Archive for the 'Audi' Category

Detroit Auto Show 2010: Audi R8 5.2 FSI coupe, Spyder make brown look good

The V10-powered Audi R8 5.2 FSI is a fantastic car, whether in coupe or convertible form. Heck, it’s even great in brown, as proven by the pair of cars on the show floor. It might not be our first color choice for the German supercar, although it was a nice change from the […]

Saturday, January 16th, 2010

2010 Audi R8 5.2 FSI V10 reminds us we’re in the wrong tax bracket

Sigh. Another day, another 500+ horsepower supercar to babysit for a week. Such is my lot in life. Obviously I’m joking, to a degree. To be honest, I wasn’t that particularly jazzed about the Audi R8 with the defanged Lambo LP560-4 V10 shoehorned behind the seats, especially as I had prior knowledge that the […]

Sunday, January 3rd, 2010

First Test: 2009 Audi R8 5.2 FSI Quattro

How much is half a second and 105 horsepower worth to you? You’ll want to ponder that question if you’re in the enviable position of having to decide between the V-8-propelled version of Audi’s R8 two-seat, mid-engine exotic or the newly introduced V-10 edition. When the cars are similarly configured, the ten’s two additional cylinders […]

Wednesday, December 9th, 2009

2011 Audi A8 revealed amidst the stars at Design Miami 2009

Audi launched its all-new 2011 Audi A8 at the Fountainbleu Hotel in Miami Beach, where the automaker is a major sponsor of Art Basel December 3-9, the sister event of a show in Switzerland. Actress Lucy Liu emceed the gala.
The Audi A8 launches in North America about this time next year, a few months after […]

Saturday, December 5th, 2009

LA Auto Show 2009: Audi A3 TDI named 2010 Green Car of the Year in diesel repeat

At the LA Auto Show this morning, the Audi A3 TDI was crowned the 2010 Green Car of the Year, wresting the title away from last year’s winner, the Volkswagen Jetta TDI. Even though three hybrids made this year’s list of finalists, the A3’s win marks the second year in a row that a TDI […]

Saturday, December 5th, 2009

LA Auto Show 2009: Audi R8 Spyder is shown again, this time in red

This isn’t the first time we’ve seen the drop-top Audi R8 Spyder. Images were leaked in early September, and we were there in Frankfurt for its official debut. That said, its unveiling at the LA Auto Show was less than climactic… other than the fact the Spyder was sporting a flashy bright-red bodywork.
New hue aside, […]

Saturday, December 5th, 2009

Car Review: 2009 Audi A8L a requiem for a heavyweight

We come not to bury the A8L, but to praise it. Next week the newest generation of Audi’s aluminum spaceframe panzer will greet the world in Miami, and we expect it to be a leap through a wormhole compared to today’s car. After a week with the current model at the end of its six-year […]

Friday, November 27th, 2009