Audi News

These are the first images of a new Audi Quattro concept set to debut next month at the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show. In 2010, Audi rolled out a similar modern Quattro concept to mark 30 years since the launch of its original Quattro, and while that previous concept was slated for production a new...

Audi and the 24 Hours of Le Mans go hand in hand these days. The automaker has won 11 races, and it's only entered in 13 of them. Those 11 wins place Audi behind only Porsche for most wins by a manufacturer, and Porsche has been at this quite a bit longer. Audi's recent domination of what many...

There are few cars that mimic a race car-like experience on the street. A few Porsche products can do it, and some supercars certainly deliver in this area. Some automakers, however, have created vehicles that retain a daily usability while also offering up perfectly packaged potent powerplants...

Audi’s latest A3 range already consists of a hatch, Sportback wagon and a sedan, and soon a convertible will be added, but further down the track we may see even more variants, one of which is tipped to be a MPV. The A3 MPV was championed by Audi’s recently ousted R&D chief Wolfgang...

Audi has been tasked with creating a futuristic vehicle for the upcoming movie Ender’s Game, which is due in cinemas later this year and is based on the 1985 novel of the same name. The end result is the Audi fleet shuttle quattro, pictured above, which the automaker says was designed so that...

I'm no Breeder, but Kim Deal and I have at least one thing in common. I've been looking for one divine hammer. Nailed it. What you see here, is what a series of Dutch tourists in lightweight RVs saw through a real-world Adobe echo effect. It's the RS 7, the most outrageous roadgoing Audi of the...

The battle of the mega-four-door-coupes is heating up with the arrival of the 2014 Audi RS 7. BMW's M6 Gran Coupe and Mercedes-Benz's CLS63 AMG have already staked their claim to buyers' hearts and wallets, but the RS 7 may not have too tough a time winning its own fans. Official pricing released...

Following yesterday’s report on the ability of computer hackers to take control of various vehicle functions, including braking and steering, simply by using a laptop computer, comes news that a court in the U.K. has blocked a group of scientists from revealing methods to start Volkswagen...

Audi is the first automaker to offer the new 4G LTE high-speed broadband standard in its cars, offering it as an option on the S3 Sportback currently sold overseas and due in showrooms early next year as a 2015 model. By November, Audi expects to offer the 4G LTE in more models including the rest...

A facelifted version of Audi’s A8 flagship sedan is due to be revealed at this September’s 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show, and we have a new batch of spy shots of a prototype as it undergoes final evaluation. The facelifted A8 is expected to arrive on the market early next year as a 2015...

A total of seven Audi R8 LMS ultra race cars will be competing in the 2013 Spa 24 Hours endurance race at the legendary Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium next week. Drivers racing 2012-spec R8 LMS ultras managed a one-two finish in the previous year’s race, and this year they’ll be using...

Are you looking forward to the arrival of the Audi SQ5?

A 2014 Audi R8 V10 Spyder stars in the movie The Wolverine and was present at its premiere in London.

Each year, for the past 25 years, the Kitzbüheler Alpenrallye takes place in Austria and sees some of Europe’s most notable classic cars come out for some sun, a little driving and some getting acquainted with a new generation of fans. The rally first came about when classic car...

Audi has been an innovator and pioneer in the area of headlight technology, having been one of the first to introduce lighting technologies such as adaptive lights, full-LED headlights and even fuel-saving LED lights. Now the automaker is extending its leadership in headlight technology with the...

Audi R&D chief Wolfgang Dürheimer has been replaced just 10 months after taking up his current position. Germany’s Der Spiegel was first to report that Dürheimer was likely to be replaced as Audi’s R&D chief by Volkswagen Group R&D chief Ulrich Hackenberg, and now...

The 2014 Audi SQ5, Audi’s first crossover to wear its sporty S label, has been priced from $52,795, including an $895 destination charge. The vehicle will be available for sale later this summer where it will go up against the likes of the BMW X3 and Mercedes-Benz GLK Class. However, the Audi...

In 2010, Audi rolled out a new Quattro concept car to mark 30 years since the launch of the original Quattro, the Ur-Quattro, back in 1980. Talk of a production version quickly followed, but even now, three years down the track, we’re still no closer to the launch of a modern-day Quattro...

You can't deny the appeal of a longroof. That lovely wagon shape just looks right, and the extra space means you can haul all of your stuff with ease. A wagon is a truly wonderful category of car that too often gets overlooked these days--especially here in the U.S. Now, if said wagon is packing a...

Earlier this week, we had the good fortune to interview Audi racer Allan McNish ahead of next week's 24 Hours of Le Mans. During the interview, he made a case for the Le Mans formula being very well-designed to yield the most relevant form of racing, both now and in the future. But is that really...