Re: Vixens, Turbo-BMWs and (finally) Audi Diesels

[Aleksander Mierzwa <alex@matrix.com.pl>]

At 11:19 23.04.98 -0500, Pete Kraus wrote:

>Bear with me, there's a tenuous Audi connection here.  Turbo-diesels
>are gaining (or about to gain) an unexpected reputation as performance
>vehicles in Europe.  There are reputed to be some excellent engines
>around, including Audis.  Do any European listers have first-hand
>experience with them?  Are they available as quattros?  I've always
>been a diesel fan, even though the words diesel and car enthusiast are
>seldom uttered in the same breath.

Yes, the A4q is available with 1.9 110hp TDI motor, the old A6q was
available with both 1.9 110hp TDI and 2.5l I5 143hp TDI. The new A6q is
available with 2.5 V6 TDI and the A8q is going to receive the same engine
soon.
Unfortunately I don't have hands-on experience, but a friend of mine drives
a 1.9 TDI 90hp Passat and says the performance is quite acceptable while he
usually gets about 42mpg on the highway :-)


Aleksander Mierzwa
Warsaw, Poland
mailto:alex@matrix.com.pl
87 Audi 5000CS turbo (mine)
88 Renault Medallion wagon (mom's)
91 mountain bike (just in case both cars broke at the same time :-)