Audi A6 News
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Though the new Audi A6 is still almost a year away from its production debut, details about its construction and platform technology are already leaking onto the web. Building on technologies first developed in the TT platform, the next-generation 2012 Audi A6 is expected to use the lightweight ASF II spaceframe technology as its base. Audi has developed the Aluminum and Steel Spaceframe (ASF II) technology to provide a platform that weighs half as much as steel, but is one and a half times as rigid. ASF technology allows the chassis to be built from a conglomeration of bonded subframe...
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Tom Brady's Audi S8 Plays Defense In Two-Car Collision
The New England Patriots could've found themselves in a bind yesterday when star quarterback Tom Brady got sacked in a two-car crash. Thankfully, Brady's sporty Audi S8 kept him nice and safe -- though a passenger in the other car wasn't so lucky. According to USA Today (we know, but we have to...
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Rendered: 2012 Audi A6 Avant
Earlier this week we saw the first spy shots of a prototype for the new 2012 Audi A6 and today we have a new computer-generated rendering of the Avant wagon variant. Though the next-generation A6 is still almost a year away from its production debut, details about its construction and platform...
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Vampire Chic Has Gone Too Far: Even Vanessa Hudgens Fears The Sun
Okay, people: we get that bloodsucking is all the rage right now, but that doesn't mean we have to like it. Some of us endured the craze when it reared its pale, pasty head a couple of decades ago, and our wardrobes are still trying to crawl back toward the light. Now, we have hard evidence that...
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Zac Efron Gets A Moving Violation (About Three HIGH SCHOOL MUSICALs Too Late)
Twelve things we know for sure: 1) Zac Efron's million-dollar, teen-idol tuches has found a new resting place in an Audi A6, as we see in the photo linked below. 2) Given Zac's previous appearance in an Audi A5, we're not sure this is an upgrade. 3) In fact, it seems a little weird. 4) Zac seems to...
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Rendered: 2012 Audi A6
Though the new Audi A6 is still almost a year away from its production debut, details about its construction and platform technology are already leaking onto the web. Building on technologies first developed in the TT platform, the next-generation 2012 Audi A6 is expected to use the lightweight ASF...
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In Europe Audi is one of the leading luxury brands but in the U.S. its sales are still lagging behind rivals like Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Lexus. Last year Audi sold just 82,716 vehicles in the U.S. while its rivals managed to rack up more than double that figure. In an effort to catch up as well as take the brand more upmarket, Audi will be focusing on higher sales of its premium sedan models like the A6, new A8 and the upcoming A7 four-door coupe. Speaking with Automotive News, Audi’s U.S. chief Johan de Nysschen said he expects sales of these three models to account for 25 percent of...
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Nicole Kidman (And Her Face) Go Picnicking In An Audi A6
Ladies and gentlemen, Audi has struck again: since JT came onboard, it seems like every other celebrity -- at least the real ones -- has been spotted tooling around in one Audi model or another. (For reasons yet unknown, fake celebs seem smitten with Bentleys and BMWs.) The latest example: Nicole...
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Video: Ford Pits 2010 Taurus SHO Against V-8 Powered Audi A6 4.2 FSI
The twin-turbo 2010 Ford Taurus SHO's EcoBoost engine stands its ground against the Audi's more powerful V-8.
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Audi Posts 26% U.S. Sales Gain, Plans Bumper 2010
Audi has an ambitious of goal of selling more than 1.5 million vehicles by the middle of the next decade.
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Audi prices new A6 and S6 lineup
Premium mid-level sedans are a tricky business, balancing just enough luxury and features with sporting performance to stand above the entry-level crowd, but taking care not to step on the toes of their bigger brothers. Audi's A6 and sportier S6 variant are among the better players of this delicate...
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Improved efficiency and performance for 2009 Audi A6 facelift
Joining the new RS6 Sedan at this October’s Paris Motor Show will be the 2009 model year facelift for the standard A6 Sedan and Avant models. Among the list of updates planned for the new lineup is a range of more efficient engines, significant suspension refinements, the addition of a number...
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Update: A few weeks back we spy images of an undisguised prototype for the upcoming facelifted Audi A6 sedan and now we have images of the car’s Avant wagon and Allroad siblings. As the images reveal, the only major changes for the updated model is the new front end with a single frame grille and a cleaner front bumper as well as a squared-out bumper at the rear. Original: The premium mid-level sedan segment is due for a shake-up and Audi's next-generation A6 is expected to do just that when it arrives in 2011, though rivals from BMW and Mercedes will have a year's head start. Until...
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Audi's future powertrain line-up revealed
Audi’s line-up is set to expand in coming years with even more diverse models as the carmaker strives to reach its stated goal of selling more than 1.5 million vehicles by 2015. We’ve already seen the introduction of all new models such as the Q5 SUV, A5 coupe and R8 super-sports car in...
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Next-generation Audi A6 details emerge
Though the new Audi A6 is still at least a year away from being shown in concept form and two years from its production debut, details about its construction and platform technology are already leaking onto the web. Building on technologies first developed in the TT platform, the next-generation A6...
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Abt Sportsline releases the Audi AS6 3.0L TDI
We’re used to seeing plenty of highly modified petrol cars but every now and then a tuned oil-burner crops up. This time it’s from the Bavarian-based Abt Sportsline, which has taken the wraps off its new AS6 3.0L TDI. The new car boasts a rare 100hp (75kW) per liter output, with a total...
Kenneth Hall