We are sorry to report that Audi’s inline five is not too late for this world. It has already disappeared from TT and RSQ 3, both of them have been closed. RS3 is now the only surveong RS model with a turbo charged 2.5 liter engine, but its days are numbered. In almost two years, the last five cylinder will be off the assembly line in RS3 Angolostadt.
As you expect, tightening the emission regulations is moving forward, but this is not the whole story. Audi’s CEO Grint Dilner told Australia Drive Magazine, which is “not difficult to adapt to the five -cylinder Euro -7.” Nevertheless, the Audi will not commit money and engineering resources to keep it alive.
The euro is implemented on November 7, 2026, but only for the new launch vehicles. Since the current generation RS3 is already being sold, it temporarily recovers. However, when the next phase of euro 7 is implemented in November 2027, Audi will have to retire five cylinders, where all cars sold in the EU7 markets will have to comply with strict rules.
Dilner explained that as long as the engine can be molded technically to meet the Euro -7, “this is a question of the scale and the overall market demand.” In direct words, the sales of RS3 Sportback and RS3 Sidan are not strong enough to justify this investment. As a result, “five cylinders will probably end with Euro 7.” The theory, it can continue in areas outside the EU7, but Audi has potentially worked mathematics and has found it inaccessible.
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The announcement was made this week at the IAA Mobility Show in Munich, where Audi concept is offering C. ever since. Motor 1 If the Targa Tapid Sports Car can offer a combustion engine, the Audi clearly denied this possibility. In 2027, the production version will be strictly electrical, which will potentially mold the Volkswagen Group platform with Porsche Boxter and Caymine EV.
The five cylinders behind the seats were ideal, but that’s not happening. Similarly, Audi once entered the Inline Five, Rear Wheel Drive, and even a manual transmission entry level R8, but the project never left the drawing board.
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As far as the future of the RS3 is concerned, Dilner refuses to comment on the possibility of four cylinder replacement. A few years ago, Audi had insisted that she would never build four utensils, which would make the next generation of RS3 uncertain. Provided that a combustion engine is going to be another, because of the ninth generation golf will be completely electric.
In the meantime, the Audi is preparing to send the RS3 in a style. Another powerful version continues, and rumors suggest that the Volkswagen will also use Inline Five for the final golf during the engine era. This will not be the first non -audio model in the VW group receiving the EA 855, as Kapra has already offered for Formon VZ5 with five cylinders.
When finally bows down in about two years, 2.5 TFSI will close the book on a tradition that began in 1976 with five cylinder Audi 100 (C2).
