Audi News
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As part of the 2017 R8 press launch in Portimao, Portugal, last week, Audi invited journalists to drive its updated supercar at night on the Algarve International Circuit. The idea was to show off the R8's fancy new LED headlights with laser spot technology. Instead, our laps in the dark proved to be equal parts exhilarating and, well, terrifying. ALSO SEE: 2017 Audi R8 First Drive The Algarve Circuit is a 2.9-mile road course with several blind uphill corners that resolve into fast downhill stretches. In the daytime it is a challenging, technical track. In the dark, it's scary, especially...
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Audi Exec Hints At New RS 5 SportbackHeinz Hollerweger, the chief of Audi’s quattro division where the awesome RS cars are developed, has dropped some comments that suggest a new RS 5 Sportback may be in the works, and, more importantly, headed for the United States as a little brother to the RS 7. “We have to think of...
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2017 Audi R8 first drive review“The R8 is born at Le Mans.” So said “Mr. Le Mans,” now-retired race driver and nine-time 24 Hours of Le Mans winner Tom Kristensen in a promotional video that Audi showed at the press drive for the 2017 R8 supercar. Even though the video felt like a combination of a Folgers...
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2017 Audi A4 Is Lighter, More Powerful And More Advanced: VideoCome 2016, buyers in the market for a small sports sedan with a touch of luxury are going to be spoiled for choice. In addition to the existing Cadillac ATS, Lexus IS and Mercedes-Benz C-Class, all impressive cars in their own right, we’ll see the arrival of an updated BMW 3-Series plus...
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Audi Joins Moon MissionThere’s a high-stakes X Prize competition running, and this one’s to the moon—literally. We’re taking, of course, about the Google Lunar X Prize, which has been running since 2007 and pits teams against each other in a race to launch, land, and operate a rover on the...
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2017 Audi A4 Spy Shots And Video (With Interior)Audi’s next-generation A4, the B9 series, won’t be in American showrooms until the 2017 model year (yes, the current model has one year left in it), but we’ll see the car unveiled this September at the 2015 Frankfurt Auto Show. We already have a pretty good idea as to what the...
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Earlier this week, we saw our first spy shots of a prototype for the second-generation Audi A5, which we’re expecting to be introduced for the 2018 model year. Now we have shots of the sporty S5 variant, which should arrive roughly the same time as the regular model. Power is expected to come from an uprated version of the supercharged 3.0-liter V-6 found in the current S5, where it rates in at 333 horsepower and 325 pound-feet of torque. Something around 340 hp and 340 lb-ft is possible. A quattro all-wheel-drive system will be standard, while buyers should continue to have the choice...
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Audi SQ7 Prototype Crashes During Nürburgring Testing: VideoA high-performance version of Audi’s second-generation Q7 that's to be badged an SQ7 suffered a crash recently while undergoing high-speed testing on Germany’s Nürburgring. This video from YouTube user cvdzijden shows a barely-disguised SQ7 prototype exiting the famous Karussell...
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Volkswagen Group To Be Reorganized, Four Smaller Structures Possible: ReportThe Volkswagen Group controls more than a dozen brands and has more than half a million employees around the globe. Understandably, such complexity is difficult to oversee from a central hub which is why we may see the automaker’s management and corporate structure reorganized into four...
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Audi To Forgo V-8 In Second-Gen R8 In Favor Of New Five-Cylinder?With its second-generation R8, Audi has launched the car with a V-10 engine as the standard option and is offering a battery-powered electric e-tron model as an alternative. This is in contrast to the original R8, which launched with a V-8 that was later augmented by a V-10. DON'T MISS: Watch This...
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Watch This 1,300-Horsepower Audi R8 Shoot Flames: VideoAudi has just launched its second-generation R8 but the old one still has plenty of life left in it, especially if you modify the heck out of it. Here’s a first-generation R8 V10 that’s been modified by America’s own AMS Performance. The car is strapped to a dyno and as...
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2017 Audi A4 Avant Spy ShotsA new Audi A4 sedan debuts later this year and that means we’ll soon be seeing new versions of all the separate variants such as the sporty S4 and RS 4 as well as the more practical Avant and Allroad. These latest spy shots show a prototype for the new A4 Avant, which we expect to be revealed...
