Audi
has built its two millionth diesel car, a 1.2-litre TDI A2, at its Neckarsulm
plant in Germany.

The company, which first offered a diesel engine option in 1978 says that 40
percent of the cars it produced last year – 260,000 – were so equipped.

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This increased to 44 percent in the first quarter of 2001.

One out of two Audis registered in both the German and entire western Europe
markets last year had a diesel engine.

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