VW Takes Best of Diesel, Gasoline Mills

WOLFSBURG, Germany – Volkswagen AG, widely regarded as a leader in advancing diesel engines in light-vehicle applications, is pursuing two revolutionary powertrain concepts that combine the best attributes of diesel and gasoline engines.

At the recent Forschungsfahrt 2007 Research Roadmap media event at the Ehra-Lessien test track near here, Germany’s No.1 auto maker offered test drives of a Golf prototype equipped with Gasoline Compression Ignition (GCI) and a Touran ...