The venerable Volkswagen 2.0-liter engine, affectionately nicknamed the “two point slow,” has mercifully been put to sleep. Having long ago disappeared from VW’s lineup in Europe, it has carried on faithfully in the entry-level U.S. Jetta, where it produced a meager 115 horsepower and just 125 lb-ft of torque. Reaching that hummock of torque required wringing out the engine to 4000 rpm; maximum power came at 5200 rpm.
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Replacing the 2.0-liter engine is the far more modern 1.4-liter TSI, which makes 150 horsepower at 5000 rpm and 184 lb-ft of torque at just 1500 rpm. That’s the same engine that serves as the basis for the Jetta Hybrid.
-The new engine—which we have sampled extensively in Europe—is so good that it will make life hard for VW’s 1.8-liter TSI, which makes 170 horsepower but whose torque figure, at 184 lb-ft, is identical to that of the 1.4-liter.
-In fact, the slightly upmarket Jetta SE will switch from the 1.8 TSI to the 1.4 TSI; only the Jetta Sport model keeps the larger, slightly more powerful unit.
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What’s more, we hear that the Golf will lose its entry-level 1.8 TSI in favor of the 1.4 TSI, as well. Meanwhile, the 2.0 is gone from U.S. shores—although we fully suspect that it’ll live on somewhere in the VW empire, far away from Wolfsburg and Chattanooga.
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