Hi i currently own a skoda superb petrol 2.0 tsi with a DSG it's quite punchy prob a daft question but when i put it into sport mode it sounds quite throaty for a 2.0 as its automatically shifting it briefly hits a shade into 6,000 rpm redline a few times for a few seconds is that a bad thing to redline the engine

Dont do it on cold engines ,as long as the oil etc is up to temp and your not doing it on a regular basis you should fine .

I took a similar dealer's car with 1,700 miles on the clock for a test drive and over 26 miles tried every variation of manual and auto with the DSG, including red lining a few times.

I'm still driving that car seven years later without a hitch.

The clocks on all the petrol superb's redline at 6000 rpm despite the 2.0 280 hitting the limiter at about 6700. In the Golf R with essentially the same engine the redline is 6500. I think the 1.4 and 1.5 TSI engines probably redline at 6000 but I've never driven one.