Audi has revealed the Audi A3 concept at Geneva, featuring a 400bhp turbo 5-pot with a 4.1 second 0-60mph. There we were last week wondering what niche Audi could think of to fill next – as you do in an idle ten minutes – when in to our Inbox dropped news of the Audi A3 Concept. […]
Audi A3 Saloon concept at Geneva
Audi are taking a concept version of the next A3 in saloon form to the Geneva Motor Show. The Audi A3 Concept features a 408bhp 5-Pot, previewing the next RS3. When you’re Audi, you’re expected to fill every premium niche imaginable – and then some. And it seems someone at Audi has realised that they’re missing out on […]
Audi A8 LWB: UK price and detail
Audi release prices for the LWB Audi A8 – the Audi A8L – for the UK, Starts at £60k and rises to £94.5k for the W12 It is fair to say that everything you could want to know about the 2010 /2011 Audi A8 is already here for you to read. We covered the original […]
Audi planning X6 rival. Audi Q6? Audi Q7 Coupe? Audi Q8?
Audi’s Chief Designer Wolfgang Egger believes Audi should be building a rival to the BMW X6. Which could be the Audi Q6. Or Audi Q7 Coupe. Or even Audi Q8. We like to take the mickey out of Audi with what seems like their quest for total domination of the premium car market, with a car to fill every […]
Audi A1 1.4 TFSI S-Line Price & Spec
Audi reveals the Audi A1 1.4 TFSI S-Line for the UK. Available only in S-Line trim the Audi A1 1.4 TFSI will cost from £20,705 Audi’s most powerful version of the ‘Only Premium Car in its Sector‘ is the Audi A1 1.4 TFSI, which we saw revealed at Paris back in September. And now its ready […]
Audi A1 quattro prototype
Audi is developing a quattro system for the Audi A1. Expect an Audi A1 quattro later this year and a quattro Audi S1 in 2012. It did seem a strange omission by Audi not to have a quattro drivetrain for the ‘Only Premium Brand in its Sector’ Audi A1. And it was that lack of […]
Audi SQ5? Audi RSQ5? Sporty Audi Q5 planned?
Audi has filed trademark applications for the monikers Audi SQ5 and Audi RSQ5, raising the possibility of a ‘Sporty’ Audi Q5 in the planning. Audi was more than fashionably late to the SUV party, turning up a few years late with the behomoth that is the Q7. Beautifully built, but surprisingly ‘cosy’ inside, the Q7 was enough […]
Audi e-Tron Spyder – The CES Star
Audi have taken the e-Tron Spyder off to CES in Las Vegas complete with a nice red paint job. Audi keep on dragging versions of their e-Tron out at any given opportunity, usually focusing on a different take on some form or other of electric and/or hybrid propulsion. Our favourite so far has been the […]
Audi A1 – slow sales
It’s being reported that sales of the new Audi A1 are running well behind expectations because of high prices. The Audi A1 launched this year to much fanfare – preceded by much of the now obligatory teasing – with a game plan to make the Audi A1 the “…only premium car in its sector”. Or […]
Audi to engineer Porsche Cajun; Porsche to engineer Bentley
VAG is rationalising its product development with Audi building platforms for SUVs and Porsche for sports cars and luxury saloons. The quest to be the largest car maker on the planet is in full swing at VAG. And being the biggest car maker and, more importantly, a profitable car maker as well, means rationalising your […]