The 2019 Audi A5 Sportback Has Been Launched - A5 2.0 TFSI Variant for RM339k+++

The latest 2019 Audi A5 Sportback now makes its appearance in Malaysia. Audi's five-door coupé is one of those new coupe-sedan type of cars which blends luxury, sportiness with a dose of practicality. Suitable for the family but still looking quite sporty so you don't feel like you're facing a mid-life crisis if you are a forty-something who bought one. 

Audi Malaysia brings in the Audi A6 2.0 TFSI Quattro and the Audi A7 Sportback 2.0 TFSI Quattro

Audi Malaysia has now brought in the Audi A6 2.0 TFSI quattro and the Audi A7 Sportback 2.0 TFSI quattro to the country. The all-wheel-drive Quattro models, especially the A6 2.0 TFSI quattro fill in a gap in their respective local line-up - the A6 2.0 TFSI quattro sits between the A6 1.8 TFSI and the local range topper, the A6 3.0 TFSI quattro. The A7 Sportback 2.0 TFSI quattro now makes the Sportback proposition more affordable as previously only the 3.0 TFSI quattro variant was available here.

Audi previews its latest 2.0 TFSI engine

Audi previewed its latest 4 cylinder direct injection petrol engine recently. The new engine in 2.0TFSI form was shown at the Vienna Motor Symposium in a 190hp, 320Nm specification. The engine is more efficient and will be used for the first time in the upcoming Audi A4 model scheduled to launched at the end of 2015.

According to Audi, the new engine is a prime example of the Audi 'rightsizing strategy' balancing vehicle size with power, torque and efficiency of the engine and drivetrain. Whatever that means is that the new engine benefits from the fuel conserving Miller cycle combustion principles as well as utilising the current TFSI technology of direct injection, variable valve timing as well as turbocharging.

Expect this engine to form the basis of all new Audi engines after the launch of the all-new Audi A4 at the end of this year.

Saturday Night Teh Tarik Session Part 2: Audi A6 3.0 TFSI driven

The thing about Malaysia is that we love our al fresco dining. Though not at expensive coffee joints most of the time but mainly at our local mamak stalls or shops and certain tomyam stalls too. Of course there are those who frequent pubs, bars and bistros too but that is for other things that most petrolheads seldom do if they want to talk about cars. 

And in continuing the tale of two cars driven a few saturdays back we now leave the Volkswagen Golf R Mk6 and head over to something akin to a world class bodybuilder in a well cut suit, the Audi A6 3.0 TFSI Quattro C7. Launched in 2011, the C7 Audi A6 is the fourth generation A6 and is Audi's mid-sized luxury car competing with the likes of the BMW 5 series and the Mercedes Benz E-class. The car in here is an early C7 A6 3.0 TFSI.