• new audi a8

    Audi Drops Sketches Of A5 Cabrio, Sportback, A7 And Next-Gen A8

    Eschewing trite teaser images, Audi has instead given us some actual eye candy, providing official design sketches of four upcoming models: the A5 Cabrio and Sportback, the all-new 2010 A7 four-door coupe and the 2011 A8 sedan. While the A5 Cabrio looks pretty much like a topless A5 coupe, the A5 Sportback is unique for not looking at all like a traditional sportback model, instead bearing resemblance to notchbacks of yore. The A7 brings TT-esque styling to the burgeoning four-door coupe market, while the revised A8, at least in sketch form, looks just about tough as hell. Take a look for yourself in the gallery below.

    [Motor Authority]
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    4:00 PM on Mon Oct 27 2008
    By Andrew Stoy
    2,083 views, 34 comments

    Most discussed Bumblebee: Any designers reading? Why do concept car drawings always use unrealistic proportions and clearances? Obviously, that convertible won't have wheels more »

  • audi s7

    Audi Engine Strategy Through 2011 Leaked

    Someone in the know over at Audiblog.nl has spilled forth a detailed list of all Audi brand engines for all models through the 2011 calender year — and the release dates for new models. In addition to the big engine news, the leakers claim that we'll be seeing the rumored Audi A7 model in June of 2010, as well as an S7 version following that fall, and a return to form for the next generation Audi S4. Look below for a detail look at what's coming up for Audi in the next three years. More »
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    1:40 PM on Thu May 29 2008
    By Ben Wojdyla
    8,034 views, 24 comments

    Latest by layabout: Good news about the S4,i can see they need an R8 spyder,how can an R8 owner fit himself & his more »

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    2009 Audi A7 Breaks Its Elusive Cover

    Looks like the Audi A5 isn't the only one stirring things up lately. WorldCarFans has posted spy photos they claim to be the long (looooong) rumored Audi A7. Their spy shots look like a test mule wearing an A6 suit that's a little bit too small but we still like what we see. The track is stretched a bit as is the wheelbase, the interior is very reminiscent of the A8 but sports a revised dash and *gasp*, a cloth interior. That probably won't be making it into US production models (whenever that happens). More »
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    9:08 PM on Wed Jan 30 2008
    By Ben Wojdyla
    8,470 views, 25 comments

    Latest by GodILoveChicken: All the swoopy sheet- Metal in the world can't hide Giant overhangs. more »

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    Audi A5 Sportback Possibly in Works

    AutoBild is reporting (in German) that in calendar week 13 of 2009, Audi has a new model in the werks dubbed the A5 Sportback. Little is known about this possible new offering, but Autobild is going against the prevailing wisdom that the Sportback will be a wagon-like offering, saying it will compete in the emerging swoopy sedan category currently populated by the Mercedes CLS, pending Porsche Panamera and recently revealed Volkswagen Passat CC. While we're on the subject of the Passat CC, if this speculation is accurate, we're thinking this is V-Dub doing it's platform prostitution best with that new curvy roof line. We'll keep our ear to the ground for more details. [Autobild [translated] via Germancarblog]

    9:16 PM on Thu Jan 24 2008
    By Ben Wojdyla
    3,768 views, 19 comments

    Latest by Turboner: I was just thinking, Audi does need a few more models in the lineup. more »

  • tuners

    Abt Audi AS5 turbodiesel ich bin Bat Guano

    A few months back we told you about the Abt AS5 which is a tweaked version of Audi's 3.0-liter TDI A5. Well guess what? They went even harder. Horsepower, originally up from 240 to 272 hp, is now an even 300 ponies. But the real news is the torque. Are you sitting down? Yeah? OK: 442 ft-lbs. of the stuff. From a 3.0-liter engine!! Wasn't it not long ago that heavy duty one-ton pickups stonked way, way less twist? All that torque shows up at 2,400 rpm, 60 mph happens in 5.3 seconds on the car's way to a 164 mph top speed. It always bears repeating: Americans buy horsepower but drive torque. Can we get some decent diesels over here, or what? [via Motor Authority]

    10:15 AM on Fri Nov 30 2007
    By Jonny Lieberman
    1,629 views, 32 comments

    Latest by rgseidl: @ elsapo - sure, and teleportation will be fully operational the following Tuesday. more »

