Dynamic headlight range control ensures the best headlight setting for illumination of the road ahead. It automatically adjusts the angle of the beam to compensate for your car’s load, stopping your lights dazzling oncoming traffic. The control function automatically adjusts the headlights’ angle of inclination depending on the current vehicle load [..]

Ease of repair is a key criterion in the design phase at Volkswagen. The decisive factors to consider here are what parts are damaged in what type of accident, and how quickly and at what material cost this damage can be repaired. Ease of repair has a positive effect on running costs in two ways. Firstly, because when repair work has to be carried [..]

The electronic stabilisation program uses a sensor to measure the lateral acceleration acting on the car in order to calculate its actual position. Lateral acceleration acts on a car sideways to the direction of travel. It is noticeable as a centrifugal force moving a car to the outside of a curve when cornering, for example. The lateral accelerati [..]

Lateral gradient refers to the car’s angle of incline sideways when driving across a slope.

Pedestrian protection is one of the most important criteria as regards the exterior safety of a vehicle. Volkswagen builds its vehicles in such a way that other road users and pedestrians are exposed to as little danger as possible. The numerous measures undertaken by Volkswagen to ensure the protection of pedestrians include special deformation el [..]

4MOTION is Volkswagen’s permanent four-wheel drive system. The 4MOTION permanent four-wheel drive system from Volkswagen distributes the engine’s power to all four wheels as required. On models where the engine is installed longitudinally, a Torsen differential splits the drive force between the front and rear axles. Vehicles with a transverse engi [..]

Aspherical door mirrors feature a split mirror surface, part of which has a convex curvature. This increases the field of view provided by the rear-view mirror. Correctly adjusting an aspherical door mirror to the driver’s seat position almost totally eliminates the blind spot. All models in the Volkswagen passenger car range are fitted with an asp [..]

Automatic headlight range control ensures the best headlight setting for illumination of the road ahead. It automatically adjusts the angle of the beam to compensate for your car’s load, stopping your lights dazzling oncoming traffic. The control function automatically adjusts the headlights’ angle of inclination depending on the current vehicle lo [..]

The dynamic shift program is a feature of automatic transmissions. It calculates the best gear at any one time based on both vehicle-related and driver-related data. This means that the gearbox control unit selects the best gear at all times, based on the engine map data and the current driving situation. The selection takes into account the curren [..]

The freewheel function enables the vehicle’s kinetic energy to be utilised to better effect. In the zero-load state (foot off the accelerator) the clutch is automatically disengaged and the engine is held at idling speed. As a result the vehicle can coast for a distance that does not subsequently have to be covered by the use of fuel. The benefit i [..]