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Audi Mileage Marathon: Audi's boss not worried about Toyota diesel cancellation

Over dinner in Amarillo, Texas on Saturday night, we sat at a table with Audi of America EVP Johan de Nysschen and discussed a range of topics. Among them was his impressions of other manufacturers backing off on diesel plans for the U.S. market. During the course of this drive, Toyota confirmed the cancellation of its plans to add a diesel engine to its full-size trucks. Chrysler has also apparently lost confidence in US demand for diesel in light of high fuel prices. de Nysschen seemed unconcerned about these developments. He made the point ... Read more →

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 ...

Audi Mileage Marathon: Day 2 - 400 miles and we land in Cleveland Sam Abuelsamid

As day 2 of the Marathon draws to a close we're approaching Cleveland. We left Capitol Hill in D.C. about seven and half hours and 400 miles ago in the Q7 TDI. The fuel gauge is showing just under ...

Audi Mileage Marathon: We're off! Sam Abuelsamid

And we're off and crawling through the streets of mid-town Manhattan. After getting waved off by actress/model Molly Sims (who?) and Audi ALMS driver Emanuelle Pirro shortly after 9 a.m. from the ...

Audi Mileage Marathon kicks off in New York Monday morning Sam Abuelsamid

The Audi Mileage Marathon that we first told you about a couple of weeks ago kicks off tomorrow morning in Manhattan. A fleet of 23 new diesel-powered Audis including the Q7, Q5, A4 and A3 will leave ...

Audi Mileage Marathon: Audi's boss not worried about Toyota diesel cancellation 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Over dinner in Amarillo, Texas on Saturday night, we sat at a table with Audi of America EVP Johan de Nysschen and discussed a range of topics. Among them was his impressions of other manufacturers backing off on diesel plans for the U.S. market. During the course of this drive, Toyota confirmed the ...

Audi Mileage Marathon: ABG wins Leg 1 with 29.4 mpg 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

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 Chicago run flew home last night and I'm now riding with Steve Ewing from Winding Road. Following the ...

Audi Mileage Marathon: Day 2 - 400 miles and we land in Cleveland 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

As day 2 of the Marathon draws to a close we're approaching Cleveland. We left Capitol Hill in D.C. about seven and half hours and 400 miles ago in the Q7 TDI. The fuel gauge is showing just under half a tank of diesel left and the diesel SUV is clearly in its natural element cruising the ...

Audi Mileage Marathon: We're off! 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

And we're off and crawling through the streets of mid-town Manhattan. After getting waved off by actress/model Molly Sims (who?) and Audi ALMS driver Emanuelle Pirro shortly after 9 a.m. from the Tavern on the Green in Central Park, we're now slowly making our way toward the George Washington ...

Audi Mileage Marathon kicks off in New York Monday morning 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The Audi Mileage Marathon that we first told you about a couple of weeks ago kicks off tomorrow morning in Manhattan. A fleet of 23 new diesel-powered Audis including the Q7, Q5, A4 and A3 will leave from Tavern on the Green at 9 am Monday on a two week journey that ends in Los Angelos to ...


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