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Audi to unveil the A5 convertible in October

Audi to unveil the A5 convertible in October

Audi has announced it will unveil the A5 convertible at the next Paris Motor Show in October of this year. After the new Q5, Audi will add another variant to the A4/A5 family by launching a convertible version from the A5 coupé. Unlike the BMW 3-Series, Audi won’t switch to folding roof and will use [...]

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Beijing 2008: Audi Q5

Beijing 2008: Audi Q5

Audi took the wraps of the long-awaited Q5 at the Beijing Motor Show. The hot SUV will reinforce Audi’s lineup and help to boost it sales to achieve its 2018 target. Despite spy-photographers working hard on spotting the Q5, Audi will have almost succeeded to keep its latest model in the dark. Pictures had emerged [...]

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Audi R8 V12 TDI practicing singing exercises

Audi R8 V12 TDI practicing singing exercises

Until now the V12-diesel-powered Audi R8 has haunted the motorshows, but hasn’t revealed more details yet. Here is the sound of the V12 TDI. The German news magazine, Der Spiegel has recorded the V12 engines and is offering to listen to the music form the inside, the outside, in acceleration, and at normal pace. It’s [...]

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Audi Q5 Compact SUV to be revealed on April 19

Audi Q5 Compact SUV to be revealed on April 19

Audi has announced that the eagerly-awaited Q5 will be unveiled on April 19th. The Q5 will be one of the hottest SUV of this year and will compete with the BMW X3, the Mercedes GLK, and the Volvo XC60. Based on the MLP like the A4 and A5 models, the Q5 is expected to be [...]

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Audi A4 voted Germany’s most popular car

Audi A4 voted Germany’s most popular car

The Audi A4 has been elected at the most popular car in Germany in a vote organized by more than 100 regional weekly newspapers. More than 100 regional weekly newspapers in the former East Germany invited their readers to vote for “Our Car.” The selected cars had to be launched during the past year. Among [...]

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Audi cancels the hybrid-powered A4 in the US

Audi cancels the hybrid-powered A4 in the US

After the Q7 hybrid, the plummeting value of the dollar makes another victim among the Audi future hybrid lineup. The carmaker has announced that the Audi A4 hybrid won’t cross the Atlantic ocean. The Q7 was canceled due to its price expected to be too high in the US. The A4 gets the same fate, [...]

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Audi RS8 to debut in 2009

Audi RS8 to debut in 2009

Audi has announced that it will launch a V10-powered R8 in the second quarter of next year. Audi executive director of engine and powertrain, Wolfgang Hatz, confirmed that the carmaker will launch the eagerly-awaited V10-powered R8 next year after solving the cooling problem generated by the twin-turbocharged engine. “The cooling is no problem now. The [...]

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Audi rules out R4 model

Audi rules out R4 model

An Audi’s spokesman has revealed in an interview that there was no pan to build the rumoured R4 which was said to take on the Porsche Cayman. The rumour had emerged on the Internet one year ago and had been “confirmed” by a leaked official document from Audi. However a company spokesman told Automotive News [...]

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Audi rolls off the 1,000,000th A3

Audi rolls off the 1,000,000th A3

Audi marked a new milestone by producing the millionth current generation Audi A3 model. Audi announced that the 1,000,000th model rolled off the production line at its factory in Ingolstadt. The milestone car is a Brilliant Red, 138bhp 2.0-litre TDI Audi A3 Sportback intended for a customer in Franconia, Germany. Since the launch of the [...]

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Audi Q7 hybrid not for the US

Audi Q7 hybrid not for the US

The Q7 hybrid was expected to go on sale from next year on the American market, but Audi has announced that the hybrid SUV won’t cross the Atlantic ocean as its selling price would be too high there. In an interview with Automotive News, Johan de Nysschen, Audi’s brand head in the U.S, has revealed [...]

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