Archive for the 'Audi' Category

First Drive: 2011 Audi R8 V10 Spyder

Chas Murphy, until recently the U.S. product manager for Audi’s TT, Audi R8 and RS sports cars, said of the R8 V10 Spyder: “You have to drive the car. It can’t be put into words.” Well, we drove it over the hills and through the woods of the Cleveland (Cali, not Ohio) National Forest, […]

Sunday, August 22nd, 2010

2011 Audi A7 Sportback first driving footage

Audi has released a new promotional video of the 2011 A7 Sportback.
Recently unveiled at the Pinakothek der Moderne museum, the A7 “combines the emotional character of a grand coupe, the comfort and prestige of a sedan and the active practicality of a station wagon.” It measures 4.97 meters (16.31 ft) long, 1.91 meters (6.27 […]

Wednesday, August 11th, 2010

First Drive: 2011 Audi A8 L

Audi’s elegant and aluminum-intensive Audi A8 has always been a solid player in the luxury-car market, but seldom has it been a sales dazzler. For reasons real or imagined, it has, in the eyes of many, taken a back seat to category juggernauts such as the BMW 7 Series and the seminal S-Class. Audi is […]

Monday, August 2nd, 2010

Audi S5 Sportback performance tuning by Senner Tuning

Senner Tuning has unveiled a new performance package for the Audi S5 Sportback.
Designed to give the engine a healthy kick in the pants, the package consists of a revised ECU, a sport air filter, and a stainless steel exhaust system. Thanks to these modifications, the supercharged 3.0-liter V6 produces 375 hp (280 kW / 380 […]

Saturday, June 19th, 2010

Challenge Bibendum: riding in the Audi e-tron is a dream, but that’s all it is for now

Riding in the Audi e-tron all-electric sports car is akin to dreaming about it. Everything is elegant, light and, well, dreamy. The clean interior just asks you to fantasize about driving the beast, Audi’s first all-electric car, with 3,319.03 252 lb-ft of torque down the highway. Get up and go seems to be ideal, […]

Monday, June 7th, 2010

First Drive: 2011 Audi Q7 3.0T

Tiny bits of gravel crunch and pop under our tires as we roll across a hard-packed dirt path, just outside of Ingolstadt. Traffic is bad, really bad; a midweek holiday and long weekend have conspired to pack Germany’s usually efficient autobahn tighter than an Oktoberfest biergarten. So we’re taking backroads on the return to Munich, […]

Monday, May 24th, 2010

Rendered Speculation: Audi A9 concept

Pure dreaming at work here.
Disclaimer: This is not an official Audi design. But it is certainly something Audi fans can enjoy.
This concept design study of an imaginary Audi A9 model is the brainchild of Spanish designer Dani Garcia. The A9 is a sedan/saloon coupe which would be positioned above the A8 and take its place […]

Monday, May 24th, 2010