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The Audi five-cylinder engine could be given hybrid electrification in order to keep it on sale in Europe amid tightening emissions regulations in Europe, Autocar has reported.
In its present form, most recently in the Audi RS3 Competition Limited, the turbocharged five-cylinder engine codenamed EA855 will not be able to comply with Euro 7 emissions regulations which will take effect in November this year, according to the report.
Bringing the engine into compliance with the upcoming emissions regulations would require substantial engineering investment, which is difficult to justify when the engine is pressed into service in just two models, the aforementioned RS3, and the Cupra Formentor VZ5.
The debut of the RS3 Competition Limited was seen as potentially being a swansong for the turbocharged five-cylinder engine, as Audi CEO Gernot Döllner told Autocar that the engine’s future was “still under discussion” at board level, and the CEO said he is uncertain “if we’re able to refinance the investment in EU7 regulations”.
Sources have told the British publication that the EA855 engine would require substantial hardware changes, including a new particulate filter, more sensitive NOx (nitrogen oxide) sensors, recalibrated injection mapping and higher cell-density catalytic converters.
However, the carmaker is “open to every possibility. The thoughts [on how to do that] will continue at our end. I can tell you we are still thinking in different technological possibilities. At the end of the day, the most important thing is the maximum amount of emotional driving experience for the compact segment. We are absolutely aware of the DNA of a five-cylinder engine and we are open to every possibility,” Michl said.
Should the five-cylinder turbocharged engine be re-engineered to live on, it could serve in a future, top performance variant of the Volkswagen Golf R before the next generation emerges.
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