The baseline Audi A3 has had it’s 1.6 litre FSI engine replaced with a 1.4 litre TSI turbocharged engine, mirroring the steps that parent Volkswagen took with the A3′s platform-mate, the Volkswagen Golf.
This engine is the 1.4 TSI model with only a single turbocharger instead of the TSI super-turbo which uses both a supercharger and a turbocharger. It makes 122 horsepower in total and 200Nm of torque which is the equivalent of what a modern 2.0 litre normally aspirated engine puts out.
0-100km/h acceleration is improved over the previous 1.6 normally aspirated FSI by over a second down to 9.6 seconds, CO2 output drops to 154g/km from 158g/km and fuel economy goes up to 43.5mpg.
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After dabbling for years in the IT industry, Paul Tan initially began this site as a general blog covering various topics of personal interest. With an increasing number of readers paying rapt attention to the motoring stories, one thing led to another and the rest, as they say, is history. An avid electronic gadget aficionado as well as big-time coffee lover, he's also the executive producer of the Driven motoring TV programme.
Paul, you think the 1.4l A3 will be available in Msia market soon?
this VW family(include Audi) are making consumer confused with thier engine acrynomyn :
FSI..
TFSI…
TSI…
twin-charging..
super-turbo…
Twin-Force(from Ford)
which is which ?
very nice…
The goody goody good look german…not aggresive look enough. As compared with the bimmer, the latter have more grunt look than the Audi which still remains quite subtle..
Audi rox… wonder how much that A3 costs…