Audi News
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Five teams will contest this year’s Nürburgring 24 Hours using the R8 LMS ultra race car, including the factory-backed teams Phoenix Racing and Audi Race Experience. The latter allows virtually anyone to buy a seat on the team, and this year Austrian Daredevil Felix Baumgartner will be among its lineup of drivers. Other teams using the R8 LMS ultra include Prosperia C. Abt Racing, G-Drive Racing and Twin Busch Motorsport. CHECK OUT: Mercedes-Benz G63 AMG 6x6 To Star In Jurassic Park 4? The latest version of the R8 LMS ultra features an output of 562 horsepower, a six-speed...
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2016 Audi R8 Spy VideoA prototype for the second generation of Audi’s R8 supercar recently took to Germany’s Nürburgring, and we have an exclusive video of it. As the prototype confirms, Audi’s designers are taking an evolutionary approach to the styling of the new car. Wider and flatter lights...
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Audi TT Exhibition: The History Of Audi's Iconic CoupeThese days, launching a production car that looks just like the concept that spawned it isn't anything special. Car designs are finalized so far in advance that usually, concept cars are just tweaked versions of actual production vehicles hitting the streets further down the line. MUST WATCH...
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Audi R18 e-tron quattro Takes To The Streets In Its New LiveryAudi will field an updated version of its multiple race-winning R18 e-tron quattro Le Mans prototype in the 2014 World Endurance Championship and the series’ highlight, the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The 2014-spec car was shown for the first time late last year but now it’s been revealed in...
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Audi Sends Out Second-Gen TT With Some Updates For 2015Audi has just revealed its third-generation TT, which arrives on these shores early next year, as a 2016 model. However, if you want to get behind the wheel of a new TT today, Audi is sweetening the deal for buyers of the current model with some special offers for the 2015 model year. MUST SEE: LIT...
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Audi RS 1 In The Works?Audi’s A1 hatchback sold overseas has just spawned a 231-horsepower S1, whose market launch later this year will coincide with the arrival of a facelifted A1 range. However, further down the track the A1 range may be expanded to include a proper RS 1 built by Audi’s quattro performance...
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Audi looks set to follow its rivals BMW and Mercedes-Benz by downsizing to a force-fed engine for the next generation of its RS 4. The current model is powered by a high-revving 4.2-liter V-8, good for 450 horsepower and 317 pound-feet of torque, but Car and Driver is reporting that the next version of the car will feature a downsized turbocharged V-6 engine. BMW has implemented a similar strategy for its latest M3/M4 and Mercedes is doing the same with its next C63 AMG, although the Merc will maintain a V-8 configuration. Cadillac, too, is likely to adopt a turbocharged V-6 for its ATS-V...
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Porsche Makes More Money Per Car Than Audi, Bentley, Or LamborghiniPorsche makes $23,000 per car, the most of any VW Group brand.
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Audi Exec Hints At More TT Variants, Including Shooting BrakeSomebody, somewhere within Audi, can't quite get the idea of an Audi TT shooting brake out of their head. The last two generations of TT have been previewed with shooting brakes, most recently the Audi Allroad Shooting Brake Concept, and before that the self-titled 2005 Audi Shooting Brake concept...
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Audi Says The R8 e-tron Is Now Capable Of 280 Miles Range, Confirms ProductionLast December, reports that Audi had decided to put the once-canceled R8 e-tron electric sports car back in the production pipeline first surfaced. The reason? Improved battery technology. Today, during the brand's annual press conference, member of the board of management for technical development...
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Audi traffic light recognition could save time and fuelSoon, cars may pay more attention to their surroundings than drivers. No one likes to get stuck behind an oblivious person that doesn't notice when a light changes, so Audi came up with a technological solution. MUST WATCH: LaFerrari Duels With Ferrari Enzo On Precarious Mountain Roads: Video The...
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Felix Baumgartner To Race Audi R8 In Nürburgring 24 HoursAustrian Daredevil Felix Baumgartner, the man who famously jumped from a height of 24 miles in 2012’s Red Bull Stratos mission, has been confirmed to drive an Audi R8 race car in this year’s Nürburgring 24 Hours endurance race, set for June. While Baumgartner won’t be...
