Filed under: Performance , Audi , Earnings/Financials , Motorcycle It’s no secret that Ducati , without question the most famous of all Italian motorcycle manufacturers, is looking for a new owner . It’s also a well-known fact that Volkswagen chairman Ferdinand Pi

Filed under: Motorsports , Audi , Racing As Audi shows off the new R18 e-tron Quattro , it’s proving that history can be fun. In a new video, the automaker traces the origins of its 2012 Le Mans entrant back to the original Quattro that abused the space-time continuum in Group B rallying. This isn’t exactly the true return of Quattro, however, since four-wheel drive isn’t allowed in LMP1.

Filed under: Coupe , Performance , Videos , Audi , Luxury For sure, the Audi R8 is a striking machine, and even after five years on the market it continues to look sexy in all of its forms. Audi has pushed out several variants as well, including the V10-packing R8 GT 5.2 FSI , the topless Spyder and track-focused R8 GT

Filed under: Audi , BMW , Earnings/Financials It reported a record profit margin, but BMW still wasn’t as profitable as its rival Audi . According to a report in Automotive News , BMW booked an 11.8-percent profit margin, up from eight percent last year. Audi, however, managed 12.1 percent.

Filed under: Sedan , Europe , Hatchback , Audi , Luxury While we adore sexy three-door hatchbacks in the same way that our lungs crave oxygen, our fellow countrymen don’t quite seem to feel the same way. Three-doors simply don’t sell in America, and that’s exactly why the delicious 2013 Audi A3 Wagon isn’t headed to the states, according to The Detroit Bureau . Instead, American buyers can look forward to a market-specific sedan version that Johan de Nysschen , CEO of Audi of America, says won’t share so much as a single body panel with the longroof you see above

Audi’s first big motor sport program in 1981 was based on the quattro permanent four-wheel drive. After numerous championship wins and the banning of four-wheel drive in FIA circuit-based racing series for the 1998 season, a model from Ingolstadt and Neckarsulm with four driven wheels now returns to the race tracks — the Audi R18 e-tron quattro. Four-wheel drive in an LMP1 sports car: Audi, in its 30 year plus motor sport history, once again makes a pioneering step as the brand with the four rings becomes the first automobile manufacturer ever to field a diesel hybrid at Le Mans.

The RS4 Avant generates its personality from a hand built 4.2-liter V8 engine that produces 450PS ( 331kW / 444 hp ) and 430 Nm (317.15 lb-ft) of torque. It allows it to accelerate from 0-100kph (0-62mph) in 4.7 seconds before hitting an electronically limited top speed of 250kph (155mph).

Filed under: Wagon , Geneva Motor Show , Europe , Audi , Off-Road Following in the footsteps of the U.S.-bound A4 Allroad , Audi has unveiled its bigger, stouter brother here at the Geneva Motor Show . The 2013 Audi A6 Allroad takes the same proven formula of past rough-and-tumble models and applies it to the Avant version of the latest A6 , raising the ride height by around 2.5 inches, slapping some plastic cladding around the wheel arches and fascias, flaring the fenders, tucking a few stainless steel trays to the underbody and topping it all off with a pair off roof rails. Three diesel powerplants will be available ranging from 204 horsepower and 332 pound-feet of torque to 313 hp and 479 lb-ft of twist.

Filed under: Coupe , Performance , Geneva Motor Show , Europe , Audi , Luxury The 2012 Audi TT RS Plus has officially bowed at the Geneva Motor Show . The stunning little coupe packs the same 360 horsepower and 343 pound-feet of torque as the TT RS we know and love here in the States, but with around 100 fewer pounds to lug around. Audi still isn’t saying where the weight savings comes from, though we’d wager the coupe boasts lighter seats and less crash garb than its U.S

The Volvo Ocean Race is an exceptional test of sailing prowess and human endeavour which has been built on the spirit of great seafarers – fearless men who sailed the world’s oceans aboard square rigged clipper ships more than a century ago. Their challenge back then was not a race as such, but recording the […]