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Apr 15, 2011 | 5:40 pm

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Originally Posted by Potreroflyr

I had one of these this weekend also. I liked it, but I DID notice a rather significant turbo lag. The car was rather sluggish off the mark until I stomped on the pedal. But once it goes, it GOES. Maybe this one was tuned incorrectly, or not worn-in (think it had 180 miles when I took it)?

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Originally Posted by drzoidberg

Now I just need to drive the Audi A4 for comparison, which uses a more modern 2.0T engine I believe.

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Originally Posted by drzoidberg

I read a few professional reviews, which said no turbo-lag on the CC. I guess I just didn't notice.

Which transmission do they have - CVT or DSG?

I've hired an Audi A4 1.8T and an A6 2.0T, both with CVT and they both suffered significant lag off the line, but were fine once moving. I put this down to the CVT rather than turbo lag. I don't like CVT's for this reason.

Having said that, I recently hired an A5 convertible with 2.0T and CVT - it was noticebly less laggy off the line than I remember the A4 and A6 being.

I have no idea why they still put CVT's in Audis, given they have great DSG's.

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