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Introduction
Audi introduced its first SUV, the Q7, just last year. Despite its tardiness, the Q7 is packed to its 18-inch wheels with luxury goodies and the type of exceptional quality that has characterized Audis for more than a decade. A crossover SUV, the Q7 is a distant cousin of the Volkswagen Touareg and Porsche Cayenne, but it has (among many other things) been lengthened by more than a foot to accommodate a third row of seats. With this added size, the Audi is even heavier than its brethren, which are already big-boned in their own right. Read the rest of this entry »

It’s mid-summer, and Audi is celebrating in style with this: the new A1 Cabriolet.
The German supermini first broke cover last October as the Metroproject Quattro – a concept designed to showcase both the A1 and Audi’s clever electric-hybrid powertrain. Read the rest of this entry »

This road test should actually have been about the Audi Q8 but Serendipity stepped in and I now know what I want for Christmas. Read the rest of this entry »

With enough power to have some real fun, the 2008 S6 fills the Audi mid-size performance slot. That 435-hp, 5.2-liter V-10 from Lamborghini lays out a consistently high torque plateau throughout the rpm spectrum. All this performance is mediated through a 6-speed automatic with overdrive while the essence of the car is unchanged for 2008. Read the rest of this entry »

Back in 1986, AMG unleashed an E-class with a 360bhp 5.6-litre V8. They called it ‘The Hammer’. Great name, great car. The new RS6 needs a name like that. Its twin-turbo 5-litre V10 has 572bhp and 479lb ft, and if it weren’t for a spoilsport electronic limiter it would crack 200mph with relative ease, passing 62mph in 4.6sec and 124mph in 

The engine is simply wonderful, almost absurdly powerful Read the rest of this entry »

 Designed to appeal to a young and dynamic clientele, the TTS represents the Audi brand’s Vorsprung durch Technik (”advancement through technology”) in its very latest form. The TFSI engine in the TTS takes the two Audi technologies of gasoline direct injection and turbocharging and blends them to form a perfect partnership. Read the rest of this entry »

In 2008 Audi continues by introducing a mid-sized “coupe” model for the very first time. According to those familiar with the program the debut will take place at the 2008 Geneva Motor Show with the vehicle — to be named the Audi A7 — going on sale for model year 2009 in Europe and shortly thereafter in calendar 2009 in North America. Read the rest of this entry »

Tuvimos la esperanza de conocer al nuevo Audi Q5 durante el reciente Auto Show de Ginebra, sin embargo el Q7 V12 TDI se llevó todas las miradas y fue la estrella de Audi en ese evento. Ahora los rumores indican que el estreno del nuevo SUV/crossover será el próximo mes en China, durante el Auto Show de Beijing. Read the rest of this entry »

Long anticipated by fans of Audi’s S-Line performance cars and by driving enthusiasts in general, the 2009 Audi TTS will finally reach U.S. showrooms by the end of the year.
This will be the first S model for Audi’s sports car since the TT was launched in 1998, and at first blush the raw horsepower numbers might disappoint some. Read the rest of this entry »

Anyone who looks at the new Audi A3 3.2 DSG and sees an overpriced economy car should not be allowed to play with Rottweiler puppies. While Ingolstadt’s diminutive four-door may seem like a hatchback for badge snobs willing to sacrifice size for breeding, it’s actually a four-wheeled fiend, a beast born and bred to take a bite out of the time - space continuum. Everything else about the A3– the foot on the Audi ownership ladder thing, the four-wheel-drive peace-of-mind shtick– is nothing more than a glossy coat on a vicious little monster. And I mean that in the nicest possible way. Read the rest of this entry »