Audi has revealed that the A1 will not now begin production until 2010, and the first UK cars won’t be in dealers until late in the year. The Audi A1 has been floating around, threatening to be big competition to the likes of the MINI and the Fiat 500 (and we may now have to […]
Audi tracks down the last Horch
Audi has been busy tracking down the last ever Horch, and has found it in the middle of nowhere in Texas. It’s been looking likely for a while that now VW has taken control of Porsche it may decide to rebrand the VW Group as Auto Union. Auto Union was the root of Audi, and […]
Top Gear builds Electric Car
Episode 2 of the latest Top Gear series airs tonight with the boys building an electric TVR and driving the Audi R8 V10 and Corvette ZR-1. Update: As Top Gear gave their electric car to Autocar to test (they should have given it to Cars UK!), we thought we’d update this post with the Autocar […]
Audi A3 2.0 TDI gets greener
Audi is introducing stop-start and recuperative technology on the A3 2.0 TDI to improve economy and reduce emissions. If you read here regularly you’ll be only too well aware that every week we report on cars that have cleaned up their act, got more economical and are emitting less CO2. Less cynical souls than us […]
Audi prices to rise in December
Audi are due to announce a price rise across their range from £175 on the A3 to £1,525 on the R8 V10 from 1st December. The VAT change will add an additional 2.5% in January. It was back in January when Audi last announced a price rise for their cars. That saw Audis increase across most of the range […]
Audi A3 S-tronic auto gets stop-start – UK update
Audi has extended its Stop-Start technology on A3 models to incorporate models fitted with an S-tronic auto ‘box in addition to those with a manual. Just like every other car maker, Audi is on a quest to trim their CO2 emissions. It makes sound commercial sense to do so with governments around the world legislating […]
Audi A1 – more detail
Audi has revealed that there will be Sportback, Cabriolet, Crossover and even an S1 version of the new A1. As part of Audi’s quest to cover every conceivable niche imaginable, it has been trailing an A1 model for years. In 2007 we had the A1 Concept and at Paris last year we had the Audi A1 Sportback […]
Audi R8 V10 Spyder UK debut at world’s biggest Audi dealer
Audi are opening the biggest dealership in the world in West London today, and revealing the R8 V10 Spyder for the first time in the UK. Audi are busy building Flagship showrooms round the world. We reported recently on Audi’s ‘Terminal’ Showroom in India, and now we see Audi opening the biggest Audi Showroom in […]
Audi introduces stop-start for auto ‘boxes
Audi has announced they are to introduce stop-start on the A3 equipped with an auto box from November. With every car maker looking for ways to reduce emissions and improve economy, stop-start has become an increasingly useful tool in their arsenal, particularly where cars are use in city traffic. When we reviewed the Fiesta ECOnetic […]
Audi e-Tron gets green light
Audi’s US boss – Johan de Nysschen – has revealed that Audi will be putting the electric e-Tron in to production in the next two years. Although there were stories surrounding an electric Audi R8 for months, it was only a short while before Frankfurt that we learned the deal was real, with Audi unveiling […]