vwdieseling
Veteran Member
The Mk 4 1.8 has a little more horse power I believe due to the turbo charging. The problems with the TB and the 20 valves make it a little less durable in my opinion than the 2.0 L. The Mk 5 2.5 L leaves a little to be desired. The TSI engine designs I hear are complecated and hard to work on. I've heard the 1.2 TSI being sold in Europe has drawn a few boos from owners. The milage being in the 40's per gallon, probably is difficult to compete with some of the Japaness designs with get the same milage and are simplier to maintane. German over complicated and unessesary engineering at work, but then people like me are drawn to it.My wife has an Audi 1.8T Quattro Wagon, '02 model. 5 speed manual. It is doing really well and has had zero problems so far.
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