Audi is to add four new diesel models in its North American range as the firm continues to push sales of oil-burners in the US.
Diesel versions of the A6, A7, A8 and Q5 have been launched at the Los Angeles motor show and will all get variations on the 3.0-litre V6 diesel, branded in the US as CleanDiesel.
In the A8, the only car that Audi has released specifications for, the engine develops 240hp and 406lb ft.
The addition of the four new models increases Audi’s diesel range in the States to six – the A3 is available with a 2.0-litre TDI, and the Q7 has used the 3.0-litre V6 since September – giving it more diesels than rivals BMW and Mercedes.
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LA Motor Show is one of the popular Motor Show and very famous like the North American Auto Show. Audi is one of the popular car brand in the automobile industry and also very expensive one in the industry. The above image of the Audi car is just looking unanimous. I like all Audi models and they all are very stylish. Diesel versions of the Audi car A6, A7, A8 and Q5 have been lunched at the Los Angeles Motor Show.
Audi "forces" US customers to buy diesel cars.
So according to Sandy thankfully the USA has stronger pollution laws than Europe which means diesel is not practical.
So how does that square with Audi's, and Mercedes/BMW's, promoting diesel car sales growth in the USA?
If you care to read the websites of Motoring Trend or Forbes you will see that diesel car sales are growing strongly in the USA whilst electric and petrol Hybrid sales are not.
If you look up Euro 5 and Euro 6 rules you will see that whilst diesels produce more NOx than petrol cars Petrol cars produce more of the deadly CO. For Euro 6 it is direct injection petrol engined cars that are struggling to meet the same strict standards on particulates that diesels have.
There have been big changes to diesel fuel quality in the USA but sadly their standard petrol is only 91 ron and unsuitable for many small European petrol engines.