reduced emissions are two technologies that are part of the so-called Eco mode: an automatic start-stop system and energy regeneration.

Together they propel the Concept BlueSport to an additional fuel savings of up to 0.2 litres/100km in city driving.

Check out our Detroit '09 special feature.