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Subject Topic: Ford Kuga - petrol
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16/6/2019 at 9:10am
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The 1.4 to 1.5 was little more than yet another redesign of the ever changing 1.4 and a badge change.

VAG have already admitted the 1.5 has a design/software issue they haven't resolved, so no doubt the 1.5 will become something else.

Audi no longer put the engine size on their cars, preferring a random number which tells you nothing.



16/6/2019 at 10:27am
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Yep, it does make you wonder, a 3 Pot engine has to have some sort of counter balance tech, maybe they should concentrate on 2 Pot petrol engines, like what the Fiat 500 has.

I am no engineer, but to have an odd number of cylinders seems out of sorts to me.

Even those in the know, think it odd that the new Ford Dragon petrol engine comes as NA, with no Turbo, I was wrong with thinking that the Dragon engine used Induction tec, that is something found on the current 3 Pot petrol eco boost engines.

It seems the lack of Turbo on the Ford Dragon engine is more to do with keeping cost’s down, how they can say the new engine has more power at 123hp, when the current 3 Pot engines can deliver 150hp is a mystery to me.

Again those in the know, are saying that the Ford Dragon NA engine will be quickly followed by a Turbo offering.

Amazing how all this stuff is going on with fossil engines, whilst the main race is to BEV’s becoming main stream.

Interesting times indeed.


16/6/2019 at 11:09am
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via mobile 16/6/2019 at 11:10am
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The 1.4 to 1.5 is just to offset a tightening in emissions. Petrol technology has come a long way. Throughout the late 90’s & 00’s, petrol technology didn’t move on much, it was all about diesels. A modern 1.0 litre three cylinder engine with a turbo is more than powerful enough. What hasn’t moved on is real-world fuel economy. 1300kg of car takes a certain amount of power, in the form of exploding a cylinder of fuel & air. You can get the fuel & air in & out of the engine as efficiently as you like but at the end of the day you can’t cheat physics.

Our 1.4 Tiguan does mid 30’s stop start, & that is stop start. The wife uses it for her work as a Community Nurse, so it’s a mile or so then off, another mile then off etc. About as bad as you can get. On a run we easily see 40+. Towing the caravan sees about 26-28mpg.
It’s a trade off, we don’t get issues & it’s a cleaner vehicle.
It’s also a beautifully quiet & smooth engine.


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Yep thanks for the info takisawa, the Tiguan seems slightly better on MPG than the Kuga, and like you say no problem with these 3 Pot petrols.
It will be interesting to see what the Kuga will return on MPG, going along the French autoroutes for the best part of 1,500 miles, just a case of setting the cruise control to a sensible speed and not hammering it, we got four days to get there and three to get back, so we are in no rush.

Your spot on about being cleaner, the Kuga gets a 1 Crit Air badge for France, whilst the VW Golf TDi got a 2, in fact a 1 is as good as it gets for a fossil car with the Crit Air scheme.

According to the handbook the Kuga is not run in yet, only 700 miles on the clock, but I will have passed the 1000 mile run in mark by this Tuesday, will be able to stretch the old girls legs a bit after that.


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16/6/2019 at 1:32pm
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We just got a 1.2L 3 pot petrol for general run around & business use. Not had a petrol car for over 30 years. Pokey little thing & canny around the doors & further. It's not a tow car mind - not needed with the diesel van.


via mobile 16/6/2019 at 2:23pm
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Is almost a year to the day we picked up the Tiguan. :-)
We had about 3 weeks until towing the van to Scotland. We managed to put about 1200 miles on it before we went. It want until 8000 miles till it really loosened up. On paper it shouldn’t work, but it does. :-)


via mobile 16/6/2019 at 8:09pm
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Hi takisawa is yours the 2wd model ? And do you know the max tow weight for your car, I can’t find the info on vw website

Bessie


via mobile 16/6/2019 at 11:26pm
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It’s 2000kg according to VW. Yes, just a 2wd model. It’s a nice car but it’s no better built than any other, not the VW build of old.


18/6/2019 at 12:33pm
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Takisawa i found the kerbweight on Honest john

1.5 tsi Match model kerbeight 1520kg
2.0 tdi Match model kerbwight 1605kg

seams to be very little in them including performance

Bessie



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