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Audi’s Q3 compact crossover has just been updated, even though it only hit showrooms last year. And with the update comes a slight price rise. Audi has confirmed that the latest 2016 Q3 in base Premium Plus trim will start at $34,625, which includes a $925 destination charge and is exactly $1,200 more than you had to pay last year. The Q3 in Prestige trim will set you back $39,525, also with the $925 destination charge. The price rise for the Q3 is justified somewhat. The 2016 model gets a few extras as standard like front and rear parking sensors, a backup camera, and five-spoke...
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Floor Collapses At Audi Dealer And Sends 20 Cars Crashing DownAn Audi dealership in the U.K. was the unfortunate scene of a floor collapse that caused 20 cars to crash through the floor and into the shop area below. The showroom floor started to collapse Monday afternoon but luckily everyone was able evacuate without injury. ALSO SEE: Man Considered "Too...
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2016 Audi A8 Gets New Sport TrimAudi has started work on its next-generation A8 but the new model is still a couple of years away. In the meantime, the current one is still looking fresh thanks to a facelift introduced for the 2015 model year. And now for 2016, Audi’s flagship sedan benefits from new Sport trim designed to...
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Audi RS 6 Driver Runs Red Light, Gets Smacked By Tram: VideoWatch as a speeding Audi RS 6 Avant driver on the streets of Poznan, Poland runs a red light and then crosses directly in front of a tram. The footage, taken by a dash-mounted camera of another vehicle waiting at the red light crossing, shows the complete crash as it unfolds. It appears the RS 6...
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More Details On Next-Gen Audi A8Audi’s next-generation A8 is still a couple of years away from its market debut but there’s already a lot we know about the new flagship sedan. The car will ride on a stretched version of the MLB Evo platform that debuts in the 2016 Q7, bringing significant weight savings for the big...
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Audi Reveals R8 e-tron Piloted Driving ConceptThe 2015 Consumer Electronics Show Asia is taking place this week in Shanghai, China, and there to give a keynote address on the opening day was Audi CEO Rupert Stadtler who talked about the car becoming an integral part of the networked world, and who also presented a version of the new R8 e-tron...
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With growth in SUVs proving to be stronger than in any other segment, Audi, like many of its rivals, is pushing ahead with the launch of more high-riding models. The automaker has now confirmed three additional SUVs for its lineup which will be growing from 52 distinct models today to 60 by 2020. The three new SUVs include a subcompact model to be called the Q1, a coupe-like model to be called the Q6 and a large, luxurious model to be called the Q8. We’ve already reported on each of the vehicles but now Audi has confirmed when we’ll see them. The Q1 will arrive first, making its...
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Audi And Partners Develop E-Benzin Synthetic Gasoline: VideoAudi in recent years has been making strides to move away from fossil fuels but without abandoning the internal combustion engine and current refueling infrastructure. It’s been doing this with its research in the area of synthetic fuels and has already come up with synthetic natural gas and...
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2017 Audi R8 Shares More Than You'd Think With 'Ring-Winning R8 LMS Race CarWe’ve all heard it before: X race car is totally based on the production car—no, really it is—and that means you should, like, completely buy the road car because, therefore, it’s awesome. Except that that’s rarely the actual case. With the 2017 Audi R8, it’s...
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2017 Audi SQ7 Spy ShotsWe’ve just been in the new Audi Q7 and find it to be incredibly nimble despite its size. The versions we drove were the regular gasoline and diesel V-6 models but a more powerful, more dynamic Q7 is in the works and has been spotted in prototype form for the first time. The new version will...
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Eine Kleine Forestmusik: 770-HP Audi Sport Quattro S1Grab your afternoon coffee, pop on your headphones, and tune out your boss: this is your next two minutes. Or, if you’re like us, your next ten minutes, after you hit repeat four times. Five cylinders, a trainload of boost, and one iconic rally car took on the Verzegnis-Sella Chianzutan rally...
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2017 Audi Q7 first drive reviewDon’t worry, America, it’s not a wagon. It just drives like one, is as useful as one, and, if you squint at it the right way, kinda looks like one. But it’s still one of God’s Own Vehicles: a fully Merkuh-approved crossover. But I didn’t drive the new 2017 Audi Q7 in...
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