Official: Audi pumps out new twin-turbo TDI 3.0L V6 [w/audio]
If you’re in the market for a new car and diesel’s among the options you’d consider, your local showroom should be among your first destinations. The German automaker has made burning oil a cause célèbre right up there with Quattro all-wheel drive, but it’s not about to sit on its proverbial laurels and let the competition catch up. To that end, Audi has just announced its most powerful V6 TDI yet.
Called the BiTDI, the 3.0-liter, six-cylinder twin-turbo-diesel packs 313 metric horsepower (309hp on our scale) and a whopping 480 pound-feet of torque. It’s being rolled out initially in the UK on the (sedan, Avant wagon and Allroad high-rider) and , but we’re told to expect its arrival soon as an option on the crossover.
In the A6 sedan, the BiTDI is said to be good for a 5.1-second dash to 62 mph, with top speed (as per usual) limited to 155 mph while returning a 44.1 mph rating on the combined UK cycle. But if that’s not full enough a package for you, Audi has also fitted a sound actuator to give its throaty new diesel the exhaust note you’d expect from a hi-po gasoline engine. But you don’t have to take our word for it – just click to listen to a sound file of the new engine, as well as read the official press release.
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