Under the new rules and in order to get rid any cheating like the diesel gate in the past, Clean Air quality test measures pushed into the real world and the Volkswagen gets its position in the squad where all its petrol and diesel engines will be tested in the real-world. Everything from NOx to CO2 emissions will be tested but how these engines will perform in future is a different tale to tell and VW will tell itself.
A large number of Volkswagen’s modern Euro 6 complaint cars either they are powered by diesel or petrol engines, had been pushed into the real-world NOx emission tests by the testing bodies.
Under the strict Euro 6 standards and trial procedures, Volkswagen engines has given a massive shock again, but this time it was not with the help of software but with actual performance.
They astonished the world yet again by not deceitful actions but performing up to the spot. All new Volkswagen engines have scored prime star ratings in real world emissions tests that was focused on measuring the Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) emissions throughout the driving cycle.
The Air quality Index, EQUA launched in order to test the emissions by Emissions Analytics, it has already been confirmed in one of the models from a range of car manufacturers.
The cars on this test will be given a score from ‘A’ to ‘H’ relying on how they will perform on the test. The ratings division with specialized instructions that will be carried out in laboratory conditions to assure repeatability and will give a ‘pass’ or ‘fail’ outcome for producers.
Certainly, a full batch of VW cars has been passed out. The initial batch was based on 440 cars to gather data on NOx emissions – along with 112 models were powered by the most modern Euro 6 engines – the results indicate that majority of Volkswagens have been given an ‘A’ ranking in the test.
This performance and real life tests show that VW meet the required Euro 6 test limits. It shows the dedication of Volkswagen on the way to change after the diesel gate.
There is a large list of models but we are just focusing on the engines so the high-ranked petrol engines are, 1.4-litre petrol engine with 123bhp, 1.4-litre engine of 148bhp, 187bhp 2.0-litre petrol engine, 1.8-litre petrol engine and the 2.5-litre engine having power output of 362bhp got ‘A’ star ranking.
Then it comes to even smaller engines used in the SEAT, 1.2-litre and 1.4-litre in Ibiza got an A. The 148bhp and 150bhp 1.4-litre petrol engines and 2.0-litre engines also had an A for the LEON models, and Volkswagen Golf 1.0-litre, 1.4-litre, 2.0-litre, Caddy 1.4-litre engine, followed by a Polo 1.2-litre had an A grade in NOX emissions.
Finally VW has managed to get an A on its diesel engines as well, Euro 6 diesel engines comprise the 2.0-litre in Audi A5, 2.0-litre Skoda ultima, VW Scirocco and VW Golf SV, 1.6-litre diesel engine in VW Passat, and VW Touran had an A grade. VW has decided that if any of the engines got an E or even lower will be discontinued.
