VW Bora

This article explains the model that was built from 1998 to 2005. For successor models, see VW Bora (2007) and VW Bora (2018) .

Volkswagen
VW Bora sedan (1998-2005)
Bora / Jetta IV
Production period:	1998-2005
Class :	Compact class
Body versions :	Limousine , station wagon
Engines:	Otto engines : 1.4–2.8 liters (55–150 kW) Diesel engines : 1.9 liters (50–110 kW)
Length:	4376-4409 mm
Width:	1735 mm
Height:	1446-1485 mm
Wheelbase :	2513 mm
Empty weight :	1108-1389 kg
Previous model	VW Vento
successor	VW Jetta V

The VW Bora (factory-internal 1J2) is a lower middle class vehicle from the manufacturer Volkswagen presented in autumn 1998 . It is based on the VW Golf IV and uses its technical basis. The look of the VW Bora differs significantly from that of the Golf. The model continued to be sold as the "Jetta" only in North America and South Africa and was known there as the VW Jetta IV (Type 1J5 / 1JM USA ).

The name giver for the VW Bora is the stormy fall wind Bora .

Model history

As in the Golf, the top engine of the Bora was a six-cylinder engine with 2.8 l displacement and 150 kW (204 hp) until 2002. The motor is designed in the VR design and was only given the designation V6 for marketing reasons. The cylinders are only inclined by 15 ° and shifted parallel to the central axis of the motor. The overall length of the engine is thus greatly reduced and corresponds almost to that of a 4-cylinder in-line engine. In the USA, the Jetta was also offered with a VR6 engine that developed 130 kW (177 hp) (245 Nm) with two-valve technology and a displacement of 2.8 l.

The engines with the engine code AQP and AUE are equipped with a camshaft adjustment in which the timing between the intake and exhaust camshaft can be changed.

The BDE engine can adjust both camshafts independently of one another. The maximum torque of 270 Nm is reached at 3200 rpm. The most significant change compared to the previous engine (174 hp) is the 2-stage variable intake manifold.

In order to be able to convert the power on the road into propulsion, the top model had 4Motion all-wheel drive , which transfers only 10% of the drive torque to the rear axle without slippage on the front axle for the benefit of fuel consumption and agility (lower mass inertia). Only when there is a slip on the front axle is up to 50% (theoretically up to 100%) transferred to the rear axle. This drive concept accelerates the VW Bora in 7.1 seconds (sedan) from 0 to 100 km / h.

In the USA this top model was again called the GLI.

The styling of the previous models was often criticized for being upright. The manufacturer VW responded to the criticism by making the design of the Bora a little more independent and elegant. The notchback now looked more harmoniously proportioned instead of being attached to the body at a later date, and the side line was also designed to be more elongated.

With the new design, VW aimed at the competing models BMW 3 Series and the Mercedes C-Class . Although the Bora emerged as the overall winner in a number of comparative tests - as an overall very balanced vehicle with above-average build quality for the compact class - it remained unsuccessful in Europe, just like its predecessor models.

The Bora (Jetta IV) was originally intended to be expanded into a completely independent model series. In addition to the classic sedan, a sporty lifestyle station wagon, a coupé (also to replace the VW Corrado, which was discontinued in autumn 1995 ) and a convertible were planned. Only the Variant came on the market parallel to the Golf IV with improved equipment. There were also a few unique pieces such as a Jetta IV Coupé, e.g. B. in the USA - to be seen there at some VW meetings - based on the VW study CJ , which was shown in 1998 at the Detroit Motor Show and anticipated the appearance of the Jetta IV (Bora).

Standard features included ABS , initially four and later eight airbags and central locking. The Bora also had a fully galvanized body. It was available in the four equipment variants Basis, Trendline, Comfortline and Highline.

From May 1999 the sedan was added to the Bora Variant . From the A-pillar, the body was identical to that of the Golf IV Variant. In contrast to this, however, he was not granted any success on the market. Very few customers were willing to pay a significantly higher price for a slightly better equipped Golf Variant. So-called "lifestyle station wagons" played a subordinate role in this vehicle segment at that time.

In general, the Bora / Jetta IV was better equipped than a comparable VW Golf. The basic engine version of the Golf (1.4 l with 55 kW / 75 PS) was initially not available. This was followed up when sales again fell far short of expectations. At times there were complaints about the petrol unit with 2.0 l and 85 kW (115 PS) due to excessive oil consumption. VW rejected goodwill regulations in this regard and described an oil consumption of one liter per 3000 km as "normal".

An attempt was made to boost sales with additional special models. These included the "Edition", "Pacific", "Sport Edition" and "Special" variants.

