Top speed - curious

[JettaNocona]

Just curious, has anyone hit their top speed on a MKVI Jetta sedan TDI? The speedometer has 160.

 

[Ford_6L_E350]

I hit 82 once. When I realized that I slowed down. My license and insurance are too precious to get speeding tickets.

I may be the only one, but I miss the old 85 mph speedometers.

Mike

 

[pleopard]

I once did 100MPH...up a decent grade... She was still accelerating. The turbo was surely singing then. It was late at night, on a remote highway. I wouldn't recommend it.

 

[JSWTDI09]

I believe that our cars are electronically limited to about 122 mph. I know a guy who set his cruise control at 115 for over 100 miles in rural Nevada (where there is absolutely nothing, except for perfectly straight and level roads and some sagebrush (tumbleweeds). Therefore, I know for sure that they can go at least 115 mph.

Have Fun!

Don

P.S. He wouldn't tell me what kind of mileage he got at 115 mph.

 

[shepi1]

I've done about 90. The fastest I've ever been on roads was 125, but that wasn't in my Jetta.

 

[JettaNocona]

I made it to 111 one night going home and 114 the next night. Not many flat areas where I live. But it was still hugging the pavement good. I tried it once in a Hyundai Sonata and at 110 it started lifting off the pavement. To much air was getting under vehicle.

 

[RDC98tdi]

I have only hit 102 so far to pass a semi who was trying to pass another one up a hill. He cuts me off into the left lane right before the hill and is no joke going .1 mph faster than the truck on the right. The gap started closing and I wasn't sure if the one on the right was gonna slow down or not, so I stomped it in 6th gear. I wasn't even paying attention to the speedo but by the time I had squeezed by, my GPS indicated 102. I looked when I was at the top of the hill and saw about 1/4 mile of people trapped behind these two numb skulls going 60 and 60.1 mph up a hill in a 70 mph zone.

In my old 98 5 spd Jetta TDI, I hit 115 but that was down hill and it wouldn't budge any more. In my 02 Passast 1.8T, I hit 132 before I got scared.

 

[Elpana30]

I hit almost 190km/h and it was first and last one lol

 

[mmn]

I hit 190km a couple weeks ago (empty stretch of highway at night). I won't go for that again but seemed like it was governed there - speedo just started bouncing a little and wouldn't go further. Car felt solid though!

 

[Victor Ward]

I've been thinking about top speed A LOT lately!
I had the Jetta over 100 just to test it, it works.

Top speed I've had my Daytona 675 was 162 down a steep hill. There is probably 5-8% error on the speedo.

BIR has just made the necessary changes to re-open the full "fast track" to the local racing organization I recently started with. Its got a one mile straight before entering a huge sweeping turn one wide open the whole way. I cant wait to have my knee scraping asphalt with the bike topped out in 6th!

I'm departing on a road trip in 45min, I'll test the Jetta's top speed along the way just to try it.

 

[Victor Ward]

On second thought I'll probably test that top speed when I have fresh oil.

 

[oilhammer]

Most US-spec VAG products are speed limited to about 120 or 130 MPH. They go by what OEM tires usually. All of my speed limited Volkswagens have tagged their speed limiter on an open stretch of traffic-free highway, except my current Golf, which I've only gotten up to around 115.

 

[RDC98tdi]

My Passat speedo read just a hair over 130, so I am assuming I wouldn't get much further than that. But man, that 1.8T breathes well on the top end. It took a while, but the speedo was steadily climbing. If the rest of that car wasn't so unreliable (2002.5 B5.5) I would probably still be driving it. But 130 MPH is an adrenalin rush I don't need to replicate any time soon.

 

[RDC98tdi]

I don't think I will take my Jetta above the 102 I have already hit (this was on I-64 with minimal traffic). A tune might change that though

 

[D-cappz]

195km/h that was it. 3 ppl and a trunk full of luggage. I dunno if she would pull 200 tho. That was almost red line 5th gear

 

[JettaNocona]

I guess then the 114 mph I got was about the limit. To fast on Texas highways no doubt. We do have the one toll road with 85 mph as a speed limit. Check this video out. They tested the Toll Tag system out on a 220 mph car and it caught the tag number. They also tested the TX Highway Patrol radar units out to see how accurate they were.
http://youtu.be/y_0von_5SRk

 

[NickyG751]

I would usually never risk going so fast, but there was one time in rural Wyoming, between two VERY distant rest areas or exits, when my girlfriend couldn't quite hold nature's call any longer and I was racing for somewhere to pull off the road before time expired inside the car.

I simply had my foot buried in the carpet for a couple of miles and, when I had the balls to look away from the road, the speedo was reading something around 120. Car felt great and I had no worries about the car itself, I was worried about the minivan tires that came on it. I'm not too caught up on speed ratings: what they consist of and what our stock Hankooks and Contis are rated at...

I remember reading sometime awhile back in some popular car magazine that all German cars have to be able to safely maintain around 100mph (or whatever in KPH) because of the autobahns. Might be only euro models, might be cars SOLD in Germany, might be an old rule, or our little Jets might fall into that category. Some overknowledgeable one will undoubtedly confirm or deny that.

 

[highender]

I have hit only about 95 mph, only to pass , so just for an instant.


One month ago, in Germany from Wernemunde to Berlin, we rented a BMW 5 series, but got upgraded to a BMW 725diesel...top of the line.... so I went all out. Some areas were only 100 kilometerper hour..... so had to slow down, but other sections of the autobahn were no speed limit, so I followed another car....

