Tony R <tony.rickardno@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> SteveH wrote:
>
> >>> 170bhp version of the 1.9JTD engine and the fancy Q2 LSD. That'll be
a
> >>> storming performer, and I desperately want one.
> >>>
> >> Hmm, 170bhp? Storming?
> >
> > You've not drivenn a modern performance diesel, have you?
>
> It is all relative though and 170bhp diesels have been powering Leons,
> Golfs and Audis for some time and now and aren't the most s****ting
> versions of those cars.
>
> Punchy yes, storming? no :)
Day to day, it'll be at least as quick as a 200bhp petrol version, just
because you won't have to rev the guts out of it to make progress.
Figures suggest a sub 8 second 0-60 time, which puts it in hot hatch
territory.
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