VW has committed over $5 million to open the Volkswagen Automotive Innovation Lab on Stanford’s campus with the intent of taking their research further regardless of whether the government is offering a carrot or not.
The two organizations are kicking off their new commitment to autonomous vehicles in a big way. Already under development is […]

Avus Performance has just whipped the cover off their pumped up Audi TT-RS, a 460 horsepower, matte black self-described “Ur-Quattro” for the new millennium. While it evoking the legendary Quattro Coupe might be a bit of marketing hyperbole, it similarly features a turbocharged inline-five and should perform spectacularly well. Heck, it could probably give […]

Those of us who peruse the Brit and Aussie car rags at our upscale bookstores are constantly tantalized by the nimble, high-powered hardware that’s widely available elsewhere around the globe but denied us citizens of the United States of Cheap Gas and Big Cars. If your obsession motivates you to discover just how exorbitantly expensive […]

You’ve got to give it up to the Germans. No matter how out of fashion the wagon has become in this crossover-crazy land of ours, they keep bringing them over. So we figured,what the heck, instead of testing out Audi’s new A4 in sedan form, we’d add the 2009 Audi A4 Avant 2.0T quattro Tiptronic […]

While everybody and their brother likes the Audi R8, there is a small, but vocal minority that’s always thought coupe looked a little funny. Not “fugly” mind you, just a tad… off. We’ve heard the term “porpoise skull” bandied about. Well, that group of naysayers can now put a sock in it, as the R8 […]

Apparently, electric cars aren’t such a bad idea after all. Just days after Audi of America President Johan de Nysschen proclaimed that diesels were the future in lieu of electrons, Audi’s own electric supercar concept will be officially debuted at the Frankfurt Motor Show. While we’re anxiously awaiting Audi’s scheduled press conference, a slew of […]

After sampling the V10 version of Audi’s R8, we can’t imagine changing much of Audi’s mid-engine road rocket if one happened to find its way into our garage. Still, there some owners will want to mess with perfection and Abt Sportline is offering a performance package that delivers an extra 75 horsepower, rounding out the […]