Audi kills off its 420-hp four-cylinder engine project
Germans dump their giant-killing 2.0-liter concept motor
Audi's supercar-slapping, fire-breathing four-cylinder concept engine will remain just that, with Autoblog confirming that it has been internally killed off. Speaking at the launch of the TT RS, the engineering boss of Audi's Quattro GmbH division, Stephan Reil, said the Volkswagen Group had stopped all development of the 420-horsepower, 2.0-liter four it showed in the 2014 TT Quattro Sport Concept car (above).
Despite previous assurances that Quattro had roles for both the
EA888-based engine and Audi's wildly charismatic 2.5-liter,
five-cylinder motor, post-Dieselgate reality has killed the smaller
engine. "The 400-horsepower EA888 engine is dead," Reil said.
(AutoBlog.com)
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