The 2010 Audi A3 TDI was named Green Car of the Year at the LA Auto Show today, giving the Germans and clean diesel technology back-to-back wins. The four-door hatchback, which has a base sticker price of $29950, “offers it all,” said Ron Cogan, publisher of Green Car Journal, which sponsors the annual award, praising the car’s sporty performance and superior fuel economy. Consecutive victories by clean-diesel technology over gas-electric hybrid cars gave Johan de Nysschen, president of Audi of America, an opportunity to wag a finger at Washington policymakers who have fallen in love with hybrid and all-electric technology. The A3 TDI is powered by the same engine as last year’s Green Car of the Year, the VW Jetta TDI. Audi is owned by Volkswagen.
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Again, the blame rests with 2010 jurors Jay Leno, Jean-Michel Cousteau, Carroll Shelby, Matt Petersen of Global Green USA and the Sierra Clubs Carl Pope, along with Green Car Journal editors who bestowed this award honor on the Audi A3 TDI.
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Don’t blame Audi … they just made a torque-producing power plant better.
If you need to blame someone, blame the 2010 jurors Jay Leno, Jean-Michel Cousteau, Carroll Shelby, Matt Petersen of Global Green USA and the Sierra Clubs Carl Pope, along with Green Car Journal editors.
Green, clean diesel?! What a shameless scam! Audi, you should be ashamed to participate in this marketing manipulation!!!!
Clean Diesel?! Shameless! What a marketing scam. Green, clean and diesel don’t go together! Audi, you should be ashamed!
Clean diesel technology!? You can’t be serious! This is a marketing scam! Diesel, green and clean shouldn’t ever exist on the same phrase… What a cheat!