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All Grown Up: Audi celebrates 20th birthday of TDI

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 20th anniversary of the introduction of the first ever TDI engine. TDI, for the uninitiated, stands for turbocharged-direct-injection, and refers to modern diesel engines from the Volkswagen group. Today's TDI technology has evolved from that 20 year-old 2.5-liter five cylinder in the Audi 100. Back then, the first TDI engines retained distributor ... Read more →

GM responds to Audi's "Volt is for idiots" remark Sebastian Blanco

We've already seen Audi's Johan de Nysschen walk back comments he made that the Chevrolet Volt is "a car for idiots." Before de Nysschen's official response, we asked GM if Bob Lutz wanted to get ...

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

When an automotive executive says something brash and outrageous, we sometimes call it "Going Lutz." The green car world has it's own special phrase – "Going Musk" – and we always look ...

Audi Mileage Marathon: ABG wins Leg 1 with 29.4 mpg Sam Abuelsamid

Now that we are somewhere between Chicago and Salem, IL you might be wondering what the final tally was for the first wave of the our little cross country trek. My co-driver for the New York to ...

Autoblog Green Podcast #21 Dan Roth

It's tales from the road for episode #21 of the AutoblogGreen Podcast. Sebastian got a peek behind the curtain at GM to see the Chevrolet Volt, and Sam jet-setted to sample wares from Audi and BMW. ...

Audi announces the "cleanest diesel in the world" and brings it to the US. Hybrid under study. 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Audi will launch a new generation of TDI engines worldwide in the second half of 2008 and now claims they will have the most reduced emissions in the market while keeping up performance. The Ingolstadt-based firm announced that, while all current models complied with the Euro IV, the new ones will ...

Check out the Audi A8 TDi at the C40 Climate Summit in New York 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The main story of the source article here is the Shell Synfuel, "a gas-to-liquid propellant manufactured from natural gas that's entirely free from sulphur and aromatics. When burned, Synfuel produces 35 per cent less soot, 93 per cent less carbon monoxide, nine per cent less nitrogen oxides and ...

Audi adds 1.9 TDI e to European A4 lineup 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/hardware/Audi_unveils_A4_with_Yaris_beating_fuel_economy_in_Europe'; Audi is adding another diesel model to their compact A4 lineup in Europe with the 1.9 TDI e. The new 1.9L diesel has 115 hp and can get the A4 up to 62 mph in just over 11 seconds. More importantly, ...

Audi launches diesel-specific web site 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Audi is kicking off a big diesel push in the US market this year, with the launch of several models powered by BlueTec equipped oil-burners, starting with the big Q7 SUV. Audi's new diesel site features videos of the LeMans winning R10, and various diesel powered Audi production vehicles. There is ...

Detroit Motor Show: Audi Q7 V12 TDI with photo gallery 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Sometimes we complain that Europe gets such cool diesel cars while Americans are left holding the smog bag. And now that diesels are getting so gosh darn clean and efficient, our envy is only growing stronger. Thankfully, the tide is slowly turning. Take, for example Audi's new TDI offerings. In ...

AutoBild drives the Audi R10 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Hey Audi! Some of us here at AutoBlogGreen like to drive Insanely fast cars too! A lucky writer from the German magazine AutoBild recently got the chance to sample the undefeated Audi R10. Based on the rough translation courtesy of Google, apart from the fenders, sitting in the car feels like a ...

Audi R10 TDI gets Pioneering and Innovation Award from Autosport magazine 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The all-conquering Audi R10 TDI has been awarded the Pioneering and Innovation Award from the British racing magazine Autosport at their annual awards ceremony. The R10 was the first diesel-powered racer to win the 24 hours of Le Mans as well as going undefeated in the seven races it ran in the ...


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