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Audi scores a hat-trick of BusinessCar Awards

Audi scores a hat-trick of BusinessCar Awards

Audi has picked up a trio of BusinessCar Awards thanks to category wins for the Audi Q5, A3 and R8. The Audi Q5 topped the Small 4x4 category at the Fleet publication’s annual awards for the second consecutive time.

Audi RS 3 Sportback with five-cylinder firepower

Audi RS 3 Sportback with five-cylinder firepower

The revered RS badge is about to adorn a compact class Audi for the first time as the new RS 3 Sportback waits in the wings with suitably spectacular performance and an evocative five-cylinder soundtrack for a spring 2011 UK debut. The formidable yet usefully practical newcomer will be available to order in the UK from next month priced at £39,900 OTR.

Spring looks cleaner for Audi A3 Cabriolet TFSI

Spring looks cleaner for Audi A3 Cabriolet TFSI

The smallest capacity petrol engine ever to power an Audi will help to clear the air with A3 Cabriolet drivers this spring by slashing CO2 emissions while also improving performance.

Ultra-efficient Audi A3 TDI

Ultra-efficient Audi A3 TDI

A new, ultra-efficient version of the Audi A3 1.6 TDI - already the most economical premium sector car with the lowest CO2 output - is available to order from this week, extending the compact hatchback’s lead by paring back CO2 output even further to just 99g/km and boosting combined economy to up to 74.3mpg.

Audi A3 awarded CAP Executive Used Car of the Decade

Audi A3 awarded CAP Executive Used Car of the Decade

Highly regarded vehicle valuation specialist CAP has named the Audi A3 ‘Executive Used Car of the Decade’ in its Used Car Awards, acknowledging the major contribution made by the pioneering three and five-door hatchback in distilling the premium sector values traditionally reserved for larger prestige cars and introducing them into the compact class.

Upgraded Audi A3 TDI cleans up in premium sector

Upgraded Audi A3 TDI cleans up in premium sector

The ongoing Audi crackdown on emissions has yielded another efficiency breakthrough within the A3 range, this time for the 140PS 2.0-litre TDI models which this month become the cleanest at their level in the premium sector.

New Audi A3 automatics pioneer start-stop

New Audi A3 automatics pioneer start-stop

Automatic versions of the latest economy focused Audi A3 models are the first in the premium sector to benefit from the latest engine start-stop technology, which has already helped to cut emissions in manual transmission TDI versions to a sector-leading 109g/km.

Audi cuts CO2 yet again with new A3 1.6 TDI

Audi cuts CO2 yet again with new A3 1.6 TDI

Success will smell even sweeter in the Audi A3 from this month as the consistent class best seller slashes emissions even further with the help of an all new 1.6-litre common rail TDI engine combining an outstandingly low CO2 output of 109g/km with the potential to cover close to 69mpg.