Audi Cars
Audi grows the niches with new Sportbacks
Audi's new Sportback concept will carry the A7 nameplate when it goes on sale next year. The luxury car – which features a five-door hatchback body – will be pitched squarely in competition with the Mercedes-Benz CLS.
Wraps come off Audi Sportback concept
The new Audi Sportback concept has Detroit in a spin this week with a seamless blend of sports coupe desirability and five-door hatchback practicality that has made it one of the undisputed stars of the 2009 North American International Automobile Show.
Audi records sales of over one million cars in 2008
AUDI AG has achieved its stated objective of selling one million cars in 2008 for the first time in its history. With about 1,003,400 cars sold worldwide, Audi increased its unit sales volume by 4.1 percent over the prior year (2007: 964,151).
Audi is “light” years ahead with world’s first led headlights
The order book opened in Britain for the V10 engined Audi R8 this month (1 January) and with it the German car manufacturer demonstrated another element of its pioneering Vorsprung durch Technik technology.
Audi TT range gathers momentum for 2009
The sporting essence of the TT has been further distilled by the addition of new quattro four-wheel-driven versions of the Coupe 2.0 TFSI and Roadster 2.0 TFSI priced from £27,715 OTR.
Black is the new white for the Audi A3
New Audi A3 Black Edition models emerge from the shadows this month to join the popular three-door, five-door Sportback and Cabriolet ranges.
New Audi R8 V10 ready for the road (and track)
Audi is sending shockwaves through the sports car establishment yet again with the new R8 V10, a ten-cylinder, 525PS, 196mph evolution of the quattro four-wheel-driven sports car that UK enthusiasts have taken to their hearts.
Audi’s McNish collects prestigious motorsport awards
Audi ace Allan McNish has collected two prestigious awards in recognition of his brilliant Le Mans 24 Hour race victory this year.
Audi concentrates on European motorsport
Audi concentrates its motorsport programmes for the 2009 season on the new R15 TDI sport prototype for the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the re-worked racing touring car A4 DTM and the newly developed R8 LMS for customer use in the GT3 class.
Audi A5 Coupe inspires all-new cabriolet range
The Audi A5 with a sunnier disposition - the new A5 Cabriolet - is set to make its UK debut next spring, and will be closely followed by a new S5 Cabriolet flagship.
Audi Motorsport based on three pillars in the future
In future, the AUDI AG motorsport programme will be based on three pillars: During the 2009 season, the brand with the four rings will compete once again in the 24 Hours of Le Mans and in the DTM.
Allan McNish voted “Driver of the Decade” in the ALMS
The Audi ace, who won the 2000, ’06 and ’07 ALMS championship titles, received the most votes cast by fans of the North American-based endurance sportscar series.
Audi enjoys ultra-successful motor racing year
AUDI AG is celebrating its most successful motorsport season in its history. Almost 30 years after the German manufacturer enjoyed world dominance with its groundbreaking quattro four-wheel-drive rally cars, pioneering Audi TDI fuel injection now reigns supreme as the World leading power in endurance racing.
Eyecatching economy from new Audi A5 2.0 TDI
The cost of cutting a dash in the Audi A5 coupé has just been further reduced by the frugal new 53mpg A5 2.0 TDI, which is available to order now in front-wheel-drive and quattro four-wheel-drive forms priced from £28,485 OTR, and will reach its first UK customers in March 2009.
Audi successfully defends DTM title
The most extensive motorsport programme in the history of AUDI AG is now the most successful one as well: following the triumph at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the title wins at the Le Mans series in North America and Europe, Timo Scheider with a victory at the finale at Hockenheim also secured the title in the DTM.