"Recently VW/Audi blessed the Autoblog Garage with the presence of a 2006 Audi A3 2.0T and a 2006 Volkswagen GTI. These two cars come from the same parent company and rest on the same A5 platform that also underpins at least 10 other cars sold worldwide under the VW Group umbrella. Our testers also share the same engine, a 2.0L turbocharged four-cylinder with direct injection that produces 200 horsepower and 207 ft-lbs. of torque. While the direct-inject 2.0T is currently the biggest motor available for a Golf variant sold in North America (until the R36 arrives), it represents the base engine for the A3, which can also be had with a 250-hp 3.2L V6. And isn't that how it should be between these two companies? That is, what's best for VW is just the beginning for Audi. "

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