3.0 TFSI

Cannot tell you more right now unfortunately.

When are you gonna create the B8 S4 forum?

</napolean dynamite>

Don't you know how these things work?

I see the necesity for that being on a different forum thought ,it will be a completely different powertrain, and I guarantee you the first thousand or so posts are going to involve chip, ECU, turbo....

So tuners can tune...kinda sad if you ask me, but that's my own opinion.

you think Audi WANTS another fiasco like the blown turbos of the B5 S4?

14mpg V8s and their associated gas guzzling tax aren't going to help sales.

but unfortunately I have not been able to dig up any specifics.

Audi hasn't given them a dime, or any other tuner for that matter.

Audi cares about competition, and the RS4 and new B8 S4 handle that pretty easily.

Also, the added fuel economy benefit will be attractive to some. The modability of the twin turbos will be attractive to others. Plus Audi will be able to get back to its twin turbo roots of the B5 S4s. But its really all about sales(profit) to Audi. The photos of the new B8 S4/A4 could be mistaken by some for a 3 series BMW other than the Audi corporate grille.

I-5 is not an engine to look upon lightly, especially since it was in a lighter car

Had the 5 cylinder in my Audi Coupe. Don't think it was turbocharged though.

Turbochargers are superchargers that are driven by exhaust gases.

Don't try and win me over with a logical reply.
(joke)

Just mean that by bringing back the turbo, Audi's sales will more than likely go up because of the modability...as well as the fuel economy. Obviously they don't make money from the aftermarket companies themselves (i.e. Stasis), but they know the demand is there for a lot of people.

a major dog off the line . No low end TQ whatsoever and harsh sounding at higher RPM. But for the time it was by far the most advanced all season car on the market .
Can you imagine any of the major makers today offering their flagship sedan ONLY with a manual transmission , as was the case with this car ?

breaking...little stuff, annoying stuff. That being said...the car was a great highway cruiser, 28 mpg all-around AND in the snow, with diff selection...it was unstoppable!! Once the turbo spooled up it was a real rush to judgement. Mine was an '87 with the famous pearl white/pearl white turbo wheels/graphite leather. I really liked the car in spite of some of the quirks.

AoA is selling like 225 of them a year, way too little to justify in the B8.

From howstuffworks.com:

Superchargers and Turbochargers
A supercharger is any device that pressurizes the air intake to above atmospheric pressure. Both superchargers and turbochargers do this. In fact, the term "turbocharger" is a shortened version of "turbo-supercharger," its official name.

The difference between the two devices is their source of energy. Turbochargers are powered by the mass-flow of exhaust gases driving a turbine. Superchargers are powered mechanically by belt- or chain-drive from the engine's crankshaft.

Probably in the US in spring 2009.

3.0TFSI could be anything.

Somebody asked whether 1 or 2 turbos and I answered...

The test mule I saw on the road here in the USA sure didn't sound like a turbo V6. I suppose it could have been a supercharged V6, but it sounded more like a V8 to me.
I don't have any real answers and I didn't see under the hood, but it was sweet sounding.

supercharger? the jury is still out on that one.

;-)

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If it's a crank driven supercharger then it's not a "turbo" or "turbo-superchager" or a "turbocharger". In which case the "T" doesn't make any sense.

The only possible explanation I can think of is that it has both a supercharger and a turbo-supercharger.