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R8 V10 caught on video bombing around ‘Ring

Video has been taken of an Audi in it’s natural, quattro-driven turf: the epic Nurburgring in the soaking-wet rain. As we previously reported, the R8 convertible(aka Spider) will only come with the V10 with the 4.2L V8 from the RS4 not a option for the top-tiered convertible. That said, lucky owners of the R8 Spider [...]

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Spied: A5 Sportback caught undisguised - in the U.S.

In what could only be a photo shoot for official photos for the release, the A5 Sportback was caught completely undisguised, sporting it’s new fastback design. The A5 Sportback, which, ironically, has similar styling cues along the body from 4-door A4 model with strong design cues for the front and rear pulled from the A5. [...]

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Unmasked RS5? You be the judge

An interesting post was added a few days ago over at GT Spirit. A post that begs the question - are we looking at an unmasked RS5 test mule? For those that remember from our previous posts - the RS5 is going to be the newest, hottest Audi coupe taking a 4.2L V8 and tuning it [...]

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New information and teaser vid on A5 Sportback

Audi is currently venturing into new territories with new crossover models. Audi already revealed the A7 crossover of sorts which was a long-wheel base sedan with a hatchback, ala a a mix between and Avant and A8. Just as they did with the A6 and A4-based Allroads, Audi then created a concept for a smaller [...]

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Spied! R8 Spider testing at zee ‘Ring

Audi’s hottest upcoming convertible, the R8 Spider is still a few short months away from its debut in September at the Frankfurt Auto Show. Sales are expected to start early in 2010, but, it should be worth the wait as Audi is going keep the 4.2 V8 from the original and it’s expected that the [...]

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Lap of 24 Hours of Le Mans Circuit in 2009 S4

We’re working on finishing up our post to recap the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans and Audi’s overall performance during the race, but that doesn’t mean that’s the only thing we’re posting about Le Mans. Nirad, over at Quattroworld’s forums, posted a video of the 2009 S4 being pounded around the Circuit de la [...]

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24 Hours of Le Mans Update #2

Tom Kristensen is in place for the final stint, we’ve got a little less than 20 minutes and it’s not looking good right now. Two Peugeots are out in front of Audi #1 with about a 5 lap lead.  Pace was lost after spins during Dino Capello’s stint and then rear suspension problems on lap [...]

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Darkness on Audi at the 24 Hours of Le Mans

It’s the 24 Hours of Le Mans, at the Circuit de la Sarthe in France. With about 14 hours down and 10 left, Audi finds themselves in a precarious situation. After last year’s outstanding, down-to-the-wire victory against Peugeot’s aggressive 908HDi’s with victory going to the R10 TDI driven by Tom Kristensen, Allan McNish and Rinaldo [...]

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Countdown to the 24 Heures du Le Mans

That’s right, it is Le Mans weekend - one of the hardest, most challenging races on the face of this planet. A race that truly tests the mettle of both man and machine. Last year Audi won the race with Tom Kristensen and Allan McNish in the diesel-powered R10 TDI. However, with the new car, the [...]

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Fifth Gear continues to baffle us with R8 V10 review

OK, yesterday we posted Vicky Butler-Henderson’s Fifth Gear review of the 2009 Audi S4 Avant, a car we happen to like. While we’re biased to the car, and many reviews of the S4 have been very positive, VBH seemed to disagree, giving the S4 a rating of only 7 out of 10 due to poor [...]

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