The latest Generation VW Golf 110 Pounds Lighter
Wolfsburg-Germany Car Manufacturer, Volkswagen AG, is rumored to be trim weights his latest VW Golf of 220 pounds or about 110 pounds.
Offered by Bloomberg, seventh generation VW Golf will use stronger iron to reduce the content of metal in the car body to be able to save 23% fuel compared to previous generations.
Germany car manufacturer based in the city of Wolfsburg was also hoping, this new material consumption will reduce production costs by up to 20%, while the production of up to 30% and other costs up to 20%.
These savings will improve the financial performance is claimed to VW in development and entertainment systems in addition to the latest generation of mobil-mobilnya.
In the midst of his attempt to grab market share and overtake Toyota and General Motors market, VW plans to publish an updated version of this model Golf on 4 September 2012.
"This Golf Model has an important role at Volkswagen, due to the high volume of production and the number of employees behind it, and also because this car is the face of VW," said the head of VW brand development, Ulrich Hackenberg.
Volkswagen trim vehicle weighting strategy by using materials like aluminum and cast iron alternative carbon fiber was resembled as did other Germany car manufacturer, BMW, for his latest electric car series.
With the reduced weight, the fuel consumption was more frugal 23% and also reduces exhaust emissions. VW Golf this latest version has fewer CO2 emissions by 13.9% per car. This figure is equivalent to 119 thousand metric tons to European markets mentioned can help compliance with stricter environmental regulations.
A new version of the VW Golf with a pruning weights 100 pounds more it will compete with the Audi A3 cutting weight about 88 pounds and the Peugeot 208 to trim weight series 110 kilograms.