Audi’s Diesel Plans for the U.S. | The Truth About Cars

No new news here, other than they are talking about making more TDI products for North America other than the Q7.

MrJ

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'08 A3 2.0T S-line

Do you think anyone will ever be happy with their fuel economy? Reading replies on that site is tough, people talking about a 3.0 TDI being to bif for some cars. It seems that poeple will forever gripe and complain. You can see that he isn't serious about the car as he says he wants the A3 in a wagon version...come on. Does he dislike the Sedan? Audi is worried about the TDI and the way it will be taken as soooo many people still picture that old VW huffing black smoke out of the back end and the sound of a tractor on top. Well TDI means hella torque numbers which is North American performance since there isn't an Autobahn. We will have to wait and see, but lets hope the A5 and A4 TDI's get here before too long. I have many people interested on the Q7 version.

I agree, people will always complain about one thing or another. If you're going to drive a 4000lb+ Q7, it doesn't matter what fuel type you use, its still going to be way more consumption then a smaller vehicle. Do people really need a huge SUV to do what a car can easily do?

The ironic thing is, if people really payed attention to how they drive and actually practiced efficient driving techniques, their fuel economy (not to mention reliability and longevity of every other component in their car) would improve significantly. Even with a diesel, if you're lead footed all the time you really won't see too much of an improvement over a gas counterpart. Ignorance should no longer be a factor when people form their opinions of diesels. In my opinion, they can't come soon enough. I just hope it doesn't take another (and possibly worse) fuel crisis for people to make the conscious effort to be conservative.

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'06 Jetta TDI, DSG
'92 Jetta TD