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 Cars in Action an South African car magazine tested an UPsoluted VW Polo 1.9 TDI. Jason Woosey the author of the testarticle bairly beleved the huge improved performance of the
optimized Polo and tested the car with great enthusiasm. Razzle-Dazzle!! Kick-ass Polo 1.9T is the headline of his article.... Read the whole story
RAZZLE-DAZZLE!! Kick-ass Polo 1.9TDI
an article of Jason Woosey cars in action magazine
I COLLECT TEST CARS FROM our office test-car-pool
with varying levels of preconception - 'party-time' mode;
drive in the park mode; or a mix of the two. When I tested
the UPsolute Chip Tuning VW Polo 1.9 TDI I was in the latter...
I was wrong. It was party-time from the moment
I pulled out onto the road for my pre-test strart - flooring
the accelerator with normal everyday clutch-slip. And ...
hello... war that wheel-spin as I accelerated?
You bet your boftom dollar it was. In fact I
checked the rear view mirrors to see if I'd crosses some loose
sand. Disbelieving what I'd just experienced I attempted the
same again, this time flooring the accelerator only while
travelling at around 4km/h. Again, wheelspin, and noticed
some front-end lifting too. My next attempt was a spirited
pull-off with the correct amount of cluch-slip. Result? Two
solid black lines and for a respectable ditance. For a small
diesel, that's truly differernt.
Now I just couldn't wait to get to the test-strip,
where party-time turned into rock-and-roll. At 8.0 seconds
to 100 for the sprintjit proved fractionally slower than the
hot-shot Renault Clip Sport at 7.8 and that's petrol-driven.
However, when I checked the other figures blinking on my readout
what truly stood out was the acceleration from 80 to 120km/h
- 6.5 seconds. Now that's quick when you compare it with the
Subaru WRX Impreza and Opel Astra OPC at around 6.7 seconds.
Look at it another way. It compares well with
the ultra-quick BMW 330d too. And even though the top speed
of around 200km/h is impressive for a small diesel, it's only
in this area that is displays some normality. However, on
the other side of the scale, you achieve around 6.2 litres
oer hundred kilometers in overall fuel consumption terms.
With its lightning performance that's a true bonus.
Ant it's a pleasure piloting the Upsolute 1.9
TDI Polo around town. Throttle response is superlative, you
con floorit form almost anywhere in the rev-range with resounding
response. The almost absent turbolag is another factor that
adds to this turbo-diesel's star status.
Remember, too, that the 1.9 -litre mill driving
ratio as the Car of the Yeyr winning 1.4-litre 3-cylinder
TDI. Already in that format it created a new performance plateau
for small modern-day diesel engines.
However, there is a slight downsidel. In inexperienced
hands, eith such high outputs, the Upsolute Polo 1.9 TDI could
be a handful in the wet. But one thing is for sure and we've
mentiones it before - diesels are here to stay, especially
when such performance con be achieved with the simple application
of a 'chip'. To achieve such outputs with a petrol-driven
engine will set you back long bucks, with the Upsolute chip
you'll just fork out R3 200, all-inclusive. And th price remains
the same for most other makes too. -Jason Woosey
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