What do Volkswagen 280, 330, and 380 mean?

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Volkswagen's rear badges 280, 330, and 380 represent their corresponding torque values. Below is a detailed introduction to the rear badge system: 1. The rear badge system will be displayed on the right rear of Volkswagen passenger cars and light commercial vehicles equipped with TSI and TDI engines in the form of a 'torque category mark value in Newton meters' plus 'engine technology type'. For example, the new badge 230-TSI indicates that the vehicle is equipped with a TSI engine with a torque category of 230 Newton meters. 2. Japanese cars like the Honda Civic also use torque for naming. For instance, the Civic's 1.0T engine has a torque of 173Nm, represented as 180Turbo, and the 1.5T model has a torque of 220Nm, represented as 220Turbo.