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Buying a medium car - which would you recommend?
Thinking of buying an Audi A3 1.4TFSi or 1.8TFSi manual. Are both engines reliable and are they both chain cam? Which would be the better long term bet?
Looking at paying up to £15,000.
Looking at paying up to £15,000.
Asked on 27 April 2013 by Barry Osborne
Answered by
Honest John
Both chain cam, but the twincharger 1.4TFSI (any with more than 122PS) is more complex and less reliable than the turbo only 1.8TFSI.
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