Posts Tagged ‘AUDI’

Audi Dips Into its Tech Bag and Shows All Sorts of Goods at 2013 CES, Including OLED Lights

By Ant On January 9, 2013 No Comments

pot.com/2013/01/audi-dips-into-its-tech-bag-and-shows.html”>The brand with the four rings from Ingolstadt has always strived to be more than just another luxury carmaker placing a heavy emphasis on technology.

That said, it’s only natural that Audi would participate in the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), which is held in Las Vegas from January 8 to 11, and is considered as the world’s most important electronics trade show.

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New Audi SQ5 with 349hp 3.0-liter TSI to Debut at Detroit Auto Show

By Ant On January 9, 2013 No Comments

pot.com/2013/01/new-audi-sq5-with-349hp-30-liter-tsi-to.html”>Last summer, Audi introduced its first ever S model powered by a diesel-engine, the SQ5 SUV sporting 3.0-liter twin-turbocharged V6 TDI with a power output of 308hp (313PS) and peak torque of 650 Nm (479 lb-ft).

At the time, the Ingolstadt-based brand said that the TDI will only be offered in Europe.

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Business Class: Corporate Sales Help German New Car Market and Domestic Manufacturers

By Ant On January 9, 2013 No Comments

pot.com/2013/01/business-class-corporate-sales-help.html”>The new car Market in Germany dropped by 2.9 percent last year, to 3.1 million vehicles, compared to 2011. In 2013, it’s forecasted to slip to 3.0 million units, according to data provided by the VDA trade group.

Despite the sales plunge, the German market is holding its own against the crisis that’s sweeping the European car market as a whole and has resulted in the worst sales for the past two decades.

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Audi is First Automaker to Gain Permit to Operate Driverless Vehicles in Nevada

By Ant On January 9, 2013 No Comments

pot.com/2013/01/audi-is-first-automaker-to-gain-permit.html”>Following in the footsteps of technology giant Google, Audi today became only the second company and the first in the automotive industry to be granted a license from Nevada that allows it to operate autonomous vehicles on the state’s public roads.

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Audi Sells More Than 400,000 Cars in China for the First Time in 2012

By Ant On January 9, 2013 No Comments

pot.com/2013/01/audi-sells-more-than-400000-cars-in.html”>The brand with the four rings set a new sales record in the Chinese market last year delivering 405,838 vehicles in China and Hong Kong, representing a 29.6 percent increase over the previous year.

Of the 400,000 vehicles sold, 322,700 were built locally, including 89,488 examples of the Q5 SUVs (+64.

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Audi Confirms RS5 Cabriolet, R8 Facelift and "More Models" for Detroit Auto Show

By Ant On January 5, 2013 No Comments

pot.com/2013/01/audi-confirms-rs5-cabriolet-r8-facelift.html”>There are only 10 days left for the grand opening of the 2013 edition of the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit, and for the most part, Audi is still being secretive about many of its debut vehicles.

On Friday, the brand with the four rings confirmed the world premiere of the new RS5 Cabriolet and the presence of the refreshed 2014 R8 range in coupe and Spyder body styles, which were first seen at the Paris Motor Show last year.

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U.S. Auto Market Records Nearly 14.5 Million Sales in 2012, Ford F-Series is No 1

By Ant On January 4, 2013 No Comments

pot.com/2013/01/us-auto-market-records-nearly-145.html”>As far as the U.S. automotive industry is concerned, 2012 was a great year. Scratch that: it was a great and the best since 2007, thanks to nearly 14.5 million light vehicle sales, representing a 13 per cent increase over 2011’s 12.7 million units.

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Future Audi Models will Differ More in Design from Each Other, Says R&D Boss

By Ant On December 28, 2012 No Comments

pot.com/2012/12/future-audi-models-will-differ-more-in.html”>Things are looking great for Audi: in the first 11 months of the year, its sales have already exceeded 2011’s total, recording a 12.7 percent increase and it’s nigh impossible to find a niche in which it doesn’t compete.

Alas, in their efforts to create a family look its designers have taken things a bit too far.

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What the Plum? eBay Audi R8 Seller Vies for your Attention…

By Ant On December 21, 2012 No Comments

pot.com/2012/12/what-plum-ebay-audi-r8-seller-vies-for.html”>Hate it or love it, sex sells – even on eBay Motors. Unlike this that laid false claims about a young woman posing on a 1977 Datsun 280Z being his daughter for some extra spicy attention, the owner of this black 2008 Audi R8 GT is letting the pictures speak for themselves.

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Audi’s Q3 Small SUV and A7 Sportback Reportedly Get RS Variants Next Year

By Ant On December 18, 2012 No Comments

pot.com/2012/12/audis-q3-small-suv-and-a7-sportback.html”>Having already announced record sales and surpassing 2011’s results one month before the end of the year, Audi is gearing up for 2013. Sports car fans will be more than pleased to learn that the VW Group premium carmaker will reportedly launch not one, but two RS models next year/

Quattro GmbH is Audi’s performance division responsible for S and RS models.

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