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VW & Audi sell 100,000 diesel cars in the USA for the first time

VW & Audi sell 100,000 diesel cars in the USA for the first time Until very recently, a diesel engined car in the USA was as rare as hen’s teeth; Americans felt much the same as we used to about diesel-engined cars – fit only for commercial vehicles. But from a slow start, VW Group of America is gradually changing the mindset of American car buyers and now, 36 years after the first VW diesel was sold in the US, the VW Group have sold more than 100,000 diesel-engined cars in the USA in a year for the first time. With 12 Audi and VW diesel models on offer in the States – including new arrivals Audi arrivals like the Audi Q5 TDI, A6 TDI, A7 TDI and A8 TDI models – its seems the USA may now be heading down the route the UK went a few years ago, where a majority of car buyers in the UK feel the default buy is a diesel.

Audi RSQ3 (2014) CAR review

Skip to content Audi models, news & reviews Click Thumbnails to Enlarge Statistics How much? £43,000 On sale in the UK: Now Engine: 2408cc 20v in-line five-cyl, turbocharged, 306bhp @ 5200-6700rpm, 310lb ft @ 1500-5200rpm Transmission: Seven-speed dual-clutch, all-wheel drive Performance: 5.2sec 0-62mph, 155mph (limited) 32.1mpg, 206g/km CO2 How heavy / made of? 1655kg/steel Need to know CAR's rating 4 Handling 4 Performance 4 Usability 4 Feelgood factor 4 Readers' rating 3.5 By Ben Pulman First Drives 19 December 2013 06:30 The first performance 4x4 built by Audi’s Quattro tuning division was the unhinged Q7 V12 TDI, a lofty two-and-a-half-tonne leviathan with a 493bhp twin-turbo 6.0-litre diesel engine.

Mazda3

These are the first images of the new Mazda3 sedan, set to make its public debut at the Los Angeles Auto Show in November. This is the first complete redesign of the Mazda3 (known as Mazda Axela in Japan) since its introduction five years ago. Utlizing design cues first seen in its larger sibling, the Mazda6, the dynamic redesign adds an air of masculinity to the small Mazda3, a car which, according to the Japanese company, has 'had every element developed for heightened exhilaration'.