The Volkswagen Group’s new 1.2 litre TFSI engine from the Polo and the Ibiza will be installed into their C-segment Audi A3 and A3 Sportback hatches.
The 1.2 litre TSI SOHC engine produces 175Nm of torque between 1,500 to 3,500rpm and makes 105 PS. The engine is constructed with an aluminum crankcase and uses 2 valves per cylinder for a total of 8 valves. A water-cooled intercooler is integrated into the intake manifold, cooling down the air coming from the 1.6 bar turbocharger.
It’s an engine designed to be both wallet-friendly and environmentally-friendly (rated at 51.3mpg – 18.16km per litre and 127g/km of CO2) so acceleration times are very very far from blistering – 11.1 seconds for the 3-door and 11.3 seconds for the 5-door Sportback.
The new 1.2 litre A3 will make its debut at the Frankfurt show alongside two other models – the S5 Sportback powered by the company’s 333 PS 3.0 litre supercharged V6, and a 3.0 litre TDI clean diesel (with AdBlue injection) quattro Audi A4 using the engine from the Audi Q7.
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1.2? hmm not that power ful. but ok la.. now the world are focusing on smaller engines. this one must be economical. eh A3 no 4 doors?
Got.
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a 1.4 TSI on Audi A3 will be great
Since we do not have Golf 1.4 TSI offer in bolehland….Euromobil might consider to bring in this 1.2 TFSI
heck i wont mind. an audi is an audi baby. the led lamp and 4 overlapping rings is all that matters. yeah.
haha….finally diesel become mainstream…end of petrol guzzling fuel era…huhu..electric car is coming………
Paul… u have any idea/news/rumours if Euromobil is going to reintroduce the A3 to our mkt.??
this is the car that proton should come out with…small cc,powerful but still fuel efficient..
so if this comin to bolehland than how much road tax and etc…
if they price correctly sure alot buyer out there waiting to grab
Looking forward to this “wallet friendly”model if ever it comes here.
Looking forward to this "wallet friendly"model if ever it comes here.
Bring it on to BOlehland !!!
same level like proton savvy except turboooo….
horsepower ok…but price may be the main constraint….
The 2 doors A3 side seems like Satria Neo..
Oh… its a gasoline engine. Lovely engine!
And what is water cooled intercooler?
the intercooler is water cooled to reduce engine overheating after long distance journey. the intercooler has a water spray.
price does matter! this could be the "My First Audi"
Cool. I like it. Wouldn't mind having one, but it has to be a four-door.
I fancy the 3-door version. But then it's an Audi, I wonder what the price will be if it comes here…
i bet that should the car comes here, nothing less than RM 100K.
who are we kidding? it's an audi and it's not a car for everyone.
Dun be fooled by its smaller engine.For 1.2cc producing a whopping 105ps and 175nm of torque is no mean feat.Thats equalevant to 1.6cc cars.Trend in europe nowadays to produce more smaller capacity cars with huge power for cost effectiveness and environment.Just look at Peugeot 307 SW 1.6 mini MPV turbo.The acceleration from starting point are almost on par with 2 litre NA cars!