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Audi dismisses F1 as "irrelevant"

Filed under: Motorsports , Audi Audi R18 TDI – Click above for high-res image gallery Though rumors persist that one of the Volkswagen Group’s brands could make the jump into Formula 1, Audi is adamant that it won’t be the one to do so. According to the company’s motorsport boss, F1 bears “no relevance to the road.” The German automaker most prominently races Le Mans Prototypes, like the new R18 TDI pictured above. Is that really so different from F1 ?


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2012 Audi A6 Avant: Another wagon Americans just don’t get anymore

Filed under: Wagon , Europe , Audi , Diesel , Luxury 2012 Audi A6 Avant – Click above for high-res image gallery Worldwide, 60 percent of all A6 sales are Avants. We return to an old whine: Why exactly does the United States as a whole clearly possess the psyche that can categorically reject perhaps the two most useful body configurations ever thought of for road-going automobiles



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2012 Audi A6 Avant arrives, automatically acquires adulation

Filed under: Car Buying , Wagon , Europe , Audi 2012 Audi A6 Avant – Click above for high-res image gallery We love a good station wagon. Audi has just pulled the wraps off its sleek new 2012 Audi A6 Avant , and we’re already swooning over the capacious cargo-hauler.



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Chinese buyers not big fans of American luxury cars

Filed under: Car Buying , China , Audi , BMW , Cadillac , Luxury Chinese-market Long-wheelbase BMW 5 Series – Click above for high-res image gallery The automotive market in China is expanding, and it’s doing so quickly. Chinese car shoppers helped the industry grow 33 percent in 2010. Luxury automakers enjoyed even more prosperity with a 75-percent increase in sales


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Audi S1 caught testing, likes wearing A1 clothing

Filed under: Spy Photos , Hatchback , Audi Spy Shots: Audi S1 – Click above for high-res image gallery Spy photographers have been training their lenses on upcoming Audi models as of late. Earlier, we got a look at the R8 GT Spyder , and now those cameras have captured the S1 hot hatch


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Audi R8 GT Spyder almost ready to scatter toupees across race tracks

Filed under: Spy Photos , Convertible , Performance , Audi Spy Shots: Audi R8 GT Spyder – Click above for high-res image gallery Audi keeps churning out more exciting versions of its two-door supercar, the R8 . It began with the R8 V8, went power hungry with the R8 5.2 FSI V10 , topless with the R8 V10 Spyder and on a track-focused diet with the R8 GT . Soon, Audi will let loose with the next iteration; the Audi R8 GT Spyder , a lightweight droptop poised to bring a more aggressive open-air motoring to R8 fans


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Audi S6 and S7 to offer diesel engines *UPDATE

Filed under: Sedan , Performance , Audi , Rumormill , Luxury 2012 Audi S7 spy shots – Click above for high-res image gallery The Audi S lineup is not a world filled with many choices. Sure, you can pick your poison in terms of which S vehicle you want, but you do not have a say in which engine is mounted under the hood. However, it seems the upcoming Audi S6 and S7 might be poised to break with that tradition