The 1.6L A3 TDI is quite simply far beyond anything available here in the US for a leisurely all-highway drive 
Wayne Gerdes -
CleanMPG - Sept. 25, 2009
Day 1: A 2010 Audi A3 1.6L TDI Hypermiling in style on a lonely Norwegian highway.
On its very first outing under real-life traffic conditions, the Audi A3 1.6L TDI is turning in truly impressive fuel economy results. With an awe inspiring 78.4 mpg achieved by journalists on day #3, the latest version of the came in well above its already excellent 62 mpgUS combined based on the NEDC. The other Audi models also shone on the first three days of the “Efficiency Challenge A to B”, which covers 2,593 miles from A on the Norwegian Lofoten Islands to Bée in northern Italy.
A total of 120 journalists and brand customers are taking part in the tour in 20 cars from 5 model ranges. The interim results after the first three days offer clear evidence of the fuel economy capability of the entire Audi product lineup. Alongside the new Audi A3 1.6L TDI, an Audi A4 2.0 TDI e turned in an exceptional best-of-day result of 60 mpgUS. A new model, the A5 Sportback 2.0 TFSI also driving the route across Norway pulled 48 mpgUS.
Fuel Economy is a priority for Audi and is standard in every European Audi made. This includes the top-of-the-line sport models. The powerful 333 HP capable Audi S4 achieved a best figure of 30.5 mpgUS and even the top model in the TDI range, the 500 HP Audi Q7 V12 TDI achieved 27 mpgUS.
The best-of-day results from every individual model during the first three days of the challenge follow:
- A3 Sportback 1.6 TDI – 78.4 mpgUS
- A4 2.0 TDI e – 60.3 mpgUS
- A5 Sportback 2.0 TFSI – 48.0 mpgUS
- TT 2.0 TDI – 48.0 mpgUS
- S3 Sportback – 33.6 mpgUS
- TT RS – 32.2 mpgUS
- A5 Sportback 3.2 FSI Quattro – 31.4 mpgUS
- S4 – 30.5 mpgUS
- Q7 3.0 TDI Quattro – 29.8 mpgUS
- Q7 V12 TDI – 27 mpgUS
On tour
The phrase “driving from A to B” also stands for individual transportation that mot take for granted. In recent days, Audi has been taking this quite literally – with the “Audi Efficiency Challenge A to B”. The journey began in northern Europe, in the Norwegian village of Å on the Lofoten Islands and will travels through eight countries all the way to northern Italy, to Bée on Lago Maggiore. Currently, the Tour’s participants are at rest in Oslo, Norway before leaving the Country later this evening.
The tour has been split into three waves of three days each – the first runs from Å to Trondheim in Norway, the second to the German capital of Berlin and the third ends at the ultimate destination, the village of Bée above Lago Maggiore. Along the way, the tour offers a diverse range of roads and landscapes; it wends its way along the coastal roads of Norway, as well as the autobahns of Germany. Impressive cities like Oslo, Copenhagen and Prague are also on the itinerary, as are the heights of the Alps. The Audi Efficiency Challenge ends on 30 September 2009.
You can follow the announcement, Launch and Day 1 through 3 through the following:
This is now #6 of the series...
#1:
Audi has another fuel economy challenge in the works...
#2:
The Audi Efficiency Challenge has begun!
#3:
Audi FE_Challenge Day 1 – A3 TDI’s average 67_mpg in cold, wet and windy conditions.
#4:
Audi_FE Challenge Day 2 – The A3 TDI’s Fuel Economy improves.
#5:
Audi FE_Challenge Day 3 – The A3 1.6L TDI reaches 3.0L/100 km (78.4 mpgUS)!
Audi A3 1.6L TDI
The beautiful A3 1.6L TDI - Rated at 69 mpgUS Extra urban (highway) on the NEDC.
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