Audi A3 1.6 FSI Direct injection (gas) engine.....check this

[Dan DiBiase]

Ti, exactly what I was going to respond until I saw yours... The bar has
certainly moved up in 9 years!!

>From my personal view, I don't view horsepower as the be-all and end-all
for a car. There are other traits I put higher than 0-60 ability or top
speed. That said, I wish Audi had seen fit to at LEAST give the 1.8T in my
A4 the 180 hp that VW has with the same engine. In reality, it ought to
have at least 10 - 15 hp more, since it is a premium brand in the VAG
portfolio. There are constant rumors on the AudiWorld BBS about Audi
offering a chip that would increase the engine power and still maintain
the warranty, an important point for me.

Dan D
'04 A4 1.8T q MT-6
Central NJ USA

--- Ti Kan <ti at amb.org> wrote:
> Franco Barber writes:
> > Over 10 sec for an audi in the US market is not as uncommon as you
> > might at first think.  The 95 A6 quattro automatic was 10.9 seconds
> 0-60.
> 
> Yeah, but the market has changed dramatically in the past few years.
> Horsepower figures of new cars have increased dramatically.  What used
> to be "acceptable performance" just a few years ago is now a joke in
> most consumers' eye.  200hp used to be an impressive figure, but today
> it's merely ho-hum.
> 
> The lowest horsepower Audi today in the US market is the A4 1.8T at
> 170hp,
> and that's more than the "top of the line" 1986 5000S turbo quattro.
> The bottom of the line 4000S FWD in 1986 had only 102hp, and that figure
> might be passable on a $12K Kia or Daewoo, but certainly not on an Audi.
> 
> -Ti
> 2003 A4 1.8T multitronic
> 2001 S4 biturbo 6-sp
> 1984 5000S turbo
> 1980 4000 2.0 5-sp
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