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Audi Launching Four Diesels For North America In 2013
Alas, no wagons among them, but Audi is launching four new diesel powered models for 2013, marking one of the biggest pushes for diesel in the North American market. The A6, A7, A8 and Q5 will all...
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Abu Dhabi Dispatches: How I Nearly Met Jack Baruth At The International...
A few days ago, I was at the International Defense Expo here in Abu Dhabi. It prides itself as “the most strategically important tri-service defence exhibition in the world.” Many tanks were on...
View ArticleVideo: Tesla’s Battery Swap In Action
Those of you wondering exactly how Tesla’s battery swap technology works, here’s your answer. The fully automated system, said to be akin to a carwash, supposedly takes just 90 seconds. To prove the...
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Audi to Go After S Klasse and 7 Series More Directly With Next A8
Bloomberg is reporting that Audi will reveal the next A8 sedan at the upcoming Frankfurt auto show in September and that Ingolstadt’s flagship will more get upgrades so it can more effectively compete...
View ArticleJunkyard Find: 1998 Audi A8
I see so many stunningly depreciated German luxury cars in pretty nice condition at the cheap self-service wrecking yards that they don’t register in my consciousness much more than your typical...
View ArticleAudi Forced to Climb the Luxury Ladder, All Thanks to Mercedes-Benz
After pumping out a respectable range of luxury sedans, coupes and SUVs for years, Audi now finds itself scrambling to counter an onslaught of high-end boutique models from Mercedes-Benz. The automaker...
View ArticleAudi’s Next-Gen A8 Adds Mild Hybrid Arrangement as Standard; Other Models to...
There’s a bit of an automotive renaissance occurring just below the radar. While pure electrics and plug-in hybrids garner endless headlines, several luxury brands are sneaking more mild hybrid...
View ArticleTech-laden 2019 Audi A8 Might Just Trump the Mercedes-Benz S-Class Again
For years, the Mercedes-Benz S-Class represented all the cutting-edge automotive wizardly you could hope to see trickle down into plebeian cars. That honor now belongs to the Audi A8. While Mercedes...
View ArticleHey, If Audi Wants the New 2018 A8 to Look Like a Discontinued Dodge Dart,...
My Dodge Dart awareness is not what it should be. I’m not fully up to speed on the Dodge Darts of yore. Despite my parents’ ownership of a Dart, the 1960-1976 period was not an era in which I was a...
View ArticleAudi Tattles On Itself Over Possible Dieselgate Leftovers
Audi is recalling around 5,000 European A8s after discovering they were releasing excessive nitrogen oxide emissions. The vehicles in question appear to be holdovers from Volkswagen Group’s dieselgate,...
View ArticleQOTD: What Cars Would You Like to Set on Fire? (A New TTAC Series)
Today we have a dual-function Question of the Day. The primary function will be informative; detailing an upcoming new series here at TTAC and explaining how it all works. The secondary function is to...
View ArticleAudi Abandons W12 Engine, New A8 Will Be Its Last Hurrah
Audi will continue offering a big W12 engine as an option on the 2019 A8, but it also confirmed the current generation will serve as the motor’s swan song. Afterward, none of its models will boast 12...
View ArticleAudi Announces A8 Pricing, but Model Lacks Tech Promised for U.S.
Audi recently announced pricing for the V6-equipped A8, arriving in dealerships this fall for the rock-bottom price of $83,800. Alright, so that’s not exactly chump change, but Audi promised tech that...
View ArticlePorsche Bringing Another Utility ‘Coupe’ in 2019 By Way of the Cayenne
The luxury segment has a softball-sized bug up its butt right now. Sport utility vehicles and crossovers have proven to be exceptionally lucrative as consumer interest in sedans tapers off. Weirdly,...
View ArticleAudi Planning Luxurious A8 to Rival Mercedes-Maybach, Resurrection of Horch...
Audi’s fourth-generation A8 sedan is the pinnacle of the brand’s opulence, so long as you’re willing to ignore every model that begins with the letter R and the forthcoming Q8. Starting at $83,800...
View ArticleTT Is Toast: Audi’s Smallest Model Has a Date With Death As Automaker Sheds...
It’s the end of an era. Earlier this year, Mercedes-Benz announced the death of the SLC (formerly SLK) roadster, and today Audi announced it will do the same to its own two-seat roadster and four-place...
View ArticleCannonball Run: Coronavirus Edition
Last December, we reported that a team piloting a 2015 Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG obliterated the standing Cannonball record between New York City and Los Angeles. In March, we also noted that traffic...
View ArticleRare Rides: An Almost New Audi S8 From 2001 (Part I)
Rare Rides has featured the predecessor of today’s sedan previously, in a very pearly 1990 V8 Quattro. After Audi spent a few years unsuccessfully trying to sell its first-ever attempt at a flagship...
View ArticleRare Rides: An Almost New Audi S8 From 2001 (Part II)
In Part I of the D2 Audi S8 story, we covered the foundations of the A8 as Audi attempted a do-over after the V8 Quattro. Today we’re all about S8. Coinciding with the development of the new 4.2-liter...
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