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With Lamborghini’s new Huracán out in the open, attention now turns to its Volkswagen Group platform-mate, the next-generation Audi R8. Expected to launch in 2015, the new R8 should weigh less than the current model, come exclusively with a dual-clutch transmission and, in the U.S. at least, be powered by revised versions of the current model’s naturally aspirated V-8 and V-10 engines. However, in certain markets we may see the car offered with a turbocharged engine displacing less than the 4.2 liters of the current model’s V-8. Speaking with Autocar, Audi R&D...
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2016 Audi TT Debuts At 2014 Geneva Motor Show: Live Photos And VideoAudi’s third-generation TT is finally here, blending lines from the iconic original with those of the sportier second-generation model. The new car will go on sale in the U.S. early next year, as a 2016 model, initially in TT and TTS trim. The front of the new TT is dominated by horizontal...
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2014 Audi S1 Revealed: Geneva Motor Show Live PhotosAudi’s A1 subcompact sold overseas has just received a mid-cycle update, and as part of that update the range has been expanded with a sporty new S1 variant. Audi hasn’t revealed the full details on its updates to the regular A1 but the automaker has revealed the S1, which will be...
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2015 Audi S3 Cabriolet: 2014 Geneva Motor Show Live Photos And VideoThis year's Geneva Motor Show shaped up to be an interesting affair, made all the more interesting by the arrival of the new Audi S3 Cabriolet--which may make it to the U.S. alongside its more sedate A3 Cabriolet counterpart though is yet to be confirmed. The S3 will be on sale this summer in...
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Audi TT quattro sport Concept Makes Surprise Showing In Geneva: VideoIn addition to the all-new 2016 TT on display at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show this week, Audi has presented a stunning concept version that the automaker says demonstrates the potential of the new TT if taken a step further. In fact, comments from Audi R&D boss Ulrich Hackenberg suggests that the...
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2014 Audi A1 Spy ShotsAudi’s smallest car, the A1 subcompact, has been on sale overseas since its launch back in 2010. It’s now about to receive a mid-cycle update, which will not only include some changes to the styling but also the launch of a sporty S1 variant. Audi has already shown the S1, which makes...
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Some might assume that styling the next generation of an Audi model line is a fairly easy process. If recent models are any indication, you simply take the existing model, tweak a line here and there, give it a flashy new set of headlights, and send it to the metal stampers to be realized in all its Teutonic glory. But Audi's head of R&D, Dr. Ulrich Hackenberg, is less than happy with the way the next-generation A4 sedan and Q7 SUV are turning out, it seems. According to German site Focus (via Car and Driver), the automaker has delayed the launch of both models for styling changes and...
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2014 Audi S1 Featured In New Promo VideosOne of Audi’s main features for next month’s 2014 Geneva Motor Show will be this sporty new S1, which is based on its A1 hatchback sold overseas. The car is one of the only premium models in the sporty subcompact segment, with its only main rival being the MINI John Cooper Works. Sadly...
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Audi Patent Drawings Reveal Potential Future TechSome of Audi's future technological advances have been revealed in the latest round of patent applications to hit the internet. Of a selection of new Audi patents noted by Autocar, the most interesting--yet most complex--is a new take on the firm's quattro all-wheel drive system, using an...
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Audi S5 Snow Drift Goes Very, Very Wrong: VideoSo you've got a shiny new Audi S5. So you want to hoon it up in the snow. So you like drifting. Cool. Don't do what this guy did. The penalty for failure when dealing with low-mu surfaces is potentially high, especially when carrying enough velocity. Mix in a bus stop, a lamp post, and some...
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Audi Teases World Premiere, Most Likely The S1: VideoAudi has released the second video in a series teasing a new model the automaker is planning to unveil at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show in early March. While many were predicting the model to be the redesigned 2015 TT sports car, which is tipped for a debut at the upcoming Swiss show, the latest...
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Audi Marks 20th Anniversary Of The RS 2 With New RS 4 Avant NogaroIt was 20 years ago that Audi’s first RS model hit the scene, the legendary RS 2 Avant. The car was a high-performance version of Audi’s 80 Avant wagon, the predecessor to the A4 Avant, and it would set the tone for a string of new RS models to be launched over the next two...
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