Audi Diesel Downright Presidential

SCOTTSDALE, AZ – It still is a few years away, but prepare to see that smug sneer wiped cleanly off the faces of North American diesel detractors.

You know the type. They dredge up decades-old memories of clattery Cadillacs and can’t even say diesel without barefaced contempt – the way rabid Republicans spit out the word liberal.

But Audi AG is grooming a candidate to win the hearts and minds of those who equate diesel with soot and black smoke. Indeed, the rollout of ...