"Rumour has it that VW might axe the twincharger engine line-up.

The company’s 1.4-litre engine, which mixes turbocharging and supercharging, is said to be too complex and expensive to produce.

Instead, VW engineers now believe that new turbocharging technology can achieve similar results at a much-reduced cost."

From the German Car blog.

Edited 18 January, 201115 yr by looby

That would make some sense.

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Edited 18 May, 201214 yr by Tim31

Think this topic should read "Rumour ...VW to axe Twincharger TSi engines"

Don't panic - unless you have a Fabia VRs. :|

I don't think they are going to axe them anytime soon. I'm pretty sure they sell a fair few of these engines in the Golf and the Scirocco, plus the Polo GTi and the Fabia vRS. I imagine the Audi A1 will be available with the 1.4TSI TwinCharge before long.

Yes it is the turbo + supercharger engine and not the turbo only ones as fitted to the Yeti:

http://www.autocar.co.uk/News/NewsArticle/AllCars/254741/