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LA 2009: Audi A3 TDI named 2010 Green Car of the Year in diesel repeat

At the LA Auto Show this morning, the Audi A3 TDI was crowned the 2010 Green Car of the Year, wresting the title away from last year's winner, the Volkswagen Jetta TDI. Even though three hybrids made this year's list of finalists, the A3's win marks the second year in a row that a TDI diesel car took top honors in the Green Car Journal competition. The judges selection kind of meshes with AutoblogGreen readers, who overwhelmingly picked the VW Golf TDI from the list of five finalists. The other contenders were the Honda Insight, the ... Read more →

All Grown Up: Audi celebrates 20th birthday of TDI Sam Abuelsamid

As Audi begins to roll out the A3 TDI to its U.S. dealers in the coming weeks and the diesel version of the Q7 takes an ever larger share of sales, it's time to celebrate. This Fall marks the ...

REPORT: Audi of America president de Nysschen calls Chevy Volt "a car for idiots," slams electric vehicles Sebastian Blanco

Audi of America President Johan de Nysschen is a big fan of diesels (no surprise), and during a recent chat with veteran auto journo Lawrence Ulrich, de Nysschen imparted a few choice morsels on ...

2009 Audi Q7 TDI priced at $50,900 Michael Harley

Touted as the world's cleanest diesel SUV, Audi has announced pricing on its 2009 Audi Q7 TDI will start at $50,900 (plus $825 for destination charges). Dropped under the hood of the 50-state ...

REPORT: Next Bentley Arnage to feature Audi turbo-diesel Noah Joseph

Bentley has long been rumored to be considering the use of diesel engines. The torquey oil-burners would enable Crewe to continue offering the kind of freight-train muscle for which it has become ...

On Again, Off Again: Winterkorn suggests Bentley diesel 1 year ago on Autoblog

Bentleys are known, among other things, for their train-like torque delivery. But while Bentley has toyed with the idea of an oil-burning engine for its big saloons, the idea was ultimately rejected by the luxury automaker due to low market interest. However, Martin Winterkorn, CEO of Bentley's ...

Audi hitting the road in cross-country diesel Mileage Marathon 1 year ago on Autoblog

It's been a few years since Audi sold diesel-powered cars in the U.S., but that's about to change. After three years of showing what diesel is capable of at Le Mans and in the ALMS, Audi will introduce a diesel-powered Q7 TDI sometime in early 2009. Before that happens, Audi wants to show ...

Diesel's on our doorstep: Audi lays out TDI intitiative for the U.S. 2 years ago on Autoblog

While Japanese automakers have the hybrid lead, the front-runners in diesel are companies of German descent. Mercedes is bringing home the bacon with BLUETEC, BMW is slapping twin turbochargers onto a 3.0-liter diesel, and Volkswagen will implement BlueMotion into five different VWs. Audi intends ...

Audi Q7 hybrid and diesels to arrive next year 2 years ago on Autoblog

Audi's first diesel and hybrid powertrains in the US will be launched in the Q7 next year. The power units will likely trickle down to other vehicles in Audi's range, but they're not yet offering up any details on how prolific this hardware will be. Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche have been working ...






Autoblog Podcast #156: Paukert comes back for more! 

Chris, Dan, and Editor Paukert chat and give each other grief. Merriment ensues.

 
 

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