Talking sedan, MY17 with 248 bhp CYMC (252 PS) was advertised as 5.7 sec. MY18, Audi revised that to 5.6 sec. Starting MY21, with the 261 bhp DPAA (same 273 ft-lbs as CYMC), the 0-60 was now 5.2 sec. Appears the DL382 gear ratios have been unchanged throughout the B9 A4 2.0T run, though the final drive is slightly different for -7Q vs -7A. So how they knocked off half a second with a 13 bhp increase, .... Maybe they just stopped underestimating and started quoting what mags were finding in testing.
The Gen3 was a big output improvement over the Gen2. But we still get the underperforming versions in the A4. 8V S3 had the Gen3 power class 3 engine at 296 bhp. Now the 8Y S3 has the evo4 power class 3 at 328 bhp, up 22 bhp from last years 306 bhp. Thought maybe it was a new evo5 engine, but still the same 06Q transverse evo4 as before. Not sure what they tweaked for so much gain. Would much rather have that than a big heavy expensive to maintain V6. But not stepping down to an A3 chassis.
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