November 19th, 2012

Drew Dowdell

Managing Editor - CheersandGears.com

Ahead of the 2012 LA Auto show Audi is releasing news of four new TDI clean diesels bound for the U.S.

Starting in spring of 2013, Audi will first introduce the TDI in the A8 flagship luxury sedan. Preliminary estimates put the A8 3.0 V6 TDI's fuel economy at 24mpg city and 36mpg highway while the 240 horsepower and a stump ripping 406 lb-ft of torque allow the 4300+ lb. sedan sprint to 60 in about 6.4 seconds.

Following along in fall of 2013, the A7, A6, Q5 will join in on the diesel fun using the same 3.0 V6 TDI as the A8.

While BMW is only rumored to be planning diesel availability across much of the rest of their lineup, Audi has gone ahead and beat them to an actual product announcement. We're okay with that, because in the end it means more diesels for everyone.

Source: Audi USA News

Drew Dowdell is Managing Editor of CheersandGears.com and can be reached at [email protected] or on Twitter as @cheersngears

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Should be very cool to drive these Torque Monsters.

Diesel is the way to go!

Hooray for more diesels. 36 mpg highway for the A8's class is incredible. I don't like Audis but this will prompt others to offer more diesels.