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

[Alan Pritchard]

Well, put things in perspective.... When I went to get my first car I wanted
a 1.6. my parents quote "why do you want a car with such a big engine?".
He he, in Europe and uk I would hazard a guess that the majority of cars are
1.6 or under.... Or maybe even 1.4....
 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Dan DiBiase [mailto:d_dibiase at yahoo.com] 
Sent:	11 December 2003 14:44
To:	Alan Pritchard
Cc:	quattro at audifans.com
Subject:	RE: Audi A3 1.6 FSI Direct injection (gas) engine.....check
this  out..

Maybe not, but over 10 sec 0-60 for an Audi - I don't see that engine
being successful here, regardless of the mileage. People don't really buy
Audi's for gas mileage! Granted, a stock A4 1.8T is certainly not a
high-performance car, from a 0-60 perspective, but it is below 9
seconds..... And they are hopefully going to put the 2.0 engine in there
at some point - about 190 hp, I believe. Now THAT would make a nice A3!

Dan D
'04 A4 1.8T q MT-6
Central NJ USA
--- Alan Pritchard <apritchard at seaeye.com> wrote:
> That's not bad for a heavy car, with only a 1.6 in it.... 
>  -----Original Message-----
> From: 	Dan DiBiase [mailto:d_dibiase at yahoo.com] 
> Sent:	11 December 2003 13:23
> To:	Todd Young; JordanVw at aol.com
> Cc:	quattro at audifans.com
> Subject:	Re: Audi A3 1.6 FSI Direct injection (gas) engine.....check
> this out..
> 
> Is it me, or does 0 - 100 kph in 10.9 seconds seem slow?? Isn't 100 kph
> about 62 mph? I did not buy my car because it's the fastest car around,
> from 0 - 60, but still, this seems a bit slow....
> 
> Dan D 
> '04 A4 1.8T q MT-6
> Central NJ USA
> 
> --- Todd Young <auditodd at comcast.net> wrote:
> > Just two problems:
> > 1) rumor has it the USA won't get the 3 door (2 doors plus hatch), we 
> > will only get the 5 door (4 doors plus hatch)
> > 
> > 2) USA fuel has too much sulfer content, doesn't work well with the
> FSI 
> > engine (at least that's what I have heard), so I don't think we will
> see
> > 
> > the FSI engines for a few years yet.
> > 
> > Someone please correct me if I'm wrong (and I honestly hope I am).
> > 
> > JordanVw at aol.com wrote:
> > > 
> > > 
> > > this was on vw vortex...interesting writeup about the new Audi A3
> and
> > its 
> > > 1.6L FSI Direct Injection petrol engine..
> > > 
> > > http://www.vwvortex.com/artman/publish/audi_news/article_199.shtml
> > > 
> > > 
> 
> 
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