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First Drive: Audi A3 TDI Clean Diesel Hatchback
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GreenCarReports.com | May 29th, 2009 We like the idea of the 2009 Audi A3, a small, sporty five-door hatchback (Audi refers to it as a Sportback). It seems rather like the grownup big brother of the 2009 Volkswagen GTI, which which it shares some underpinnings. In the States, Audi has offered the A3 since 2006 with a 2.0-liter turbocharged four or a 3.2-liter direct-injection V6. But... Read More -
The New Calculus of Power: My 150 HP Outruns Your 200 HP
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CarNewsBreak.com | April 7th, 2010 Americans have grown up driving cars that relied on displacement for power. It was a simple calculus. Big engine. Big power. Time for lunch. We're sorry, but things are about to get a little more complicated. First, let's remember that an engine provides two kinds of power. One is torque. The other is horsepower. Torque is the power... Read More -
Clean Diesels Cost More, But Will Americans Pay For Them?
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GreenCarReports.com | September 17th, 2009 It's well known in the car industry that a diesel engine costs 10 to 20 percent more to build than a gasoline motor of equivalent output. That's because diesels have to be sturdier, and these days all US-bound diesels are fitted with turbochargers to boost their power. Now a European executive has come right out and said it: Americans are going to... Read More -
2012 Audi A6 To Offer High-MPG Hybrid, Clean-Diesel Models
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GreenCarReports.com | August 1st, 2011 Despite lack of an official confirmation from Audi of America, we'd bet significant money on the arrival of the Audi A6 Hybrid in the U.S. market. Why? Because the U.S. has the highest hybrid penetration of any market in the world except Japan, and "hybrid" means "high gas mileage" to a large number of U.S. buyers, particularly the affluent ones... Read More -
2009 Audi Q7 3.0 TDI Preview
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TheCarConnection.com | March 12th, 2008 Audi has been teasing us for a couple of years now with the possibility of a diesel version of its Q7 sport-utility vehicle , but so far the model has been missing its roll call. Alas, it finally will come to the U.S. by early calendar-year 2009, as a 2009 model, with an emissions system that’s 50-state legal. In order to get the engine to meet... Read More