Averaged about 210 kph to 220 kph, but in one section, to catch up to the other guy, I hit 250 kilometer per hour plus, ( 150 mph ) , but felt it was the top end. I think they put a top end limiter on many European cars.

 

[Bob_Fout]

I have hit only about 95 mph, only to pass , so just for an instant.


One month ago, in Germany from Wernemunde to Berlin, we rented a BMW 5 series, but got upgraded to a BMW 725diesel...top of the line.... so I went all out. Some areas were only 100 kilometerper hour..... so had to slow down, but other sections of the autobahn were no speed limit, so I followed another car....

Averaged about 210 kph to 220 kph, but in one section, to catch up to the other guy, I hit 250 kilometer per hour plus, ( 150 mph ) , but felt it was the top end. I think they put a top end limiter on many European cars.

155 MPH is a common speed limiter there.

 

[Chris Tobin]

I don't think we've ever hit triple digits in our '06 Jetta TDI but have hit 90 or more on remote Texas, New Mexico and Arizona on our way out to CA for the Baja 1000 last year. In my Camaro I have been around 140-150 when I was young and stupid and in our Tahoe I have been close to 120 while following Robby Gordon (on remote AZ highway) when the team was shaking down the Race Hummer prior to the Dakar Rally. In a race car behind the wheel I have topped out around 120 or so on the oval at Phoenix International Raceway while in the passenger seat I have been over 120 in desert racers such as Robby Gordon's Dakar race Hummer. The truck I co-drove (navigated) in the Baja 1000 was having some top end engine troubles by the time I got in it and we topped out around 80 through the Mexican desert according to the GPS, but the engine started sputtering so we backed it off to around 70-75 MPH to be sure to finish the race, and even after some other problems we did finish and win our class!!!

 

[splatmatic]

Limiter is definitely at 121-122mph. it will Just sit there all day long. Limiter is still there with the revo tune. Confirmed many.. many times

 

[tacotoy]

I would usually never risk going so fast, but there was one time in rural Wyoming, between two VERY distant rest areas or exits, when my girlfriend couldn't quite hold nature's call any longer and I was racing for somewhere to pull off the road before time expired inside the car.
I simply had my foot buried in the carpet for a couple of miles and, when I had the balls to look away from the road, the speedo was reading something around 120. Car felt great and I had no worries about the car itself, I was worried about the minivan tires that came on it. I'm not too caught up on speed ratings: what they consist of and what our stock Hankooks and Contis are rated at...
I remember reading sometime awhile back in some popular car magazine that all German cars have to be able to safely maintain around 100mph (or whatever in KPH) because of the autobahns. Might be only euro models, might be cars SOLD in Germany, might be an old rule, or our little Jets might fall into that category. Some overknowledgeable one will undoubtedly confirm or deny that.

lol just tested mine on a similar stretch in wyoming, right around 122, though the rpm's were only at 4k, so you should be able to get into the 140 mark unlimited.... granted i wasn't running the stock tires anymore.

 

[k1xv]

Most US-spec VAG products are speed limited to about 120 or 130 MPH. They go by what OEM tires usually. All of my speed limited Volkswagens have tagged their speed limiter on an open stretch of traffic-free highway, except my current Golf, which I've only gotten up to around 115.

This is true. The car is usually electronically governed to go no faster than the speed rating of its OEM tires. A "high performance" option with higher speed rated tires would also have a higher electronic speed limiter.

 

[Graham Line]

There was the Bonneville Jetta Hybrid. Not sure if they ran out of power or aero first.

http://www.carscoops.com/2012/08/modified-2013-vw-jetta-hybrid-sets-new.html

 

[LarBear]

Saw 129 in our '99 V6 Passat at about 5000 ft elevation. The Jetta has seen over 85 mph passing, and seemed to have more available. I'm sure that the turbo would hit the limiter at elevations a normally aspirated vehicle couldn't.

 

[k1xv]

On the VW website back in 2009, the published top speed of a 6 speed manual Jetta sedan was 128 mph, and for the DSG model, 129 mph.

 

[TDI smile]

195 km/h...no problem, but I like not to be fastest car on the road. COP's pick the fastest car first!!!

 

[Dirtracr95]

My '13 jetta sedan I believe was topped out at about 122-125mph. When I lived in chicago and worked in Bristol, Wisconsin I would be running on the limiter most of the way home. 52miles in 32 mins point to point. Kinda sad though that when I was in Germany 3 weeks ago the 3 cyl gas skoda fabia wagon I rented would do 190km/h (5k rpms in 5th aero limited) and 200km/h downhill but I would use about 10L/100km which gets really expensive when traveling 3000-3500km on your vacation

 

[LarBear]

195 km/h...no problem, but I like not to be fastest car on the road. COP's pick the fastest car first!!!

It's always nice to have a rabbit blowing up the road at 10-20 mph over the limit. Makes my usual 5 over seem like nothing.

 

[mhouck]

Most US-spec VAG products are speed limited to about 120 or 130 MPH. They go by what OEM tires usually. All of my speed limited Volkswagens have tagged their speed limiter on an open stretch of traffic-free highway, except my current Golf, which I've only gotten up to around 115.

I'll say this...I've seen 120 in my 2012 and was still accelerating when I backed off.

I was very surprised how smooth the ride was and how "behaved" the car was at that speed. I was on a quiet two lane road in south west Texas and I got on it to pass a couple of cars and just kinda kept my foot in it. 120 came fairly quick all things considered.