It's a decades-old question and one that is beginning to get asked more often these days. The Detroit News recently had an article that looked at some of the cost/benefit ratios of modern diesel vehicles and came up with, well...more...
Read the full story »
Aimed to provide smooth commute to the fashionable women living in a pedestrian city of the future, Constantine Taranova has come up with spectacular AudiE / 0 inter-modal. This futuristic concept of Audi is developed by the students of Stroganov...
Read the full story »
Say it ain’t so! By Chris Haak 03.18.2010 BMW’s Dr. Norbert Reithofer, Chairman of the Board of Management at the German automaker, has confirmed that his company will sell front wheel drive BMWs in the smaller size classes in the future. His...
Read the full story »
found 2 days ago by Steven J. Ewing on
Autoblog
When Audi launched the TT RS, we were initially told that the automaker had no plans to bring it to the States. And while rumors have cropped up that suggest otherwise, we still don't have the official word from Audi about whether we'll ever get the...
Read the full story »
By Andy Bannister 03.18.2010 Audi has high hopes for its new A1 “supermini” which optimists say could become the best-selling model in the company’s history. It will take the German prestige brand into a new sector of the market, and is aimed...
Read the full story »
Although I’m more of a sportscar guy than a sedan guy, on occasion I find the more practical and commodious rides appealing. I’ve always had a thing for Audi’s A8, for example. Although large, they look rather svelte and sleek, and that...
Read the full story »
An artist has imaging what he thinks the RS7 should look like. The Audi RS7 renderings here boast a rear-mounted engine design — similar to that of the current R8 model. There is a contrast in the colour between the engine bonnet and the rest of...
Read the full story »
Being a man is awesome – it really is. We get to pee standing up, we get more distinguished looking as we get older and every time we see car being driven like it was stolen we get excited. It’s just the way it is. So imagine my state of well...
Read the full story »
Enco Exclusive, a German tuner, has created a modification kit for the Audi Q5. The parts can be purchased either separately, or in a full kit for €11,568. The package will boast a similar look as the Enco Q7, however it will be for the Audi Q5...
Read the full story »
As we said last week in this post, Audi is considering a street version of its R8 GT3 racing car which will take on the Porsche 911 GT3. For those who don’t know, the Audi R8 GT3, which carries a V10 engine, won last year’s FIA European GT...
Read the full story »
Because of regulation changes that push for smaller air restrictors for diesel-powered Le Mans LMP1 race cars, Audi has decided to revise its R15 entry for the 2010 race. Audi is doing this with the hopes that the raised efficiency will prevail over...
Read the full story »
The Audi Q5 is available on the German market since November 2008. Since that time, was successful with the fans of SUVs and the tuners are adding their own touches to the five-door model. And Enco Exclusive shows probably the most incredible...
Read the full story »
Coming out of a major recession, one might think that luxury automakers would still be smarting. But the lesson of BMW and Volkswagen is that luxury still makes money, and the makers of low-priced cars will face a tough market for several more...
Read the full story »
Audi Q5 by Enco Exclusive shows how a nicely designed body kit can turn a rather boring car into a cool and sporty one. It is supposed to look like the Q7 V12 TDI, but given the smaller size of the Q5, it looks even better than that! It comes with...
Read the full story »
found 4 days ago by Ben Wojdyla on
Jalopnik
Following protestations from Peugeot, Audi had to rework their R15 to align with new LeMans Prototype rules. The resulting car is this, the Audi R15 TDI Plus, a diesel-powered fug-monster of a race...
Read the full story »
Whenever Audi introduces a new model, chances are that the folks at Abt Sportsline are going to get their hands on one. The German company has been tuning Volkswagens and Audis since the 1970s and has enjoyed success racing the Audi A4 in DTM and...
Read the full story »
Already making 525-hp from its 5.2L FSI direct-injected V10 engine, the Audi R8 Spyder 5.2 FSI is already a very powerful convertible. However, if you work at tuner ABT Sportsline that is not the case. The ABT engineers messed around with the 5.2L...
Read the full story »
In a recent interview with Automotive News, Michael Dick, Audi’s board member for technical development, said that the German manufacturer is planning a rapid expansion of its plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles over the next few years as a key...
Read the full story »
Just as Toyota has coasted in recent years on a reputation built some time ago, Audi’s latest round of interior-cheapening has gone largely unremarked-upon in the motoring press. Sitting the new A4, I don’t find myself thinking, as Motor Trend...
Read the full story »
The Audi R8 Spyder may be very stylish, but it’s no mere poser – the open top variant of Ironman’s machine comes only in V10 form with 525 bhp and 530Nm, good for 0-100 km/h in 4.1 seconds and a top speed of 313 km/h. That’s no small sum,...
Read the full story »
found 4 days ago by Drew Phillips on
Autoblog
Whenever Audi introduces a new model, chances are that the folks at Abt Sportsline are going to get their hands on one. The German company has been tuning Volkswagens and Audis since the 1970s and has enjoyed success racing the Audi A4 in DTM and...
Read the full story »
In what is thought to be the first documented case of vehicular polycephaly, Audi has revealed its newest LeMans racer, the R15 TDI. The so-called "R15 TDI plus" is thought by now-nauseated onlookers to suffer from the...
Read the full story »
As part of the Volkswagen Group’s strategy to dominate the alternative-powertrain market, the Audi lineup will see a rapid expansion of plug-in hybrid and electrich cars over the coming years. The plug-in and electric offerings planned by Audi...
Read the full story »
found 5 days ago by Sam Smith on
Jalopnik
No matter how the Great Toyota Recall and Jim Sikes saga end, two things are certain: One, American drivers are sheep, and two, yes, this will happen again....
Read the full story »
found 5 days ago by Noah Joseph on
Autoblog
Click above to view the video after the jump Nobody knows Audis like Mattias Ekström. The Swedish driver has been campaigning four-ringed racing machines in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters series (DTM, Germany's touring car championship) for the...
Read the full story »
Do you know that Audi's V10 R8s are the brand's top and highest-performing models? Of course you do. And that their 5.2 liter engines put out 525 horsepower at a screaming 8,000 RPM? Good, then I just saved you a couple minutes in poorly dubbed PR...
Read the full story »
found 5 days ago by Chris Paukert on
Autoblog
2010 Audi R15 plus - click above to enlarge Testing for the 24 Hours of Le Mans doesn't begin until mid-June, but that doesn't mean that Audi isn't already hard at work bettering the chances of their diesel-powered R15 TDI racer. Thanks to a...
Read the full story »
New York Times and Automobile contributor Ezra Dyer may have found the perfect German exotic for New England winters: the Audi R8. True, the R8 is pretty low to the ground, but it also makes good use of Audi’s superb Quattro all-wheel drive...
Read the full story »
found 7 days ago by Jonny Lieberman on
Autoblog
Unlike the last (frankly underpowered) S8, this new big-fast sedan is dropping the choked-off, Lamborghini-derived V10 in favor of a new twin-turbo V8. The good folks at Car and Driver are claiming the unit will displace 4.0-liters. Our source at...
Read the full story »
