identifying variants

[Disease26]

hey all.
I will be looking at a few 2012 A1 Sports on the weekend and I wondered if there was any obvious visual cues in engine bay, compliance plate etc.. that I could check if the car is an actual sport model with the twincharged 1.4 and not just a base model. apart from checking the VIN info?

also part 2, in looking at all these models I have noticed a handful have the TFSI badge on the boot and some do not.. any reason why this is?
(just referring to petrol not diesel models)
thanks

 

[Disease26]

actually may have just realised the answer to my question.. the Twincharged 1.4 is a TSI and not TFSI, correct?

 

[daydotz]

The 185 only came as black edition & is stronic only they are all tfsi it could be something as simple as they have been debadged

Google A1 sport & black edition your seen the difference

This is the 185 twin charged http://carplace.uol.com.br/novo-aud...cv-chega-por-r-109-900/audi-a1-sport-2012-09/
it has potential issues with oil drinking and missfires

Sport trim only comes with the 1.6 tdi 1.4 122bhp & rare the 1.4 cod with 140bhp

 

[Disease26]

no worries, I think my main confusion is that the Australian models seem to be a bit different to the UK..
makes local info harder to find.
I have seen a few cars listed as 185's but they don't have the s-line trim so they look almost identical to the lower spec model ('Ambition' in aus)
so I was suss whether these were actual 185's or the seller had listed them wrong..

I guess I will just have to grab the VIN when inspecting and look it up.

 

[daydotz]

Ah didn't realise you were Australia a quick glance at the engine will tell I'm fairly sure that they are still stronic only