Audi, VW: Bluetec diesel initiative launched

As reported here first in the blogosphere, Audi and VW finally launched their Bluetec diesel initiative at the LA Auto Show. Diesels are back in town! Really exciting news.

On the eve of the Los Angeles Motor Show, DaimlerChrysler, AUDI and Volkswagen announced that they intend to establish the BLUETEC brand name as the designation for particularly clean, highly fuel-efficient passenger cars and SUVs with diesel engines. Under the shared concept of BLUETEC, each of the manufacturers involved will be working on their own technical systems for meeting the world's most
stringent emission regulations.

AUDI:
Audi stands for sportiness, progressiveness and high quality -- for "Vorsprung durch Technik". Audi currently makes the Audi A3, Audi A4 and Audi A4 Avant and the Audi S4 at its Ingolstadt plant, the Audi A6 and A6 Avant, Audi A8 and Audi RS 4 in Neckarsulm, and the TT Coupe and TT Roadster at AUDI HUNGARIA MOTOR Kft. in Gyor, Hungary. The Audi Q7 is built in Bratislava. The Audi product range is rounded off by the Audi A4 Cabriolet, which is made by Karman.
The new Audi R8, made by quattro GmbH in Neckarsulm, is the first super sports car in the Audi range. Audi stands for "Vorsprung durch Technik" (leadership by technology), and this guiding principle finds its expression in the company's products. Prime examples of this include the quattro full-time all-wheel-drive system, aluminium bodywork (Audi Space Frame in the Audi A8 and R8), the S tronic Direct Shift Gearbox featured in the Audi TT and Audi A3, and the advanced TDI and FSI engine technology. Audi is a pioneer in diesel technology -- both on the road and on the racetrack. The
R10 TDI sports car was the first diesel ever to win the legendary "24 Hours of Le Mans" race and the ALMS Series in America. Audi will also be putting the world's most powerful diesel on the road, in the form of the Q7 V12 TDI, with an output of 500 horsepower and 1000 Newton metres of torque.

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Source: PR Newswire

Audi, VW: Bluetec diesel initiative launched

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