2007 Audi TT to be offered with a diesel engine

The second-generation Audi TT coupe will soon be offered with a diesel engine, says Automotive News, citing anonymous sources in the industry and company itself. The reason is dead simple: gas prices keep growing and more fuel-efficient oil-burners are becoming more popular each day.







CSM Worldwide forecasts that adding a diesel version to the current line-up may boost TT's sales by up to 15 per cent. Considering that the number of potential buyers in the year of 2008 alone will be close to 60,000, one can imply that a diesel TT may bring up to 10,000 more customers, which is not bad at all.

It is not yet known, which motors will be chosen to mate with the new Audi TT, but the magazine says that most likely it will be a modified VW's 2.0-liter, four-cylinder engine, which currently produces from 140 hp to 170 hp. The engine will definitely be supercharged, since TT's closest competitor, the Alfa Romeo Brera coupe comes with a much more powerful 200 hp, 2.4-liter, five-cylinder common-rail diesel.

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