Volkswagen has just added a new, frugal variant to the Transporter range in the United Kingdom.
Carrying a price tag of £24,591, the BlueMotion is now available to order from Volkswagen Van Centers, promising to add “impressive economy to the multi-award-winning van’s already list of credentials”.
Tipping the scales at 2.7 tonnes (5.950 lbs) and offering a payload of 839 kg (1,850 lbs), the VW Transporter T6 BlueMotion carries a 2.0-liter TDI common rail diesel engine. This is rated at 102 PS (101 HP) and 250 Nm (184 lb-ft) of torque, and mated to a five-speed manual gearbox, in the standard Startline grade.
The Euro 6-compliant mill’s fuel efficiency sits at 40.9/58.9/51.4 mpg UK in city/highway/combined (6.9/4.8/5.5 lt/100 km / 34.06/49.04/42.8 mpg US), a seven percent improvement, and the CO2 emissions are reduced to 145 g/km. These numbers have been achieved with the addition of aerodynamically improved wheel spoilers, lowered suspension, low friction tires, and modified gear ratios, along with the standard stop/start and battery regeneration systems, and cruise control with speed limiter, which works up to 62 mph (100 km/h).
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