A special version was the Bora Hy-motion with hydrogen fuel cell drive, which was presented in November 2000.

As of the middle of 2001, the instrument panel was upgraded with chrome applications, as in the Golf. In contrast to the Golf, the clearly visible cover for the passenger airbag was barely visible on the Bora.

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  Rear view

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  VW Bora Variant (1999-2004)

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  In the US, the Bora continued to be sold as the Jetta.

overview

• 1998

Introduction of the sedan in October with the engines:

1.4 16V (55 kW / 75 PS)

1.6 8V (74 kW / 100 PS)

2.0 8V (85 kW / 115 PS)

2.3 VR5 (110 kW / 150 PS)

1.9 SDI (50 kW / 68 PS)

1.9 TDI (66 kW / 90 PS or 81 kW / 110 PS)

• 1999

Kombi Bora Variant will be released in May.

The engines correspond to the sedan except for the 1.4 16V and 1.9 SDI.

New in programm:

2.8 V6 (150 kW / 204 PS)

1.9 TDI PD (85 kW / 115 PS)

• 2000:

Further units will follow:

1.6 16V (77 kW / 105 PS)

1.8 T (110 kW / 150 PS)

2.3 V5 20V (125 kW / 170 PS)

1.9 TDI PD (74 kW / 100 PS or 110 kW / 150 PS)

The 4Motion all-wheel drive is now also available for the 2.0 8V (85 kW / 115 PS).

The 1.6 8V now has an output of 75 kW / 102 PS instead of 74 kW / 101 PS and is only available with an automatic transmission.

• 2001:

The engine range is being expanded further:

1.6 FSI (81 kW / 110 PS)

The 1.9 TDI PD 85 kW / 115 PS is revised to 96 kW / 130 PS.

The 1.9 TDI VEP (66 kW / 90 PS or 81 kW / 110 PS) is no longer available.

• 2002:

The 2.3 V5 20V is replaced by the 1.8 T (132 kW / 180 PS).

• 2003:

The 2.8 V6 and all 4Motion models will be withdrawn from the range.

• 2004:

Production of the Bora Variant will cease at the end of the year.

• 2005:

Production of the sedan in Europe will also end in the middle of the year. The series is replaced by the Jetta V. In some countries it is still available with a reduced range of engines.

VW New Bora / City Jetta / Clasico (since 2006)

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  VW City Jetta

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  VW New Bora

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  VW Bora HS

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  VW Clasico

Since 2007, a visually and technically revised version of the Jetta IV has continued to be sold in South America, Mexico (since 2011 as Volkswagen Clasico ), and Canada (as City Jetta ). Since 2008, the front section has been very similar to that of the VW Passat B6 , which has been built since 2005, and the rear is optically based on the first generation of Phaeton and Touareg models. In most of these countries it is offered in parallel with the Jetta V.

On the Chinese market it was offered as VW Bora. In 2006 there was a facelift, under which the model under the name VW Bora HS was also available as a five-door sedan based on the Golf IV.

