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Audi efficiency
The direct route to enhanced efficiency is via in-
novation. For decades, Audi has been continuous-
ly providing decisive impetus for the entire auto-
mobile industry, thereby proving that effective
efficiency is the result of a sustainable strategy.
That’s why fuel consumption and emission-
reducing measures are fitted as standard to all
Audi models. The extensive technologies are
combined in a model-specific manner and are
implemented consistently throughout the entire
vehicle fleet.
The Audi Space Frame (ASF), which is used in a
range of Audi models, is a milestone in the exten-
sive experience Audi has gained with lightweight
construction. With this revolutionary construc-
tion method, the weight of the body shell is
reduced by about a third in comparison with
conventional steel construction. The latest inno-
vation in lightweight construction: the weight-
reducing aluminium hybrid construction used in
the new Audi A6.
Furthermore, with the TDI, Audi has developed
one of the world’s most successful diesel tech-
nologies. The combination of direct diesel injec-
tion and turbocharging provides high efficiency
and superior engine power. Current highlight: the
3.0 TDI clean diesel in the Audi A4 Saloon¹. It al-
ready fulfils the EU6 emission standard that
does not come into force in Europe until 2014.
Also noteworthy: the downsizing technology of
the TFSI® petrol engines. Five times in succes-
sion, the 2.0-litre TFSI engine has been voted
“Engine of the Year”². A new evolutionary stage
in efficiency is set by Audi with the Q5 hybrid
quattro: as a pioneer of electrical mobility, it
marks the entry into a future that in the long
term will be emission-free.
The potential of the frugal TDI and TFSI engines
is brought particularly efficiently onto the road
with the S tronic dual-clutch transmission with
low engine speeds and shorter gearshifting
times. And the aerodynamic design of the Audi
bodies provides additional savings in fuel by com-
bining low air resistance with low levels of lift.
All measures contribute towards a perfect combi-
nation of efficiency and sportiness in every Audi.
Today – and also in the future. So that you can at
all times feel the demands that we have always
placed on ourselves: Vorsprung durch Technik.
¹ Fuel consumption in l/100 km: urban 8.7;
extra-urban 5.5; combined 6.7; CO₂ emissions
in g/km: combined 175.
² The renowned “International Engine of the Year
Awards” are awarded by Great Britain’s car mag-
azines: www.ukipme.com/engineoftheyear
Efficiency: standard in every Audi.
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