Tag Archives: Audi

April 2, 2011
2012 Audi A6 to be offered with 2.0T, RS4 not in the cards for U.S.– also tagged , , , , ,

Jeff Kuhlman, head of Audi USA’s communications department, recently confirmed to Inside Line that the 2012 A6 will be available with a four-cylinder engine when it goes on sale this summer. This will be the first time a U.S.-spec A6 will be offered with four-cylinder power.
The engine, Audi’s familiar (and lovely) [...]

April 2, 2011
Details emerge on new Audi A5 e-tron quattro plug-in– also tagged , , , , ,

Audi is backing up its goal of dominating the premium electric vehicle segment by 2020 with a new e-tron prototype. This plug-in hybrid, based on the A5 Coupe, is packed with all the technological wizardry you would expect of a premium-segment prototype, and even has some features you might not expect, [...]

July 9, 2010
Audi R8 e-tron entered in road rally– also tagged , , , , , , , , , ,

Audi is letting the mighty e-tron out to play with the other kids, taking its EV concept to the Silvretta E-Auto Rally in Austria. The competition is designed to pit the latest and greatest of the electric vehicle world against each other over 10 special stages that cover a total of [...]

May 27, 2010
2011 Audi Q7 downsizes with an upside– also tagged , , , , , , , , , ,

If there’s to be a singular automotive theme guiding us into this second decade of the 21st century, it’s downsizing. If not in dimensions, then in displacement.
Automakers, forced to adhere to higher government-mandated fuel economy standards and lower CO2 emissions, are beginning to collectively reduce engine size while attempting to [...]

March 13, 2010
Audi R8 to spawn sportier model, dual-clutch gearbox cometh– also tagged , , ,

We already know that Audi plans to fit the standard R8′s 420-hp, 4.2-liter V8 into its all-new Spyder variant early next year, and now comes word that at least one more version of the R8 is in the pipeline and that the R tronic sequential automatic might not be long for this [...]

April 7, 2008
The Top 20 Sports Cars of All Time– also tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

In 2007 the Audi RS4 won the “World Performance Car” award.
Among its competitors, we had Porsches, Ferraris and Jaguars. Do we need to add anything else

February 14, 2008
Audi Announces UK Pricing for TTS Coupe & Roadster– also tagged , , ,

The first Audi TT to sport the ‘S’ insignia is now available to order in Coupe and Roadster forms in the UK market with prices set at £33,380 and £35,380 respectively.
Equipped with a 272 HP 2.0-liter turbocharged engine, the TTS comes with either a standard six-speed manual gearbox or optionally at £1,400, the Audi S [...]