Archive for the 'Audi' Category

First Drive: 2010 Audi TTS Coupe

In the decade or so it’s been on the market, the Audi TT has become world renowned for its avant garde style, but it’s never ranked high as a true sports car. That perception changed recently thanks in large part to quattro GmbH — the performance division responsible for the mighty R8. The result […]

Sunday, March 14th, 2010

Audi RS7 Concept Artist Design Interpretation

This is an artist’s imagining of a possible Audi RS7.
This RS7 rendering sees the car with a rear-mounted engine, with design elements much like the current (real) Audi R8, including the contrast in color between the engine bonnet and the rest of the body.
But here the contrast becomes more defined, with a stark black […]

Sunday, March 14th, 2010

Audi R8 LMS Evolution Version Announced

By this April the Audi R8 Evolution racing car will have been delivered to 20 teams planning on racing in various national and international racing series during 2010. These include the two 24-hour races at the Nürburgring and at Spa-Francorchamps. Audi has made a lot of changes to the 2009 cars, mostly aimed at […]

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

2010 Geneva Show Pics Aplenty: 2011 Audi A1 S Line in the color of lust

The not-for-U.S. (at least not for now) Audi A1 just made its public debut at this year’s Geneva Motor Show, and we’re eager to see how the new hatch stacks up to the likes of the much-loved Mini Cooper. We’re especially fond of this S Line model, which gives the A1 a much more […]

Saturday, March 6th, 2010

First Drive: 2011 Audi A8, the Grand Andalusian

There was no sign of Sol on the Costa as I nosed the quartz-gray Audi A8 past the guard house and onto the rain-slicked traffic roundabout before heading out on the road.
The long, smooth roadway that connected the estate to the autoroute was the perfect place to get better acquainted with the A8’s 372-horsepower, 4.2-liter […]

Friday, March 5th, 2010

Audi R8 Carbon Limited Edition by Prior Design

German tuners Prior Design have created another set of upgrates for the Audi R8. The Audi R8 Carbon Limited Edition has a body color C-pillar side panel, and will be available for order soon through the engineering firm’s website.
The company opted not to retune the car’s engine, choosing to focus on the aerodynamics of […]

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

Leakage alert: Audi RS5 brochure images surface ahead of 2010 Geneva Motor Show

Ever since the Audi A5 mid-size executive coupe was born 3 years ago, reports of a high-performance RS variant have been teasing us. Finally, the wait is over.
Goog thing we checked our inbox today because we received an anonymous email containing 18 full-resolution photos of the Audi RS 5. Simultaneously, we also received […]

Saturday, February 20th, 2010