Technical specifications

Petrol engines

	1.4	1.6			1.6 FSI	1.8	1.8 T
Construction period	10 / 1998-05 / 2005	09 / 1998-08 / 2000	09 / 2000-05 / 2005	11/1999–05/2005	08/2001–05/2005	02 / 1999-10 / 2000	05 / 2000-05 / 2005	05 / 2002–05 / 2005
Engine characteristics
Engine code	AHW, AKQ, APE, AXP, BCA	AEH, AKL, APF	AVU, BFQ	AUS, AZD, ATN, BCB	BATH	AGN	AGU, ARX, AUM	AUQ
Engine type	R4 petrol engine
Number of valves per cylinder	4th	2		4th		5
Valve control	DOHC , timing belt	OHC, timing belt		DOHC, timing belt
Mixture preparation	Manifold injection				Direct petrol injection	Manifold injection
Engine charging	-						Turbocharger , intercooler
cooling	Water cooling
Bore × stroke	76.5 mm × 75.6 mm	81.0 mm x 77.4 mm		76.5 mm × 86.9 mm		81.0 mm × 86.4 mm
Displacement	1390 cm³	1595 cc		1598 cc		1781 cc
Compression ratio	10.5: 1	10.3: 1		11.5: 1	12.0: 1	10.3: 1	9.3: 1	9.5: 1
Max. Power at min −1	55 kW (75 PS) / 5000	74 kW (100 PS) / 5600	75 kW (102 PS) / 5600	77 kW (105 PS) / 5700	81 kW (110 PS) / 5800	92 kW (125 PS) / 6000	110 kW (150 PS) / 5700	132 kW (180 PS) / 5500
Max. Torque in min -1		145 Nm / 3800	148 Nm / 3800	148 Nm / 4500	155 Nm / 4400	170 Nm / 4200	210 Nm / 1750-4600	235 Nm / 1950-5000
Power transmission
drive	Front wheel drive					All-wheel drive	Front wheel drive
Gearbox, as standard	5-speed manual transmission		4-stage automatic transmission	5-speed manual transmission				6-speed manual transmission
Gearbox, optional	-	4-speed automatic transmission	-				5-stage Tiptronic	-
Readings
Top speed	171 km / h	188 km / h (185 km / h)	(185 km / h)	192 km / h	194 km / h	[196 km / h]	216 km / h (212 km / h)	228 km / h
Acceleration, 0-100 km / h	14.3 s	12.8 s (14.4 s)	(13.5 s)	11.6 s	11.2 s	[10.9 s]	8.9 s (9.8 s)	8.2 s
Fuel consumption over 100 km (combined)	6.5 l S	7.7 l S (8.6 l S)	(8.1 l S)	7.0 l SP	6.2 l SP	[8.9 l S]	7.9 l S (8.9 l S)	8.4 l S
CO 2 emissions (combined)	156 g / km	180 g / km (206 g / km)	(194 g / km)	168 g / km	149 g / km	[214 g / km]	190 g / km (214 g / km)	202 g / km
Remarks
					not for E10 fuel suitable
	2.0			2.3 VR5	2.3 V 5	2.8 V 6	2.8 VR6
Construction period	11 / 1998-04 / 2001	05/2001–05/2005	04 / 2000-05 / 2003	09 / 1998-09 / 2001	09 / 2000–05 / 2002	05 / 1999-05 / 2003	05 / 1999-2002
Engine characteristics
Engine code	APK, AQY	AZJ	AZH	AGZ	AQN	AQP, AUE, BDE	AFP (USA only)
Engine type	R4 petrol engine			VR5 petrol engine		VR6 petrol engine	VR6 petrol engine
Number of valves per cylinder	2				4th		2
Valve control	OHC , timing belt			2 × OHC, chain	2 × DOHC, chain		2 × DOHC, chain
Mixture preparation	Manifold injection						Manifold injection
Engine charging	-						-
cooling	Water cooling						Water cooling
Bore × stroke	82.5 mm × 92.8 mm			81.0 mm × 90.2 mm		81.0 mm × 90.3 mm	81.0 mm × 90.2 mm
Displacement	1984 cc			2324 cc		2792 cc	2792 cc
Compression ratio	10.5: 1			10.1: 1		10.5: 1	10.5: 1
Max. Power at min −1	85 kW (115 PS) / 5200	85 kW (115 PS) / 5400		110 kW (150 PS) / 6000	125 kW (170 PS) / 6200	150 kW (204 PS) / 6200	130kW (177PS) / 5800
Max. Torque in min -1	170 Nm / 2400	172 Nm / 3200	170 Nm / 2400	205 Nm / 3200	220 Nm / 3300	270 Nm / 3200	245Nm / 3200
Power transmission
Drive, as standard	Front wheel drive		All-wheel drive	Front wheel drive		All-wheel drive	Front wheel drive
Drive, optional	-			all wheel drive		-	-
Gearbox, as standard	5-speed manual transmission			5-speed manual transmission		6-speed manual transmission	5-speed manual transmission
Gearbox, optional	4- speed automatic transmission		-	5-stage Tiptronic		-	Not known
Readings
Top speed	195 km / h (192 km / h)		[192 km / h]	216 km / h (212 km / h) [211 km / h]	224 km / h (220 km / h) [218 km / h]	[235 km / h]	-
Acceleration, 0-100 km / h	11.0 s (12.8 s)	11.0 s (12.3 s)	[11.7 s]	9.2 s (10.0 s) [10.2 s]	8.5 s (9.2 s) [9.1 s]	[7.4 s]	-
Fuel consumption over 100 km (combined)	8.0 L S (9.1 L S)		[8.8 l S]	9.3 l S (9.9 l S) [10.4 l S]	8.7 l SP (9.7 l SP) [10.0 l SP]	[11.0 l SP]	-
CO 2 emissions (combined)	192 g / km (218 g / km)		[211 g / km]	223 g / km (238 g / km) [250 g / km]	240 g / km (233 g / km) [240 g / km]	[264 g / km]	-

1. ↑ AXP: 128 Nm / 3300; AHW / AKQ: 131 Nm / 3200; APE: 126 Nm / 3800; BCA: 126 Nm / 3300
2. ↑ ^{a b} Values ​​in round brackets “()” for automatic transmission and in square brackets “[]” for all-wheel drive
3. ↑ With the 4Motion: 6-speed manual transmission

• The availability of the engines depended on the model, equipment and market.

