Audi has announced a new 1.
4-liter four-cylinder TFSI engine for the A3, available starting from november 2007a.
The new engine, a turbocharged unit with gasoline direct injection, delivers 125 ps at 5,000 rpm with a maximum torque of 200 Nm, costant between 1,500 to 4,000 rpm (80% of max.
torque is available at 1,250 rpm, just above idle).
The new Audi unit is suspiciously similar to the 1.
4 TSI unit recently announced by VW (122 ps, 200 Nm between 1,500 and 4,000 rpm), a unit which debutted on the Golf.
According to Audi the 1.
4 TFSI sets new standard for its class in terms of acoustic comfort.
Performance is pretty interesting: a top speed of 203 km/h and acceleration from 0-100 km/h in 9.
6 seconds (three-door A3).
Almost on par with the A3 2.
0 TDI, which has 140 ps, a top speed of 207 km/h and accelerates from 0-100 km/h in 9.
5 seconds.
The A3 1.
4 TFSI performs much better than the A3 1.
6 FSI (which it will probably replace) and the A3 1.
9 TDI.
Average fuel consumption for the A3 1.
4 TFSI will be 6.
5 liters/100 km (for comparison purposes, the A3 1.
9 TDI boasts 4.
9 l/100 km, but costs about 1,200 € more).
The starting price for the A3 1.
4 TFSI Attraction will be 21,350 euros.