We recently drove the Audi's entry-level offering, the A3 and noticed something different about it - the changed badging over it. The 2.0-litre TDI powered car we tested, would have typically got the 2.0TDI badge, but now it gets 35TDI badge. That's because of the brand's new 'dynamic factor' nomenclature system, in which the carmaker will now use to calculate the performance of a given model and variant. The new badging system is already in effect in markets like West Asia and China, and these changes will eventually be applied in most of the brand's markets, including India.
Audi feels that the new dynamic factor nomenclature system will help them to distinguish its models better. As many of their current range of engines have the same displacement but have different power outputs, and this can’t be indicated through the current badging.
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Lets understand it better, an example of this new badging system is seen in the China spec. A4L. The A4L 35 TFSI is equipped with a 2.0-litre turbo-petrol that churns out 180 PS of max. power. However, the A4L 40 TFSI has the same 2.0-litre petrol mill, but this one produces 211 PS of power. And if we consider the old badging, then both cars would simply have been called the A4L 2.0TFSI.
But how these nos. are calculated, basically Audi has calculated the level of G-force created under acceleration. Since bigger engines accelerate harder, they also produce more G-force and get the larger number at the back. In simple words, the bigger number it carries, the faster the car would be on track. However, except the sporty S and the RS range of models, all regular Audi 2015 models will be subject to this change.
Source : CarDekho