New York 2008: Audi A4 gets One Helluva Four
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Our Audi US moles at the New York show are telling us today that when the latest A4 sedan and Avant arrive here in October of this year that the latest-generation 2.0-liter TFSI engine comes with it.
Amazing but true, this new four-pot turbo will be upped to 211 horsepower output and torque of a whopping 258 pound-feet. That’s up from 200hp and 207lb-ft on the current 2.0-liter TFSI which we already love. We test this fresh motor soon on the happy isle of Ibiza and you’ll lap it all up.
This gives the 2.0-liter four some fifteen pound-feet more than the naturally aspirated 3.2-liter V6 which will also come in the new A4 when it arrives. Both engines are fitted with Audi’s Audi Valve-Lift system for better power and fuel management besides.
Projected acceleration to 60mph is stated at 6.5 seconds as the 2.0-liter sits in the now much larger A4 quattro sedan. Further, all Avant A4s will come fitted with the optional Steptronic sequential and only with this freshened 2.0-liter TFSI.
Also under discussion in the new A4 for North America is the use of the outstanding 3.0-liter TDI V6 group engine from VW in Europe. This would bring the A4 squarely into competition with BMW’s 335d sedan plans for North America, not to mention the Mercedes E320 Bluetec.
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