VW Chico
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VW Chico in the Auto and Technology Museum Sinsheim |
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| Chico | |
| Presentation year: | 1991 |
| Vehicle fair: | IAA |
| Class : | Microcar |
| Body shape : | Station wagon |
| Engine: |
Otto engine : 0.64 liters (25 kW) and electric motor . 7 kW |
| Empty weight: | 830 kg |
| Production model: | none |
The VW Chico was a miniature car prototype from Volkswagen presented at the IAA in 1991 ; three of these vehicles were built. Stefan Seiffert designed the shape. After Ferdinand Piëch was appointed to the VW board , the project was discontinued.
The Chico had a hybrid drive . A two-cylinder gasoline engine with 636 cm³ displacement produced 25 kW (34 hp) at 6000 rpm, the electric motor 7 kW. The prototype weighed 830 kg, was 3.15 meters long and reached a top speed of 131 km / h. The standard car should be 20 centimeters longer.
The Chico was a 2 + 2 seater with an aerodynamically favorable, three-door body. As a small car , it was below the VW Polo . There was no series production. VW only had representatives in this vehicle segment since 1997 with the Seat Arosa and the almost identical VW Lupo, and later with the VW Fox . Their technique, however, was far more conventional than that of the Chico.
VW introduced alternative drive technologies such as natural gas drive and electric drive in series with the successor to the VW Fox , the VW up! .
The name Chico also carried models of the VW Citi Golf , a variant of the VW Golf I, produced in South Africa .
Exterior of the VW Chico
Exterior of the VW Chico
Head-up display in the windshield
Interior of the VW Chico, with the keyboard in the dashboard
Individual evidence
literature
- ZeitHaus, Bielefeld 2000, p. 197 (exhibition catalog of the Autostadt Wolfsburg )
