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The direct route to enhanced efficiency is via innovation.
For decades, Audi has been continuously providing decisive
impetus for the entire automobile industry, thereby proving
that effective efficiency is the result of a sustainable strategy.
That’s why fuel consumption and emissions-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) is a milestone in Audi’s extensive
experience in lightweight construction. With this
revolutionary construction method, the weight of the body
shell is reduced by about a third in comparison with
conventional steel construction. The latest innovation 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 technologies. The combination
of direct diesel injection and turbocharging provides high
efficiency and superior engine power. Current highlight: the
3.0 TDI clean diesel in the Audi A4 Saloon¹. It already fulfils
the EU6 emissions standard that does not come into force in
Europe until 2014.
Also noteworthy: the downsizing technology of the TFSI®
petrol engines. Five times in succession, 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
emissions-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
Efficiency: standard in every Audi.
Audi efficiency
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