Filed under: Diesel, Audi, Europe/EU, Germany
Audi ups entry diesel powertrain for the 44 mpg A5 coupe
Audi has decided to launch a new diesel base engine for the A5 coupé in European market: a 2.0-liter 170hp variant, using common-rail injection technology, that can be used with either FWD or the Quattro all-wheel drive setup. With the front-wheel configuration, the A5 manages to burn 5.3 l/100 km (44.3 mpg U.S.) in the European Mixed Cycle and has CO2 emissions of 139 g/km. That's noticeably better than the 3.0-liter's 37 mpg. Audi also announced that the S-Tronic 7-speed double clutch gearbox will be also on sale, mated to a TFSI 211hp engine. All this doesn't come cheap: prices start at €38,500 euros in Spain.
[Source: Audi via Europa Press]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
paulwesterberg 12:10PM (11/18/2008)
44 mpg combined or for highway? European mileage testing is not as stringent as the DOE testing listed on www.fueleconomy.gov, my guess is that this would get closer to 32-35 combined in the real world and on the US test.
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wxman 3:15PM (11/18/2008)
You're probably correct, but the "new" EPA/DOE mileage estimates are now unrealistically low for diesel vehicles.
EPA acknowledged that the previous iteration of their mileage estimates tended to underestimate the fuel economy of diesel vehicles ("Final Technical Support Document - Fuel Economy Labeling of Motor Vehicles: Revisions to Improve Calculation of Fuel Economy Estimates”); the "new" fuel economy values underestimate it by an even larger margin.
The "new" mileage estimates include a universal correction factor for "ethanol in fuel", which clearly does not (or at least should not) pertain to diesel vehicles.
montoym 12:31AM (11/20/2008)
Quote from the story -
"the A5 manages to burn 5.3 l/100 km (44.3 mpg U.S.) in the European Mixed Cycle" -
So my guess is combined.
From what I've noticed on AB and ABG, the mileage figures for Euro vehicles are virtually always given as a combined number.
Considering that our EPA estimates are normally very conservative(for diesels), you can assume that the true mileage will be somewhere in the middle.
So, if the EU says it will get 50mpg hwy and the EPA says 30mpg hwy(guessing), figure 40mpg hwy.
Judging by other vehicles powered by virtually the same engine, that's probably not far off. A Jetta with the 140hp version of this TDI can achieve around 50mpg, why wouldn't a slightly larger car with a slightly more powerful engine be able to get 40mpg if not better?