What Car magazine has 0 - 60 for the 1.5 petrol turbo as 8.6 seconds (or there about). Is this the figure for the standard model without the Eco/Normal/Sport pack, so is the figure different in Sport mode? Must say, Sport mode on mine scares me sometimes (but I am old 😂)!

The engine produces the same amount of power in all modes. There is no difference. 100% throttle is 100% throttle. 

The mode just changes the pedal profile, as SC03OTT says the power output is unchanged so if you floor the throttle there is no difference.

Putting the DSG shifter to 'S' makes a difference though.

That holds it to a higher RPM before shifting up, which can improve acceleration, especially to only 62 mph / 100 kph.   (0-60 mph is an odd speed for Mericans.)

*It is amazing how long that extra 2 mph can take to reach. Matt is always mis-quoting 0-60 or 0-62.)

 

Then if you have good tyres on and traction / grip you could put TC / ASR off and maybe go quicker because if there was wheel spin normally the power can get cut.

 

Fat car, 150 ps  / MINIMUM, DSG,  (a 1.4 TSI though) and not ideal road surface. 

 In the UK with 95 ron you are never more than 3,000 ft above sea level and not in extreme heat, so the car should produce the  BHP / Nm you pay for as a minimum, not a Maximum.  Ideal conditions.

Use 99 ron min super unleaded and maybe even more Ooomph.

 

 

I do not always have a V-box with me but i have DRAGY in my pocket and usually time cars i am driving, or that i am a passenger in. 

Edited 25 May, 20233 yr by toot

43 minutes ago, toot said:

Putting the DSG shifter to 'S' makes a difference though.

That holds it to a higher RPM before shifting up, which can improve acceleration, especially to only 62 mph / 100 kph.   (0-60 mph is an odd speed for Mericans.)

*It is amazing how long that extra 2 mph can take to reach. Matt is always mis-quoting 0-60 or 0-62.)

 

 

0.4 secs seems to be the difference for our 190 TDI Karoq.  Škoda claim 0-100 kph in 7.4 secs and seen it timed at 0-60 mph in 7.0 secs.  

Have just tried that 50-70 test in my mapped superb. 4th gear, 3 secs 😱 torque is king. Lol

This use of official figures published by manufacturers and in media packs and then journalists just repeat is how things are and then it sticks for years, even when there are typo's or mixing up speeds.

Happening lots with EV's and Stellantis do it.   Quoted 0-60 mph / seconds and then 0-62 mph and some are just silly differences.

Actually some times are quoted that must be in D which is producing less power than is S and more than in Eco.  They say you get full power in S (136 ps) D is 110 & eco 80 ps.

But really the acceleration times are not the same if you do floor them in the different modes.

This is much the same with Mild Hybrids and PHEV's. 

 

Too many motoring journalist pick up cars, do not take them to a weigh bridge or put on corner weights or even know what fuel the 'Media team' filled them with.

There are cars at launches where journalists get lovely lunches and full bed and board that no way are the cars running standard ENGINE MANAGEMENT. 

Continental cars might well be filled with 100 ron / 100 + ron from filling stations. (Or the tanker they have not far away.)

Not many journalists / vloggers plug into the OBD or the likes.   (& the Media Team can be tracking them, and sometimes the OBD is capped.)

 

These were oil burners unless the cars were warmed up before the Guests took them out and booted them.

7 years ago.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited 25 May, 20233 yr by toot

Not particularly bothered with actual time to 60 (or 62), but just interested as to what difference putting into S mode would make , or whether stated figure related to D or S. 

I like chatting with the “Corsa Kiddies”, who congregate on our local park, and they seem impressed that Skoda make an estate with a “go faster switch”!

Edited 26 May, 20233 yr by Choclab
Typo

@Choclab

Stated figures count for nothing, but you have the car so you can try real world' just not time accurately. 

 

Different settings, then in D or in S or even into Manual 1st and floor it and see if the DSG changes up because you are not shifting.

That is the quickest way i did 1/4 mile sprints with a DQ200 DSG.   But holding the car on a Hand Brake not the brake pedal. & with hand brake not an e-Brake.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited 26 May, 20233 yr by toot