Audi TT: Also comes with diesel!

I can hear the sound of all people feeling relieved now, the Audi TT will get a diesel engine! When it comes to me, I will start saving some Euros from today for that car.

Audi will offer a diesel engine on its second-generation TT premium coupe, company and industry sources say.

Two years ago, Audi prepared a diesel version of the first-generation TT, "but the remaining life cycle was too short to recuperate the investment," Wolfgang Hatz, head of Audi's engine and transmissions, said during a press event here.

Hatz declined to specify which diesel will be in the new TT, but he admitted the new model's engine bay is too narrow for Audi's 2.7- and 3.0-liter V6 diesels.

Most likely, Audi will use a more powerful version of parent VW group's 2.0-liter, four-cylinder diesel, which in current applications delivers 140hp and 170hp. The engine is used in models such as the VW Golf and Passat.

The TT diesel is expected to appear after the debut of the TT softtop roadster, which is scheduled to launch at the Los Angeles auto show in November or at the Geneva auto show next March.

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Source: AutoWeek

Audi TT: Also comes with diesel!

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