Cold air intake upgrades/performance questions!

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I don't know of any power upgrades currently available for the Taos. It's probably pretty low on any tuner's list of priorities. A cold air intake system would most likely yield very small increases in power or torque, at best. It may even make it worse. The stock engine control system is set up for the stock airbox, etc. and may not react well to changes in the air intake system.

Your best bet would be to wait for one of the respected tuners (APR or somebody else) to release a software tune for the 1.5. Since it's still fairly new it may be a while until they get around to it, but somebody will eventually.

In the meantime, I recommend you run it for a while as is. Get used to it, how it performs, what you might like to improve, and go from there. It's a good little engine in stock form, and the gas mileage is great! I have no complaints about the power (or lack thereof!) - that's what the GTI is for!

Honestly most of what passes for cold air intakes are big filters open under the hood or slightly relocated to look pretty.
Most air filter boxes on modern cars have cold air inlets that get their air from behind the grille and in front of the radiator support, a true cold air intake. A computer tune may help power as a high flowing exhaust could. A true cold air intake combined with the other 2 might help. The Taos engine is running in Budack cycle which is a modified Miller cycle to get maximum efficiency. Now with variable the valve timing the engine goes full Otto cycle when asked for it. Why do you have your Taos? Do you want a hot rod or a roomy CUV with excellent full efficiency that has all the power you need when you want it? Of course it is your car and you can do what you want with it. I love it the way it is.