Showing posts with label Audi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Audi. Show all posts

Sunday, June 10, 2012

2012 Audi A6 Hybrid is Teutonic efficiency (Detroit 2011)


Although they have reached the 2012  Hybrid, which were not clear on what the Audi  would look like. As a result, we had a pretty solid idea as Audi officials say they have gone out of their way to keep it aesthetically true to the conventional gasoline model.

Thursday, January 6, 2011

Audi Shatters All-Time U.S. Sales Record in 2010: Brand Expects Momentum to Continue Into 2011


• December 2010 marks the best fourth quarter in Audi of America history, leading to all-time U.S. sales record topping 100,000 vehicles for the first time

• Historic 2010 sales propelled by demand for TDI clean diesel vehicles, as the Audi Q7 TDI and Audi A3 TDI account for over 43% and 53% of sales mix, respectively

• Company sustains forward-looking product and technology investment strategies

Thursday, December 30, 2010

Audi reveals big plans for 2011

 COMING 2011: The Audi Cross CoupĂ© quattro concept on which the all-new Q3 is based.

German automaker Audi has revealed it is to embark on the biggest investment progamme in the company’s history and create 1200 jobs.
In announcing its plans for 2011, Audi said it would be investing heavily in its future and hiring about 1200 skilled employees in the year.

Monday, December 27, 2010

Audi Thinking Small for New A2


Audi will build an eco-car using the Volkswagen group's New Small Family platform, group CEO Martin Winterkorn has told MT. The NSF platform has produced many VW concepts in recent years, including the Up! two-door (and eUp! electric car), the Space Up! microvan, and Up! Lite super-eco streamliner coupe.

Audi Quattro Concept Could See Production


The Audi Quattro concept revealed at the Paris auto show is being seriously considered as a high-priced, low-volume boutique production car. "I want to do it," Volkswagen Group CEO Martin Winterkorn told Motor Trend. It would cost the equivalent of $560 million to develop the new body onto an existing RS 5 chassis. He envisions the Quattro as a full range of cars with different engines, and a global annual volume of about 35,000 to keep the price affordable.

Monday, December 20, 2010

Audi GT3 Sports Car Race Car


The new The Audi GT3 R8 sports car is a race car that will enter into some of the great races of the world sometime next year.

Friday, December 17, 2010

2011 Audi R8


Audi first unveiled the R8 -- its first ever mid-engine sports cars -- for the 2008 model year, and the model has continued largely unchanged in base trim since.
The base 4.2 R8 has a 420 horsepower high-revving V8 engine and all-wheel-drive. It uses the mid-engine Lamborghini Gallardo platform and starts at $114,200, positioning it squarely against the BMW M6, Porsche 911, and Aston Martin Vantage.

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Audi A7 3.0 TFSI SE (2010) CAR review


Audi says 90% of European buyers will take their A7s with diesel power. So what’s on offer for those who want to think out of the box? We try the supercharged 3.0 TFSi petrol version to find out.