European owners of the Audi A1 that want to squeeze a little bit of extra horsepower out of their cars were given the chance by the German tuning company ABT Sportsline, which also happens to be the world's biggest Volkswagen tuner. Both petrol and diesel engines received a remap which added a boost of 30 hp for the 1.2l and...
Not even half a year passed since the announcement of the new Audi RS5 and the model already caught the eye of a certain tuning company. MTM from Germany did it's magic on the RS5, upping it's top speed from 155 mph to 188 mph. You might think they modified the 4.2-litre V8 engine, but in fact, MTM tinkered with...
Audi introduced the A7 Sportback at Munchen, Germany. The 2009 Detroit Auto Show was the place where the fans got the first preview of the just-introduced Audi A7 Sportback, namely the Sportback concept at that time. Two diesel and two petrol engines will be available for the Audi A7 Sportback, with hp amount that ranges from 201 to 295. Starting...
Audi A7 Sportback is introduced to the public by a video launched by Audi TV. The model will be launched on 26 July. The Ingolstadt manufacturer will launch the Audi A7 Sportback in Munich, the teaser video launched by Audi confirming this and giving fans the patience needed until the launch. The Audi A7 Sportback will be offered in a...
After we announced the end of production for the model produced by Chrysler, it's the PT Cruiser (you can read more here), now, it's time for a German manufacturer to announce the end of the road for one of their model. The Audi RS6 it's about to quit the production. September 2010 is the last month of life for the...
The convertible version of the Audi R8 receives the V8 engine capable to develop 420 horsepower under the hood. The eight-cylinder unit will provide a cheaper alternative to the existing V10. After the V10 engine was used only at launch of the convertible version of the R8 supercar, Audi has decided to expand the model's range to meet the demands...
You know the Audi A1 will soon be seen around the world and it's already being famous. And what you should now know is that a hot S1 version which will compete with the Mini Cooper S. The confirmation on this version of Audi's special hot hatch comes from the company boss himself, Mr. Rupert Stadler. While he refused to...
You may remember the A1 Art Car Audi donated to Elton John's charity ball for his AIDS foundation I wrote about here. Well it turns out that the organizer's expectations as at the end of the night the check that would secure ownership of the very special Audi A1 creation was worth £350,000. Yes, that is the equivalent of €425,000...
The 2010 International Engine of the Year awards seen an end to proceedings and in that end there were ten different engines being honored in 11 categories, plus an overall winner chosen. The engines were rated by a jury of automotive journalists from around the world had the difficult task of rating the engines and ranking each of them in...
The Elton John AIDS Foundation's White Tie and Tiara charity ball planned for this year will be getting a hand at the fund raiser part thanks to Audi and British contemporary artist, Damien Hirst, who came through and are donating a special version of Audi's A1 premium supermini. The Audi A1 art car will be auctioned during the event, which...
Audi announced the introduction of new entry-level engines in the range of A8 model. Under the hood of the flagship will be available a 3.0 TFSI unit capable to develop a total power of 290 hp and 420 Nm. After being released only with the V8 diesel and petrol engines, of 4.2 liters and 350 horsepower respectively 372, the model...
It would seem that Audi's plans for world domination (of car sales, of course) will be put on hold for a while as not only did they not manage to outsell BMW but something else, rather peculiar, has happened. The homeland rivals took away their number two spot in the luxury car makers by outselling them due to a variety...
With the 24 Hours of Le Mans approaching fast most of the competitors for this year's event are ready. One of the most important players to the event is the Audi Motorsport team and this year they will be racing what they are calling the 2010 Audi R15 Plus. The Audi R15 Plus is the second generation of Audi's endurance...
A couple of years ago, Audi's Design team, probably bored with their office, came up with a very cool, stylish and futuristic looking soccer table. Back then, it was just an after hours project, most likely done for the fun of it (classical success story in design) but now it's ready and available in the "flesh". Albeit in limited hand-made...
Audi has been hard at work trying to push forward the launch of the A1 as soon as possible so it can have a competitor to the BMW Megacity vehicle, which will go on sale in 2013 so to this respect they have pushed the launch of the A2 forward by two years. Since it was originally planned for 2014...
Spanish independent designer Daniel Garcia decided to give the world his a new interpretation of BMW's Vision Concept that's seen from Audi's (unofficial) perspective. Enter the Audi A9, this not only fits the category for Hybrid and Concept but also wishes to have a Sports Sedan tag added to the name. Since it is a concept, it is quite difficult...
If you're the sort of person who is considering a big luxury saloon but hasn't found one that'll keep the kids quiet Audi's A8 may be just what you're looking for. Why is that? Well, mostly due to the fact that the 2011 Audi A8 will be the first car in the world to offer an optional factory-installed WLAN hotspot...
German tuning house, Avus Performance have taken a look at the Audi S4 and said they could do better and came up with the following proposal. This new package will give you a new exhaust system, modifications to the suspension system, new wheels and some other things as well. Let's start the dissection of this new Audi S4 with the...
Audi is planning on taking the win at this year's 24 hours of Nurburgring and they're getting of to a great start as the qualifying session for the event ended with four examples of the R8 LMS racer filling out the first four grid positions for this weekend's race. This is a momentous achievement as it will be the first...
The 2010 edition of the 24 hours of Nurburgring will kick off this weekend and will feature a start grid with three Audi customer teams entering no less than seven Audi R8 LMS racers. The three teams in question are ABT Sportsline, Black Falcon and Phoenix Racing. Last year Audi's team entered this race and made the R8's debut by...
