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Audi wins European Inventor of the Year 2008

Audi wins European Inventor of the Year 2008

The European Patent Office has named the German carmaker European Inventor of the Year. The honor is bestowed on companies whose ideas have made significant contributions to Europe’s economic growth and competitiveness. Audi was recognized for the invention of Audi Space Frame technology (ASF). The ASF is for Audi what was aluminum for the disappeared [...]

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Audi to lauch a 610bhp RS6?

Audi to lauch a 610bhp RS6?

An insider has revealed that Audi plans to launch a RS6 Plus which will offer 610bhp. The current RS6 is currently the most powerful estate ever, but still Audi wants to move the challenge up by selling a more powerful version. The news comes as a surprise. Indeed, recently Audi executives said in an interview [...]

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Spyshots: Audi TT Clubsport

Spyshots: Audi TT Clubsport

Here is the first spyshot of the forthcoming TT Clubsport which is expected to be a limited edition which might powered by a 300bhp petrol engine. Audi surprised everybody when it unveiled the TT Clubsport Quattro Concept at Essen’s Wörthersee tuner show in May of last year. However nobody expected the carmaker to build a [...]

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Audi to feature eight-speed automatic gearbox on top models

Audi to feature eight-speed automatic gearbox on top models

Audi has plan to feature a new eight-speed automatic gearbox on its lineup-topping models from next year. Last year, Lexus launched the first production eight-speed automatic gearbox in the new LS460. BMW is expected to introduce a similar gearbox on the next-generation 7-Series. Audi will become the third carmaker to feature an eight-speed automatic gearbox [...]

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Details emerge on Audi’s supercharged V6

Details emerge on Audi’s supercharged V6

Autocar reveals more details about the future V6 engine which will power the eagerly-awaited S4. As reported in a previous post, Audi will replace its current V8 engine by a smaller V6 engine. The new engine will have a displacement of 3.0-litre. It was initially thought that Audi would follow BMW on the path of [...]

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Future A1 and next-generation Polo to get AWD

Future A1 and next-generation Polo to get AWD

An Audi model isn’t a true Audi without an all-wheel drive and the future small A1 won’t avoid its fate. The Volkswagen Group is currently working on a four-wheel drive variant of the PQ25 platform shared Bentley the future Audi A1 and VW Polo, and the new Seat Ibiza. In an interview with Automotive News, [...]

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Audi plans to sell 1200 vehicles in India this year

Audi plans to sell 1200 vehicles in India this year

The German carmaker’s war has found a new battlefield in India. After BMW which announced its plan to become the first premium bran din India, Audi has announced it will increase its efforts there to keep up with BMW and Mercedes Benz. The German carmaker has announced it plans to sell 1,200 vehicles on the [...]

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Next S4 to get a V6 engine

Next S4 to get a V6 engine

The next-generation S4 will ditch its normally aspirated V8 for a supercharged V6 in an attempt to reduce the car’s fuel consumption and CO2 emission. The future stricter CO2 emission regulations made another victim among the V8 engines. Audi has decided to replace the V8 petrol units, which shuttles the S4 model, by a supercharged [...]

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Porsche taking issue with Audi’s use of RS nameplate

Porsche taking issue with Audi’s use of RS nameplate

Porsche takes issue with Audi over the use of the RS moniker on its sporty models. When a major shareholder of a parent company takes issue with a subsidiary while competing on the same market, that looks like a bit of a mess. Porsche has decided to prevent Audi from using the RS label on [...]

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Audi reveals the A3 facelift

Audi reveals the A3 facelift

The premium compact models from Audi gets a facelift that will hit the showrooms this summer. Since its introduction in 1996, the Audi A3 was a huge contributor to the carmaker’s global sales as Audi built 1.9 million units of them. The facelift will enable the model to continue that success thanks to a raft [...]

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