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Audi Mileage Marathon cover story: seems the A4 did the 'worst' of all 3 cars they ran?

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Old 10-24-2008, 07:34 AM
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Default Audi Mileage Marathon cover story: seems the A4 did the 'worst' of all 3 cars they ran?

at 36 mpg, it still did better than the Q7, but considering it's much lighter and had the 2.0TDI vs. the 3.0TDI in the Q7, I thought it would get better than 36 mpg, esp. in an test designed to showcase fuel economy. oh well ,moot point for us here in the US, at least for now!
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The A4 in the AMM is a 3.0TDI IIRC.
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Default Here's a back shot of an AMM 3.0TDI A4.

<center><img src="http://gallery.audiworld.com/albums/mileagemarathon/MM080013_medium.jpg"></center><p>
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The 2.0TDI you're referring to is in the A3 DSG coming in at 47 mpg
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Default I think there's a typo in the article... the A4 is id'd as a 2.0TDI instead of a 3.0TDI.

"Audi's new <b>A4 2.0 TDI</b> sedans averaged 36.2 mpg with a tank range of 622 miles, and the little A3 topped them all with a mileage of 44.6 mph and a tank range of 643 miles."
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so it is. inaccurate writing by the AW staff, then.
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36mpg, but awsome performance levels come with it. the 2.0 is not nearly as fast.
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Yep... Honda Civic mileage with RS4 torque. What's not to love? Why aren't they here? Now?
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More of a simple typo. It should be corrected right away though.
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Default There's another typo in that statement.

For the A3, it should read 44.6<b>mpg</b>; not 44.6<b>mph</b>


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