TDI wagen vs. TDI sedan (weight and 0-60)

[hammersc]

Ok - go with me for a moment. The Jetta TDI Wagen and sedan, according to VW.com, weigh 3285 lbs. with an auto tranny. Vw.com also states that the sedan accelerates from 0-60 mph in 8.2 while the wagen takes 9.5 sec. Anyone care to explain this? Same weight, same motor, same everything - but a 1.3 sec difference to 60 mph? What am I missing gentlemen...

 

[Elfnmagik]

"It's a wagon" for $100?

 

[Oberkanone]

One is a MK6 and one is an MK5.

 

[frugality]

They both have the same engine and approximately the same weight. I don't think the Mk6/Mk5 body makes much of a difference. I think one of the 0-60's is a misprint.

 

[hammersc]

I probably should have put this question in the mkV section because those figures are for the 2009s on the mkv platform. But still - it applies to this year as well I would imagine. Anyway - just caught my eye and VW is like a deer in headlights when I ask them. I think the sedan time is low (more like 9.0 sec.). Either that or the wagen's weight is not accurate. Who knows. Just thought I'd point it out.

 

[frugality]

Go to the Mk5 forum and set up a drag race between two volunteers who have a 2009 Jetta sedan and a Sportwagen.

Any weight difference is maybe a couple hundred pounds, like having an additional person in the car. The sedan has a slight edge in aerodynamics. But neither is enough to make a 1.3s difference. Either way, I hear the new 2.0TDI has some serious guts, so you'd like either one.

 

[Turbine Suburban]

OK, I'll do it!
For pinks!

 

[dweisel]

My wife has an 09 Sedan and I have an 09 Wagon. Right now I think the Wagon will out run the Sedan,(lol) but thats a whole other story!

Sincerely, Dweisel

 

[hammersc]

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Dealer in CLT, NC called and said they'll have a tdi golf next Wednesday.

 

[Derrel H Green]

Really.

My wife has an 09 Sedan and I have an 09 Wagon.
Right now I think the Wagon will out run the Sedan,(lol) but that's a whole other story!

Sincerely, Dweisel

Seems to me I recall reading about that very problem somewhere.

 

[DiezNutz]

Read my last post (top of page 10) in the "My 2010 Sportwagen" thread.