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AUTOS: Audi Adding Diesels For U.S.
New ‘clean-diesel’ versions of four vehicles with 3-liter TDI V6 engines to be unveiled at Los Angeles Auto Show.
The 2013 version of Audi’s A8 flagship sedan will include a V6 diesel option expected to deliver 24 mpg city and 36 highway. (Photo: Audi)
If you love glow plugs and green-handled fuel pumps, get ready to love some new Audis. The German luxury automaker will bring four new diesels for the U.S. market to the 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show.
The Audi A6, A7, A8, and Q5 will all get TDI "clean diesel" versions, joining the Q7 and A3 TDI to bring Audi's diesel offerings to a total of six.
Under the hood of the four new diesel models, we'll see the same engine: the 3-liter V6 TDI. Producing 240 horsepower puts it about on par with your average 2-liter turbo four-cylinder, but it backs up that figure with a V8-like 406 pound-feet of torque. That enables even the A8 flagship to scamper to 60 mph in just 6.4 seconds, Audi says.
Audi expects the 2013 A8 TDI to score 24 mpg city and 36 highway. As yet, Audi hasn't released gas mileage ratings for the TDI engine in the other new models, but considering the Q7's EPA-rated 19 mpg city and 28 mpg highway and Audi's own estimates for the A8, we should see figures above the 24/36 mpg range for the smaller, sleeker sedans and perhaps even for the compact Q5 crossover.
The full details of all four new Audi diesels will be revealed next week at the Los Angeles Auto Show.
This story originally appeared at Motor Authority.
The Audi A6, A7, A8, and Q5 will all get TDI "clean diesel" versions, joining the Q7 and A3 TDI to bring Audi's diesel offerings to a total of six.
Under the hood of the four new diesel models, we'll see the same engine: the 3-liter V6 TDI. Producing 240 horsepower puts it about on par with your average 2-liter turbo four-cylinder, but it backs up that figure with a V8-like 406 pound-feet of torque. That enables even the A8 flagship to scamper to 60 mph in just 6.4 seconds, Audi says.
Audi expects the 2013 A8 TDI to score 24 mpg city and 36 highway. As yet, Audi hasn't released gas mileage ratings for the TDI engine in the other new models, but considering the Q7's EPA-rated 19 mpg city and 28 mpg highway and Audi's own estimates for the A8, we should see figures above the 24/36 mpg range for the smaller, sleeker sedans and perhaps even for the compact Q5 crossover.
The full details of all four new Audi diesels will be revealed next week at the Los Angeles Auto Show.
This story originally appeared at Motor Authority.
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