Nah!!!! methinks definitely something to do with
lack of sunhine?
...Two cars ago I owned a SQ5 TDi for three years and the engine in that was a sensational power plant; kahunas the size of King Kong's, mountains of low down torque (760Nm) and a delight to drive.ed......
Well, Audi Aust. are seriously looking at this TDI as an option special with petrol in the 2019 SQ5, but no others (yet?).
Quite and
https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/land-...0/range-rover-gets-new-mild-hybrid-powertrain the UK government has already stated it'll keep to EU legislation as well...
I see
TATA of England are using a 3.0 straight 6, also with similar pathetic mild-hybrid to Audi's pathetic system.
Here is another manufacturer that, apparently, can meet EU regulations with a petrol engine.
Has the Govt. said if it will follow
future EU regulations, as in 2020+?
Were you smiling when you wrote that?
I'm pretty sure its not a case of whether or not the TFSI could meet those regulations, it is more a case of the ones governing the total carbon output of all the cars they sell as a manufacturer. So by using a diesel for these S-cars they make a bit of reduction in that total.
You
UKites dug your own grave back when...2016.
Just very appreciative our family emigrated
many moons ago to the best country on earth and that is clearly confirmed by the extremely large number of
UKites that emigrated here, didn't like it here ( They said "
it's different out here" - we said "
****** well hope so!!"), returned to "Old Dart', then returned back to Oz after realising the mistake of their lives.
These new "S" variant TDIs are costing Audi mega Euros. Of course we can only surmise, as Audi will not tell anybody.
For we fortunate people who can still buy S4 TFSI's, it appears quite clear the next S4 iteration which will have Audi's mild-hybrid, will require more power.
Adopt 50% of the S4 TDI weight increase = 75kg for the 48V/battery system and Merc are increasing power of their competitor models. Add the fact that the
new S4 would then be slower than the current model.