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Filed under: Sedan , Etc. , Marketing/Advertising , Audi , Luxury 2011 Audi A8 – Click above for high-res image gallery The Transporter film series is taking a detour from the silver-screen to arrive in TV land. Called – crazily enough – Transporter , the new Cinemax series stars a man who is not Jason Statham quite good at ..

Filed under: Plants/Manufacturing , Audi After four years of ‘will-it-won’t-it,’ a report from WDIV Local 4 News in Detroit indicates that Audi has finally decided to build a plant in the U.S. According to that source, questions remain about where to build it and what to build there, but its future is certain. However, Four-Rings boss Rupert Stadler indicated “those decisions will be made in the next 36 months,” leading us to believe there’s yet a ways to go

Filed under: Car Buying , Coupe , Performance , Audi , Luxury 2012 Audi TT RS – Click above for high-res image gallery Audi has finally released U.S. pricing on the company’s 2012 TT RS .

Filed under: Europe , Government/Legal , Audi , Volkswagen , Diesel As much as it has with the Quattro brand, Audi (and its parent company Volkswagen ) have more recently turned the letters TDI into an emblem of what it stands for as an automaker. Think of those three letters and you could picture no other marque, that’s how closely intertwined the two have become. But an attempt to enshrine that much in law has apparently failed.

Filed under: Coupe , Performance , Videos , Hatchback , Audi , BMW BMW 1 M Coupe vs Audi RS3 – Click above to watch the video after the jump There’s no end to the vehicles to which you could compare the BMW 1 M Coupe . You could pit it against its big brother the M3 , or the original that is its spiritual ancestor. Top Gear put it in unusual context with the Volkswagen GTI .

Filed under: Europe , Crossover , Audi , Luxury , Quick Spins Stylish Urban Trekker Writ Small 2011 Audi Q3 – Click above for high-res image gallery The idea of a small premium crossover like the new Audi Q3 , while certainly not lost on North Americans, does seem to face both corporate and public resistance Stateside. The frequent customer logic goes something like, “It’s small and expensive, so why wouldn’t I just buy the bigger Q5 or maybe an A4 ?” Hence most of the reason why Audi North America hesitates on bringing the Q3 over to us. This sporty, tall sort-of-A3 is considered an “A-SUV” in Europe, belonging to the smallest A-segment of the market there.

Filed under: Concept Cars , Coupe , Audi Audi Quattro Concept – Click above for high-res image gallery We knew Audi was up to something when it invited us to drive the super-hot Quattro concept late last year. The coupe, currently based on the RS5 architecture, pays homage to the original Ur-Quattro from 1980, and by inviting the media to drive the delicate concept, Audi wanted to show us how serious it is about someday offering a production version