Audi adds in-vehicle low fuel price search by simple push of a button

Wouldn't it be fantastic to have an in-vehicle tool that by simply a touch of a button could display your local fuel stations and their prices so you could fill up where the best fuel deals were? I know you can already download apps to your phones and such, but Audi has just announced that, in striving to build cars that save ever greater quantities of fuel, they are now offering its drivers a new online feature that helps them save money on the fuel itself. Audi models will be equipped with the latest Audi connect in-car technology incorporating a helpful new online refuelling stop facility which lists local fuel stations and grades them according to fuel price.

The new Fuel Prices service becomes available this month, initially for A3 and A3 Sportback models, as part of an enhanced version of the ‘Mobile Phone Preparation – High with Audi connect’ option. This further developed option will gradually be rolled out to the majority of models during 2013 – the TT and R8 will adopt it at a later date.

Giving its owner an advantage, the Fuel Prices system consults an online database to list the cheapest filling stations in real time at the prevailing location, at the driver's destination or at a location of his or her choice. It even takes into account the type of fuel required. The driver can sort the overview list by price or by distance, and once a filling station has been selected one click is all that is required to set the selected filling station as a navigation destination.

Pretty nice feature added to an already pretty nice car. But, this system is just one of several useful and informative components of the enhanced Audi connect option, which must also be combined with the hard disk-based Satellite Navigation Plus. The two optional items are available in the A3 as part of the cost-effective Technology Pack High with Audi connect, costing £1,795.

For more details, please visit Audi’s website here.