Audi News

The winner of the all-new Audi R8 must be beaming this week. They not only have one of the hottest, most exclusive cars as their own, but their thousands contributed to one of the largest amount raised--$4.2 million—raised by the Elton John AIDS Foundation in its fight against AIDS.The ...    Read more

It seems that the gadgets doesn’t do it anymore for the extreme luxury cars. Too many of the gadgets are trickling down to the entry level cars. So makers of the extreme luxury sedans have to look for something else to impress their market base. So what's the new bling? ...    Read more

Audi has confirmed to Germany’s Auto Bild publication that it plans to build the future A1 vehicle, and will base it on its Shooting Brake concept car that was unveiled at the 2005 Tokyo Motor Show.A “shooting brake” is a British term for what is basically a two-door station wagon ...    Read more

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. – The first Audi R8 sports car to be sold in the U.S. will be auctioned off at the 15th Annual Elton John AIDS Foundation party to celebrate the Academy Awards. All proceeds will be donated to EJAF to support its work in the fight against HIV/AIDS. ...    Read more

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. – Audi of America, Inc, today announced the launch of its new diesel-specific media website www.audiusdiesel.com.Audi has long been a leader in diesel technology since the debut of the first Turbo Direct Injection (TDI) diesel engine back in 1989. Not long after Audi went undefeated in 2006 ...    Read more

Audi’s new CEO Rupert Stadler confirmed what many in the auto industry have been waiting: the confirmation that Audi will be producing the A1 compact.As previously posted, Audi planned to expand its model line from its current 22 to 40 vehicles by 2015. In an interview published by ...    Read more

As the Geneva Motor Show fast approaches, spy shots, official and illicit, are popping up all over the auto sphere. Case in point: the new Audi A5. The new coupe is Audi’s answer to the popular BMW 3-Series coupe which sets the standard in the sporty, luxury segment. These “leaked” ...    Read more

KTM, the Austrian motorcycle manufacturer, has come out with one cool-looking concept car called the X-Bow. Actually, it’s just a scale model now but it is still one cool-looking toy. The model is built at 1:2.5 to scale and carries every detail of the actual car. One model has already ...    Read more

The engineers from Ingolstadt (or, to be more precise, the folks who head up Audi AG in that German city) have appointed Stefan Sielaff to be head of design for the German auto maker. In releasing some publicity photos heralding Herr Sielaff’s appointment,thecompanyhas given the world a glimpse into a ...    Read more

In Europe, and in other places around the world, Audi cars can be categorized with Mercedes-Benz and BMW vehicles, and it would be accepted as a matter of course. In North America, on the other hand, Audi’s reputation has apparently been so understated that a lot of people who otherwise ...    Read more

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. – Audi of America, Inc. today announced pricing for its 2008 TT model line-up. TT Coupe models will arrive in dealerships in April, while TT Roadsters follow in May. Prices will range from $34,800 to $45,900 depending upon model and options. TT Coupe 2.0T models start at ...    Read more

In 2005, Audi unveiled the Shooting Brake Concept vehicle at the Tokyo Motor Show. The German automaker originally developed it as a study vehicle for research and development. Plans of production were tentative but now it's official that Audi has no plans to bring this concept into the mass production ...    Read more

The intrepid Ingolstadt inventors of Audi have slated the 2009 model year for the introduction of the Q7 sport-utility vehicle’s junior sibling, which will be called—to no one’s surprise—the Audi Q5. Recent artist’s renderings taken from various spy photos suggest that the Q5 will be based in large part on ...    Read more

Motor Trend Magazine had a chance to test drive the Audi R8, the brand’s answer to Porsche’s 911 and even the Lamborghini Gallardo (though the latter’s more powerful). So how did the R8 do under MT’s experienced and cynical hands? Very well, thank you. First, they found it surprisingly room ...    Read more

American race car drivers may find themselves envying young British drivers if only for a while because they are the target of Audi's push to get a young British driver into its DTM car for the 2007 racing season. Audi is looking for a British driver to take control of ...    Read more

CAMPBELL, CA (January 16, 2006) – PRIMEDIA’s IntelliChoice.com, the leading source for automotive ownership cost and value analysis, today announced its “Best Deals of the Month” for January 2007. With car dealers anxious to move existing inventory and new models poised to enter the market, IntelliChoice.com says that January could ...    Read more

Five years after the original received the BBC Top Gear Best Coupe Award, the new Audi TT Coupe has won it again. Car enthusiasts in the UK have always liked the Audi TT. First introduced in the United Kingdom in 1999, Top Gear Magazine named the roadster one of its ...    Read more

Why do the Europeans always have the best-looking machines? Austrian motorcycle maker KTM has released concept car sketches (and how!) of a X-Bow Roadster that is being co-developed with Audi. Very little is known about this long rumored two-seater. Speculation is that it will weigh 1500 lbs or less and ...    Read more

If Porsche ever did a diesel Carerra, it would probably look like the new Audi R8Motor Trend reports that, according to senior board members at Volkswagen's luxury brand, it has plans for a diesel version of its new R8. The new engine, a 6.0 liter V-12 with 500 horsepower and ...    Read more

The Associate Press published in BusinessWeek.com reported that Audi plans to expand its line of models from the current number of 22 up to 40. (Pictured is the Audi R8).The automaker, which sold over 829,000 in 2005, predictes that it would sell about 900,000 cars by the end of 2006. ...    Read more

German automobile association ADAC, in its biannual report, wrote that Audi, along with other German cars, led the overall index.(Pictured is the Audi Q7, the automaker's popular SUV.)Audi was number one followed by Mercedes, Volkswagen, BMW, and Porsche on the strong points of a vehicle. Japanese cars, on the other ...    Read more

Though the Audi R8 debuted on U.S. at the Audi Forum in New York in October, the Los Angeles Auto Show was the first opportunity for the public to view it closely. Specifications were already provided in an earlier post. We were quite surprised when ...    Read more

The new Audi TT roadster was the rebel in the convertible group at the LA Auto Show. Why the rebel? Ignoring the hardtop trend, the TT sports a regular soft top to cover driver and passenger in adverse weather conditions like spring showers and too much sunlight (like there’s such ...    Read more

Last week, automakers Audi, Jeep, and Mercedes-Benz announced they will pursue their clean diesel projects under the BLUETEC name originally established by the Mercedes.Los Angeles – On the eve of the Los Angeles Motor Show DaimlerChrysler, AUDI and Volkswagen announced that they intend to establish the BLUETEC brand name as ...    Read more

2006 will be going down in history books as the only year that the Los Angeles Auto Show will be held twice as it transitions from its former January spot to its future November home. Automotive.com blog did not exist during the first show earlier this year. ...    Read more