Slightly tongue in cheek thread but seen a ton of new 10 and 60 plate Audi's over the last 6 months, usually in white as well but I don't think I have seen one petrol engined car out of the hundreds I have seen, even the cabriolets and TT's. You still see a fair mix of petrol engines amongst other premium brands such as BMW / Mercedes but Audi just seem to be prodomently diesel. Is this because Audi is the primary choice of sales reps and company cars or is it just a sign of the way the industry is going? Would love to see the overall sales figures for 2010 of diesel and petrol engines.
Do Audi still produce petrol engines?
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http://www.smmt.co.uk/articles/article.cfm?articleid=22376
Overall in the market diesel cars make up 52.6% of sales (August 2010 only) if that gives you an idea. I actually thought it might be higher than that.
Overall in the market diesel cars make up 52.6% of sales (August 2010 only) if that gives you an idea. I actually thought it might be higher than that.
Interesting read, thank you. I thought it would be higher too. I guess the petrol market is made up largely of superminis. Take the new Vauxhall Corsa for example, 9/10 times always the 1.2l petrol engine, never the CDTi. But go up a size to Astra and above and 9/10 times it will be a diesel and similar with Ford etc. Obviously this is just with my casual view on the roads in London.
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When me and the mrs went to look at a couple of Audi's the dealer recoiled in shock when we said we wanted a petrol 
"we don't get hardly any of them around here you know, there's just no point in them anymore" he reckoned 95% of the cars he sold were oil burners 
"we don't get hardly any of them around here you know, there's just no point in them anymore" he reckoned 95% of the cars he sold were oil burners I'm not a regular on motors so I imagine this has been discussed before but I can understand the army of A3/A4 saloons but it's the cabriolets and TT's I struggle to come to terms with. I imagine the new Audi diesel engines are extremely refined and quiet but you will still get that tractor like angry growl from cold which isn't what you want to hear with the roof down. You could shut your eyes and be sat in an L reg Transit with 160k on the clock going up a steep hill in 1st gear.
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Oil burners can be fun. I have a hoot in my non turbo 1.9 Berlingo
Amen! I used to hammer my old 1.9 berlingo down the backroads near me, It actualy reminded me of my old saxo vtr... well the bit where you can drive everywhere absolutely flat out and still not break any laws lol
I now have a 1.6hdi Expert (about 80bhp in a transit sized van) loaded with heavy stuff and is monumentaly slow but those 225 tires give some serious grip!!
Work vans for the win!!
They seem to have taken over as the aspirational car of the sales rep. I was at a company yesterday and the car park was full of A5's and all bar 1 were TDi's. Quite funny to see them all lined up (there was a sales meeting) shiny and with big wheels, looked very sporty until you got around the back and saw 2.0TDi.
Or weren't interested in driving for fun in the first place. Why is that a problem?
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It's to do with diminishing returns. Modern diesel engines are more complicated then their petrol counter parts. The cheaper the car in which the engine is being placed, then more noticeable the extra cost of the more expensive engine becomes.
The other big reason for going derv is because the lower a car's CO2 rating is, the less company car tax you pay. It is however fairly easy to achive a lowish CO2 rating on a small petrol engine.
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My friend has just bought an S5, and was supposed to pick it up yesterday. Because of some problems they had they let him take their new shape A8 4.2 TDI while they get his car ready.
He took me out in it yesterday and it was unreal. Its got 350 BHP, 800 NM torque and an 8 speed gear box. It goes from 0-60 in 5 seconds flat. It was so quick I couldnt believe it was a diesel. It didnt even sound like one! It had a v8 petrol burble to it when you floor it!
The technology now is amazing. The gear box changed gear lightning fast and very smooth so it never felt like it was hitting the 4.5k redline. I dont see why anyone would buy the 4.2 v8 petrol version instead, I really dont.
The way diesels have come on in such a short space of time is something else. They have made them to attractive to ignore.
I did feel ill in the back mind you but thats hardly the engines fualt!
He took me out in it yesterday and it was unreal. Its got 350 BHP, 800 NM torque and an 8 speed gear box. It goes from 0-60 in 5 seconds flat. It was so quick I couldnt believe it was a diesel. It didnt even sound like one! It had a v8 petrol burble to it when you floor it!
The technology now is amazing. The gear box changed gear lightning fast and very smooth so it never felt like it was hitting the 4.5k redline. I dont see why anyone would buy the 4.2 v8 petrol version instead, I really dont.
The way diesels have come on in such a short space of time is something else. They have made them to attractive to ignore.
I did feel ill in the back mind you but thats hardly the engines fualt!
Because driving is fun, and driving a diesel is like driving a people carrier with respect to fun and living
It's like driving an auto, it's just not fun you need a gearbox that DOES NOT shift for you
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Right ho.
I want to hug you. Ive come over all emotional. Between us we can right the wrongs of all these diesel monkeys. We have 14 cylinders and 7.4 litres between us. Happy days. Thats almost 5 Focus ST engines.