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Audi Reworking Turbo Five Potter For More Power In New RS Models

Audi is working to screw more power from its hot 2.5 litre five-cylinder petrol mill, to compete with the potent 2.0 litre turbo four in Mercedes-Benz’ upcoming A 45 AMG hot hatch. The Audi engine already produces 250kW/450Nm in the TT RS and


Audi is working to screw more power from its hot 2.5 litre five-cylinder petrol mill, to compete with the potent 2.0 litre turbo four in Mercedes-Benz’ upcoming A 45 AMG hot hatch.

The Audi engine already produces 250kW/450Nm in the TT RS and RS 3 models, but the AMG 2.0 litre - the Mercedes performance arm’s first turbo four - produces the same torque and 10kW more with a half-litre smaller displacement.

While chasing outputs and performance is good for bragging rights, the first hurdle Audi must overcome is the engine’s compliance with 2014’s Euro VI emissions regulations.

Speaking with CarSales, Audi’s quattro division development boss Stephan Reil said that Euro VI is the key reason behind the engine’s further development.

“We have to work on its combustion processes because the step to Euro VI is quite a big one,” Reil said.

“Then we have to work on the catalysts and from there it’s just geometry. We have to have the air coming into the cylinder in rolling waves to produce as little pollution as possible.”

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