It seems that the Germans from Audi are ready for the 2012 Daytona 24 Hours race as the Audi R8 GRAND-AM racing model completed the testing. The new high performance racer is based on the R8 LMS GT3 but brings significant improvements over the previous vehicle. To begin with, the German engineers mounted a revised front splitter, rear wing and...
Anderson Germany decided to give a fresh air to a model which can be considered old as the manufacturer ended its production two years ago. We talk about the Audi S8, codenamed D3, a model which is no longer produced and can be found only as second hand car. Taking advantage of the people who want to refresh the Audi...
Scheduled to enter the market somewhere next year, the new Audi A1 Sportback debuted at the Tokyo Motor Show today. The small German model is basically a five-door version of the standard A1 having the same length of 3,95 meters. However, the German engineers decided to increase the height and width in order to provide decent space for the rear...
The Ingolstadt based manufacturer may not have shined at the Los Angeles Motor Show but they certainly have got it in for us as soon as the ribbon is cut on the Tokyo Motor Show. Reports are flooding in about how the four ringed company will unveil the Audi TT Concept at the Japanese show. It sounds like no reason...
The engineers from Audi Motorsport had the difficult task to prepare the racing version of the Audi R8 for the 2012 season considering the impressive achievement of the outgoing model. This is why Audi choosed to upgrade the racing model instead of bringin a completely new model in the game. This is how the Audi R8 LMS Ultra was born,...
Audi isn't exactly renown for making small, cheap (almost) cars, with a low number of door court but with the 2011 A1 they seem to have hit a home run. However it seems like a wave of practicality clearly hit the Ingolstadt based company for they needed to introduce the 2012 Audi A1 Sportback. It may sound a little weird,...
The Germans from Audi introduced a new electric model at this year's edition of the Los Angeles Auto Show, this time based on the A3 Sportback five-door hatchback model. The new Audi A3 e-tron electric model is powered by a permanent magnet synchronous electric motor able to deliver 82 horsepower and 270 Nm of torque. It uses a single-speed transmission...
The British customers will be able to order two new special editions of the current Audi A1, namely the Black Edition and Contrast Edition. The first one brings few aesthetic improvements at the interior thanks to the new set of 18-inch alloy wheels, new Xenon Plus headlights with LED daytime running lights but also tinted rear windows. Inside, the Germans...
Audi plans to introduce the facelift version of the A4 in March 2012 in the UK and decided to reveal the pricing today. The entry-level model is equipped with a 1.8-liter petrol unit able to deliver 120 horsepower, a unit coupled to a six-speed manual transmission and benefiting from a price tag of under £24,000. If you want more power,...
Petrolheads generally lose a little bit of their heart inside when news of a beloved car maker dropping the manual gearbox come in. If that manufacturer is Audi however, I doubt too many people would mind. It's not because Audi doesn't make good manual gearboxes or any technical reason, but because of modern conditions. The Audi customer in general is...
Normally, when met with the idea of buying or looking up an Audi, you'd be expecting a dignified business man's express, a sure footed saloon that loves the motorway. There are some exceptions in the lineup, but that's really what they are and perhaps the Ingolstadt based company is trying to break that line of thought by announcing a new...
Thanks to the folks at Auto, Motor und Sport, we got some new and fresh details on the next-generation Audi A3, a model which is scheduled to enter the market somewhere next year. As we all know, the German company previewed the new A3 with the e-Tron concept at the Shanghai Auto Show earlier this year. According to the German...
The Ingolstadt-based company officially unveiled the facelift version of the current Audi A4 and Audi S4. The Germans from Audi considered that there is no more time to waste and pulled the wraps off the redesigned A4. The 2012 Audi A4 is scheduled to go on sale shortly while the prices will be almost similar comparing to the current model....
The Germans from Audi are celebrating these days the ten millionth midsize car produced with the Audi A4 in the spotlight. To be more precise, we talk the A4 and its predecessor, the Audi 80. The latter entered production in 1972, being manufactured over four generations, exactly like the current Audi A4 which entered the assembly line for the first...
The Germans from Audi launched the trial program for the A1 e-tron, a hybrid model which uses a standard gasoline engine along an electric motor for decent performance and outstanding fuel consumption. For now, the German company in partnership wih E.ON and Stadtwerke München and Technische Universität München (TUM) provided a fleet of 20 vehicles and the proper infrastructure in...
The Audi R8 may not look it but it has been with us for quite some time now, even the V10 version is getting a little old, and, as a result the Germans are announcing work on a new one. Due to turn up in 2014, the next generation of the Audi R8 will be, what else, better than the...
Audi's A1 is fighting in a market that's quite specific, that of expensive luxury city cars and even though it's the latest entry to this neck of the woods it's doing quite well. In fact, the Audi A1 is doing so well that there's only one remaining chink in its armor, there's no hot version to fight off the likes...
Hofele Design decided that is the proper time to reveal a new tuning package for the new Audi A8. The flagship German model benefits now from the SR 8 package from Hofele Design, a tuning kit which brings significant styling tweaks but also more powerformance under the bonnet. In terms of performance, the Audi A8 benefits from few upgrades which...
Audi RS3 Sportback is the latest model to receive a tuning package from the German specialists from MTM (Motoren Technik Mayer). MTM is a well-known name in the tuning industry, the new package developed for the RS3 Sportback being able to significantly improve the performance and the appearance in the same time. The Audi RS3 Sportback is powered by a...
Audi's ultimate Le Mans racer, the brand new R18 TDI, is hungry for wins and at this moment, all of its four rings are targeting the Petit Le Mans. Part of the American Le Mans Series, the Road Atlanta challenge is a very important to the Ingolstadt based manufacturer since it's where they had their finest streak. Starting with the...
