Audi TDI 2009

Audi is the world’s first automobile manufacturer to compete for overall victory at the legendary 24 Hours of Le Mans with a diesel engine and is, as a result, a step ahead of the competition is almost self-explanatory: Audi is the inventor of the TDI and therefore the trend setter in this area.

At the International Car Show in Frankfurt in 1989, Audi presented the world’s first diesel engine with direct injection and complete electronic engine management for use in passenger cars – a five-cylinder TDI producing 120 hp and 265 Newton metres torque. It was the birth of the revolutionary TDI technology which helped the diesel to change its image: Slow, loud and uncultivated were superseded by agile, comfortable and extremely economical. The Audi TDI brought the opposites of sporting-dynamic and long-range through low consumption in an emotional way down to a common denominator, without neglecting the diesel’s exceptional reputation: its long-life.

Audi TDI
Audi TDI
Audi TDI
Audi TDI
Audi TDI