  • new cars

    Audi A5 E85 Edition Spotted In San Francisco

    The folks at CNet's Crave blog were out driving an Infiniti G37 on the curve-tastic streets of San Francisco when they came across a brand-spanking new, and as-of-this-moment unavailable, Audi A5. Even more strange was the car was branded with white lettering declaring that it runs on E85 and that it was powered by the 2-liter turbocharged Euro engine instead of the 3.2-liter V6 it'll have when it comes stateside next year. [via Crave]
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    9:30 AM on Fri Oct 19 2007
    By Ray Wert
    1,342 views, 5 comments

    Latest by billybobster: They just started delivering A5s in the US, owners are reporting on Audiworld.com I have driven a S5 (the sports A5). more »

  • 5 doors are better than 2

    Renderings Of The Audi A5 and S5 Sportback

    We love how Audi just can't stop themselves with the new models. 18 new ones in the coming years is the official company line. Here's one: Looking like the unholy offspring of an A3, a Dodge Magnum and a Mercedes-Benz CLS, somehow this rendering S5 looks pretty good to our wagon loving eyes. Sure, the A4 Avant and A6 Avants are fine cars. No, to our knowledge their will not be an A5 sedan. Why then an A5 station wagon Sportback? Meine Brüder, why the hell not? The Sportback should be wider, taller and more slanty than the A4 Avant. Oh, and hopefully they'll figure out the damn battery for a US bound RS5. [Motor Authority]

    3:00 PM on Fri Jul 20 2007
    By Jonny Lieberman
    3,441 views, 10 comments

    Latest by brandegee: @Bumblebee: Yeah, Audi certainly making good on its promise to flood the market with products, even if they overlaps others. more »

  • abtly speaking

    Abt Audi AS5

    Audi tuning shop Abt sent word of a new tweaker package for Audi's new A5. It's the AS5, and it includes such add-ons as a front skirt with a grid element that suggests the single-frame grill, side intake gills, rear spoiler and the rear skirt insert. The 3.0 TDI engine, Abt says, gets a significant "power treatment" that ups power from 240 hp to 272 hp — with an extra Abt turbocharger, power reaches 300. Underneath is an adjustable sports suspension, Abt brake system with a disc diameter of 380 millimeters and — in the rendering — the company's AR wheel, available for the A5 in the sizes from 18 to 20 inch. Gilding the lily, or painting the fence? You make the call. More »

    1:53 PM on Fri Jul 6 2007
    By Mike Spinelli
    3,983 views, 10 comments

    Latest by Turboner: Why the two-tone paint scheme? more »

  • new york auto show

    New York Auto Show: Audi S5 Midtown Tousled Hair Piano Bash

    The Audi with Italian passion in red was unveiled to a well dressed New York crowd last night. The photographer for the new ad campaign explained why square digital pixels could not capture the true curvy detail of the S5, and why she used film instead. Famous chef David Bouley served up shot glasses half full of cream of mushroom soup. Impossibly tall waitresses served up some manner of organic cocktail which leveraged key core competency moving into the gala evening. We left and got a New York strip, and broccoli rabe. – Mike Bumbeck More »
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    9:46 AM on Wed Apr 4 2007
    By Mike Bumbeck
    1,706 views, 5 comments

    Latest by no_slushbox: AUDI makes a lot of compromises, like hanging the entire engine block completely in front of the front axle line more »

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    Spy Photos: Audi A5 in Simi Valley

    Our new buddy Zack caught sight of this jet-black Audi A5 on Route 118 in Simi Valley, California. Maybe it's on its way back from a weekend visiting the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, or perhaps the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza where its pilot showed up too early to take in the Shields & Yarnell Reunion Tour. Maybe he even stopped by the Stagecoach Inn Museum to eyeball its collection of adobe huts. Sounds like a hell of a weekend for whichever earlybird got a ride in Audi's new coupe. Still, however the weekend passed, the A5 does look simply smashing in black. – Mike Spinelli More »
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    1:00 AM on Mon Mar 26 2007
    By Mike Spinelli
    2,189 views, 13 comments

    Latest by my favorite car is a motorcycle: @Miscellanea: huh? Which Mercedes? more »