NickGun
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I wouldn't be overly concerned, I'm not sure if anyone other than Audi and their suppliers know what the true limits of of their gearboxes are. They will have design criteria which provides adequate safety margins for reliability as they don't want too many warranty claims for gearboxes either.
That would be exactly my thoughts too, it makes zero sense to run the risk of excessive warranty claims - I'd wager that it is not the gearbox thats the torque limiting factor in the 3L 218, but that Audi have pegged the torque figure back to be sufficiently lower than the 3L 272 and to match the 2L 190 - and that it's the higher torque figure of the 272 that dictates the 8speed ZF.