Brit magazine tries out the new Audi TT TDI
We've written here previously about Audi's new TDI version of the TT sports car and having sampled numerous other diesels recently. It's a shame this one isn't being offered in the U.S. What Car? has had a chance to to drive the TT TDI and it sounds like they really liked the 44mpg sportster. Diesel engines have a reputation for being low revving and while this one certainly won't reach the lofty heights of most gas engined sports cars it easily revs past 5,000rpm and has almost constant torque everywhere. The refined nature of the VW/Audi 2.0L diesel means that most observers will never realize what kind of fuel it consumes. This same engine in a slightly lower power tune is the one that will propel the Jetta TDI starting this summer. Please, Audi, bring the TT TDI to the U.S. market.
[Source: What Car?]
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5-04-2008 @ 1:09PM
mike said...
They like the high-horsepower gas engine EXCEPT:
"The 2.0-litre turbocharged engine is not totally convincing when dawdling, because its big-bore turbocharger likes plenty of revs."
So, in the REAL WORLD the Diesel is more Fun.
And the Diesel is also 4 wheel drive? Would be a great commuter car. But, 7 years of Bush and I can only hope the VW will be close to this car.
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