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Audi is a German luxury brand that has been a wholly owned subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group since 1964. Based in Ingolstadt, Germany, the marque is well known for its best-selling model, the A4, as well as the R8 sports car and the company's dominating presence in Le Mans racing both in North America and Europe. Vorsprung durch Technik is the brand's slogan, which means Innovation through technology.
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0Video: Watch Carlos Sainz flog this Audi R8 LMS around an 80-year-old GP track 1337016660
Certain videos, when the protagonists speak a foreign language, don't need subtitles: Mexican telenovelas, dolphins in love and auto racing are but three. Although the narration is in Spanish and there isn't any racing in this video of former WRC Champion Carlos Sainz and current DTM driver Miguel Molina lapping the Autódromo Terramar, the action ...
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Featured: The Automatic transmission: A brief history 1336687200
The manual transmission is not long for this world, much to the consternation of the "driving aficionado." As evidence, consider that the take rate for manual transmissions for all Lamborghini models - among the most extreme super-sports cars on the planet, mind you - is a measly 1 to 2 per cent. For the mathematically challenged, this means that 98 to ...
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Report: 2013 Audi A8 3.0T matches 4.2 V8 fuel economy numbers 1336516200
When Audi announced the 2013 A8 with the 3.0T V6, it didn't mention fuel economy numbers but did tout the 333-horsepower engine's "great efficiency." According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the V6 efficiency exactly matches that of the more powerful 372-horsepower, 4.2-litre V8 – the 3.0T was rated the same 18 mpg (13 ...
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Official: U.S., German automakers will demo fast-charging system at EVS26 1336392120
BMW, Ford, General Motors and Volkswagen are among the eight U.S. and German automakers that will demonstrate a single-port fast-charging system for electric vehicles at the Electric Vehicle Symposium 26 (EV26) in Los Angeles starting next week. Audi, Chrysler, Mercedes-Benz parent Daimler and Porsche will also show off the so-called DC-fast system, ...
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Report: Porsche 960 to be a Ferrari-fighting four-door coupe 1336341720
Automobile's Georg Kacher goes deep into the Volkswagen product plan, looking at the 32 models that the group's ten brands will roll out over the next five years. These vehicles are expected to drive VW to the top of the mountain in 2018, where the flag for World's Largest Automaker awaits. The armada is based on three platforms: MQB for transverse ...
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Report: Audi Q2 aims to take on Nissan Juke? 1336164300
Audi is rapidly expanding its crossover range, with the Q3 recently joining the Q5 and Q7, not to mention the BMW X6-rivaling Q6 that's in the pipeline. But now, according to Auto Express, Audi is working on an entry-level Q2 crossover that would take on the likes of the Nissan Juke and Mini Countryman. Auto Express has come up with a rendering of the Q2 ...
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Featured: New details on the next Audi A3 [w/Video] 1336161600
We just attended a thorough workshop covering the tech inside the next Audi A3, the new compact from Ingolstadt that is scheduled to arrive this Fall as a five-door Sportback model, as well as a new four-door small sedan. A concept version of the four-door was shown at the Geneva Motor Show last year, while deliveries of this European hatchback start this ...
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Featured: Toyota TS030 and Audi R18 e-tron Quattro pose for the camera 1336139040
While the Toyota TS030 Hybrid won't be participating in this weekend's FIA World Endurance Championship race at Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium due to a crash in pre-season testing last month, that didn't stop the automaker from bringing the new endurance racer as a preview for what's to come for the 24 Hours of Le Mans in June. The TS030 even made time for ...
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First Drive: 2013 Audi S6 1335976200
How Less Of Everything Equals More It's been fascinating to sample Audi's new EA824 V8 in all of its various incarnations. Our first crack at the new TFSI powerplant was in Audi's own 513-horsepower S8, and we then went on to try it out in the new Bentley Continental GT and GTC V8 models. Most recently, we dipped into the 4.0-litre biturbo in the new S7 ...
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Report: Mercedes-Benz could reclaim No. 2 luxury spot from Audi by 2015 1335880680
A report by the Center of Automotive Research at the university of Duisburg-Essen in Germany has revealed that Mercedes-Benz, currently the number three luxury carmaker, could move up to number two in 2015, Automotive News reported. Mercedes owned the second slot until last year, when Audi overtook it. BMW has held the lead in the luxury market since ...