Thirty years ago, luxury was sold by the pound. The bigger the car, the pricier the bill and the higher the prestige.

Audi, the inventor of TDI, is about to blaze another trail in the field of engine manufacture with the A3 TDI clubsport quattro, a one-off show car featuring the most extreme incarnation to date of its advanced four-cylinder TDI engine.

North American Internaitonal Autoshow 2008 - Canadian Venue, Toronto, Ontario. February 15-24. Album 6 of 9. 122 Photos. Vehicles in this album: Audi A8 L, Audi Q7 4.2 Premium, Audi TTS, Audi R8, Audi S5, Audi A5, Audi A3, Audi RS4.

Londoners may breathe slightly easier in the knowledge that a specially developed A3 1.9 TDI joins the Audi range this month with extensive revisions that ensure it will fall under the proposed 120g/km CO2 limit permitting exemption from the congestion charge.

The first news was the Audi A3 Convertible that will be unveiled in 2008. The next news about the Audi A3 is its replacement that will debut in 2010. 2010 Audi A3 will hold under its hood two new engines: FSI and TDI Common Rail.

When Audi gets done with their corporate spiel at next year's Geneva Motor Show, it's likely that they'll pull back the curtain and unveil their newest attempt to steal market share from the MINIs and 1-series of the world.

In its effort to meet the 1.5 million cars sold worldwide by 2015, Audi is planning to expand operations in its assembly plant in Brussels, Belgium. It has broken profit and sales records for the past 11 years.

Audi USA is giving away 32 MB USB sticks when you request a brochure from them. Worth checking out for the car alone, but the USB stick is a bonus.