Audi A7 3.0 TDI Ultra (2014) review - CAR Magazine
The A7, which came swooping along in 2010 as Audi’s riposte to the Mercedes CLS , has had a bit of a facelift in 2014, crucially including the adoption of the super-efficient ‘Ultra’ diesel engine already available on the A4, A5 and naturally the... Audi’s Ultra brand is pitched as a way of ‘getting more from less’, with the intended result being lower fuel consumption and lower CO2 emissions without any discernible fall-off in performance or refinement. To judge by Audi’s repeated use of the descriptor ‘the 60mpg V6 TDI’ it’s safe to surmise that fuel efficiency is the bit they’re most proud of. Rightly so, because although A7 owners have less chance of achieving the 60. 1mpg official figure than... It also monsters the 46. 3mpg of the 316bhp bi-turbo diesel model, and unsurprisingly slays the 37. 2mpg of the 3. 0-litre TFSI petrol engine stone dead. This, coupled with a significantly improved carbon emission figure of 122g/km (against 136 from the nearest diesel) makes for impressive stuff from a 3. 0-litre V6. Of course, the 215bhp output isn’t Top Trumps material, but there’s still 295lb ft... Source: www.carmagazine.co.uk
