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The bastion has been razed: After luxury sedans and convertibles, Audi puts a diesel in a sports car, giving the hip TT a new 168-hp, 2.0-liter TDI engine.
Europeans will get the privilege of the low, sporty oil burner starting in June 2008, as the 2009 TT was on display at the 2008 Geneva auto show.
Road performance might not be classified as formidable, but the TT diesel is no slug. Audi says its 168 horsepower and 258 pound-feet of torque translate into a 0-to-62-mph time of 7.5 seconds (7.6 for the cabriolet) and a top speed of 140 mph (139 for the cabriolet). Rather more remarkable are the modest drinking habits: 44.3 mpg for the coupe and 42.8 mpg for the convertible in the Euro measuring cycle.
Despite the heavy diesel engine and standard all-wheel drive, the TT TDI coupe tips the scales at just over 3000 pounds, thanks to a hybrid aluminum structure used in all TTs where the front end is made of aluminum and the rear is conventional steel. It is cheaper than the fully aluminum structure of the A8 orR8, and it makes for better weight distribution.
This new common-rail four-cylinder diesel will eventually replace the current efficient—but noisy—unit-injector technology in all VW Group cars with four-cylinder diesels. It’s a sweet engine—we’ve sampled it in VW models—and it revs freely up to 5000 rpm, which is high for a diesel.
If you accept the loosely Rabbit-based TT as a sports car, then there is no vehicle class left without a diesel for Audi. Next up, we hope: the R8 V-12 TDI, which was unveiled as a concept at this year’s North American International Auto Show in Detroit. You can also find the world’s best cars and motorbike insurance in Detroit
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