Diesel engines

	1.9 SDI	1.9 TDI		1.9 TD I		1.9 T TUE			1.9 TDI
Construction period	11/1998–05/2005	09 / 1998-04 / 2002			05 / 2000-05 / 2005	11 / 1998-07 / 2001	05 / 2000-07 / 2001	04/2001–05/2005	09 / 2000-05 / 2005
Engine characteristics
Engine code	AGP, AQM	EGR	ALH	AHF, ASV	ATD, AXR	AJM	AUY	ASZ	ARL
Engine type	R4 diesel engine
Number of valves per cylinder	2
Valve control	OHC , timing belt
Mixture preparation	Direct injection with distributor injection pump (VEP)				Pump-nozzle system (PD)
Engine charging	-	Turbocharger , intercooler
cooling	Water cooling
Bore × stroke	79.5 mm × 95.5 mm
Displacement	1896 cc
Compression ratio	19.5: 1				19.0: 1	18.0: 1		19.0: 1	18.5: 1
Max. Power at min −1	50 kW (68 PS) / 4200	66 kW (90 PS) / 4000	66 kW (90 PS) / 3750	81 kW (110 PS) / 4150	74 kW (100 PS) / 4000	85 kW (115 PS) / 4000		96 kW (130 PS) / 4000	110 kW (150 PS) / 4000
Max. Torque in min -1	133 Nm / 2200-2600	210 Nm / 1900		235 Nm / 1900	240 Nm / 1800-2400	285 Nm / 1900	310 Nm / 1900		320 Nm / 1900
Power transmission
drive	Front wheel drive
Gearbox, as standard	5-speed manual transmission				5-speed manual transmission	5-speed manual transmission	6-speed manual transmission
Gearbox, optional	-	4-speed automatic transmission			5-stage Tiptronic	6-speed manual transmission	5-stage Tiptronic		-
Readings
Top speed	160 km / h	180 km / h (176 km / h) (177 km / h)		193 km / h (190 km / h)	188 km / h (184 km / h) [185 km / h]	195 km / h [192 km / h]	195 km / h (192 km / h) [192 km / h]	205 km / h (202 km / h) [202 km / h]	216 km / h [211 km / h]
Acceleration, 0-100 km / h	18.2 s	12.9 s (14.7 s) [14.5 s]		10.9 s (12.4 s)	12.1 s (13.5 s) [13.0 s]	10.6 s [11.1 s]	10.8 s (11.5 s) [11.1 s]	10.1 s (10.9 s) [10.1 s]	9.0 s [9.0 s]
Fuel consumption over 100 km (combined)	5.2 l D	5.0 L D (6.3 L D) [5.7 L D]		5.0 L D (6.3 L D)	5.2 l D (6.5 l D) [6.2 l D]	5.1 l D [6.1 l D]	5.1 L D (6.3 L D) [6.1 L D]	5.2 l D (6.5 l D) [6.2 l D]	5.4 l D [6.2 l D]
CO 2 emissions (combined)	140 g / km	135 g / km (170 g / km) [154 g / km]		135 g / km (170 g / km)	140 g / km (176 g / km) [167 g / km]	138 g / km [159 g / km]	138 g / km (170 g / km) [165 g / km]	140 g / km (176 g / km) [167 g / km]	146 g / km [167 g / km]

1. ↑ With the 4Motion: 6-speed manual transmission
2. ↑ Values ​​in round brackets “()” for automatic transmission and in square brackets “[]” for all-wheel drive

• The availability of the engines depended on the model, equipment and market.

literature

• Hans-Rüdiger Etzold : That's how it's done . VW Golf IV 9/97 to 9/03, Bora 9/98 to 5/05 .
• VW Bora logbook, booklet 3.3 "Technical data". Volkswagen AG, July 1998.
• VW Bora logbook, booklet 3.3 "Technical data". Volkswagen AG, May 2002.

Web links

Commons : VW Bora  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Commons : VW Jetta IV  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Volkswagen Classic dossier on the Bora
• Former official homepage ( Memento of April 8, 2003 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The new 130kW VR6 engine from Volkswagen in the USA version of the Golf / Jetta. In: Motortechnische Zeitschrift No. 60, 5/1999, pp. 322-324.
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} VW Bora engine codes / engine overview / engine numbers / engine codes
3. ↑ List of Volkswagen car models not suitable for the E10 ( Memento from February 25, 2015 in the Internet Archive )