The smallest and smallest car in the model range of the Volkswagen company called Lupo debuted in the fall of 1998. Translated from the Latin language, Lupo means “little wolf”. The car has one body version - a 3-door hatchback - and a four-seater cabin. Its compact body (length 3527 mm, width 1639 mm, height 1460 mm) is built on the Volkswagen Polo platform, therefore, despite its small size, the cabin is quite spacious. It is worth noting that this body is fully galvanized and promises a guarantee against rust corrosion for 12 years. Curb vehicle weight 910 kg.
In the external appearance, we note two round headlights on the front of the car, side mirrors painted in body color and a chrome Volkswagen emblem. The interior of Lupo is made with high quality and soundly. Light upholstery is perfectly combined with mirrors, which visually increases the interior space. The driver and front passenger seat are adjustable (back and forth, up and down). The size of the luggage compartment is 130 liters, the fuel tank capacity is 34 liters. Grade Comfortline please: electric windows, adjustable steering column, the presence of coasters, two airbags and belts with pyrotechnic tensioners.
A little later, in 1999, the range of engines will be complemented by a gasoline engine, borrowed from Polo, with a volume of 1, 4 liters and 100 hp. In the summer of the same year, there will be a gasoline engine with direct fuel injection capable of producing 120 hp from its four cylinders, and then Volkswagen equipped Lupo with the first in its history three-cylinder “turbo diesel” with a volume of 1.2 liters and a power of 60 hp. In 1999, Volkswagen introduced the VW Lupo 1.4 FSI, equipped with the first German gasoline engine with direct fuel injection. The abbreviation FSI stands for fuel stratified injection, which can be translated as “layered fuel injection”.
Four-cylinder 16-valve engine develops 105 liters. from. at 6200 rpm, and the torque at 4250 rpm reaches 130 Nm, and all this with an engine size of 1.4 liters. At the same time, the engine is 15% more economical than the similar ones, equipped with conventional distributed fuel injection. In 2000, Lupo appears with the GTI mark. The new model turned out to be quite dynamic, modern and with sports ambitions.
Exterior design features a distinguished front bumper with three large air intakes. The new configuration of the wheel arches, accommodates wide-profile tires 205. The basis of the interior of the cabin is sports leather seats and leather-covered steering wheel. The standard equipment includes power windows, heated exterior mirrors, xenon headlights and a six-speed manual gearbox.
For the safety of responsible inflatable airbags, ABS, as well as electronic stability system ESP. The main driving force is the 1.6 l / 125 hp engine. Lupo GTI accelerates from 0 to 100 km in 8.3 seconds. The maximum speed of 205 km / h. In 2001 and 2002, the Volkswagen Lupo 3L TDI ranks first in the competition for the most environmentally friendly car. This model consumes only 3 liters per 100 km. In 2003, Lupo got another modification - Lupo Windsor. The novelty is equipped with seats with a special coating, steering wheel, trimmed leather, chrome trim luggage.
Externally, the car differs from its usual counterparts by 14-inch wheels with tires of dimension 185/55, painted in body color with protective covers and darkened tail lights. Gamma engines include 3 petrol and 2 diesel. The new generation of Lupo does not have to wait for the reason that the management of the concern has concluded that it is not advisable to release this model.
Experts attribute this conclusion to the fact that the current VW Lupo is too expensive and its production as a separate model becomes economically unprofitable. In addition, this model is too small, which also greatly limits the range of its potential buyers.
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