Our good friends over at Next Auto are reporting today that Audi officials have confirmed that the A3 2.0 TDI, in front-drive configuration only, will be headed to the U.S. market as soon as next fall for the 2010 model year.
The A3 diesel will run the same basic engine as can be found in the current Volkswagen Jetta TDI, which manages to get away with not using urea injection technology because of lower NOx emissions.
001 is currently piloting the A3 diesel across the western US and the vehicle is averaging 45 miles per gallon with over 1,000 miles of mixed driving.
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