More efficiency, comfort, sportiness and innovative technology move the Audi A6 onto a new level.

Filed under: Hybrid , Sedan , Audi , Diesel , Luxury 2012 Audi A6 – Click above for high-res image gallery Set to make its debut early next year, the 2012 Audi A6 is a totally revamped version of the automaker’s mid-size luxury sedan. Styled to match the 2011 Audi A8 , the new A6 (which, as we pointed out when it leaked a day early , looks a lot like the old A6) hides plenty of lightweight aluminum and high-tech steel components under its revised exterior. Inside, the A6 benefits from a wrap-around cockpit that envelops both the driver and front passenger with leather and wood, while luxury amenities – ranging from heated and ventilated seats to optional massage functionality – are all available for the taking.

Filed under: Spy Photos , Sedan , Audi , Luxury 2012 Audi A6 leaked images – Click above for high-res image gallery Despite teasing fans with some none-too-revealing teasers , the German automaker’s new 2012 Audi A6 sedan has leaked out thanks to the folks at AudiMobiles.nl (no relation). You’re forgiven if you have to squint a bit to notice the changes, but this is, in fact, a pretty thorough (if conservative) reworking of Audi’s middle child

Filed under: Sedan , Videos , Audi Audi A6 teaser – Click above to watch the video after the jump Audi has made no secret about its plan to become the world’s largest luxury automaker by volume by 2015, but the Four-Ringed automaker can’t take on BMW and Mercedes-Benz without new product. Over the past few years, Audi has been doing exactly that, launching new and revised models at a breakneck pace. The A5 and R8 were introduced in 2008, followed by the new A4 , A8 and the soon-to-arrive A7 .

Filed under: Concept Cars , Motorsports , Coupe , Europe , Audi , Racing Audi TT GT4 Concept – Click above for high-res image gallery Heads up, weekend racers: Audi has officially pulled back the sheets on its TT GT4 Concept. Designed to be the next logical step in the company’s customer sports program, the racer will supposedly bring a relatively low price tag to the table when it arrives as a production model in 2012, but for the moment, it’s been confined to some demo laps at Shanghai’s DTM over the weekend with racer Frank Biela behind the wheel. The racer comes complete with a 340-horsepower TFSI engine back by the company’s S-Tronic DSG gearbox and a limited-slip differential

What does it take for a car to become an Audi? This video shows the extreme testing each audi goes through before ariving at the dealership

Filed under: Motorsports , Coupe , Europe , Videos , Audi , Racing Heikki Kovalainen crashes out at the 2010 Race of Champions – Click above to watch video after the jump The Race of Champions saw more action than usual this past weekend. In the very first round, Heikki Kovalainen managed to stuff his Audi R8 GT into the wall while going head to head against Sebastien Loeb. Kovalainen clipped the inside barrier that separates the two tracks before spinning into a concrete wall, destroying his racer’s suspension and knocking himself unconscious in the process

More confirmation that Audi will be taking the Quattro model to production has surfaced recently. According to a recent report the Quattro Concept was spotted with design-studio license plates on the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, California. The car was being escorted to a photo shoot by the California Highway Patrol.

Filed under: Classics , Performance , Hatchback , Audi , Design/Style Audi SWB Sport Quattro – Click above for high-res image gallery Audiphiles, prepare to have your lederhosen wrinkled. While speaking with Autocar , Peter Birtwhistle went and called the legendary SWB Sport Quattro “bloody ugly.” While Birtwhistle is currently the chief designer at Mazda Europe, he’s particularly well-suited to comment on the lines of the boxy Audi . After all, he designed the thing.

Filed under: Audi , Electric Audi e-tron concept – Click above for high-res image gallery By the year 2020, Audi hopes to be the “leading premium seller of electric vehicles,” Franciscus van Meel, the automaker’s manager for electric mobility, told AutoWeek during a recent technical workshop at the company’s headquarters in Ingolstadt, Germany. In addition to launching a number of hybrid vehicles (including the A8 and Q5 ) over the next few years, Audi plans to debut a plug-in hybrid in 2014. Exactly what sort of plug-in hybrid we’ll actually see hasn’t been disclosed just yet, but the whole business is part of Audi’s e-tron division – the folks that gave us beauties like the R8 -based e-tron supercar (pictured above) that debuted at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show