2013 Audi S6, S7, S8

On the show floor, the brand staged all three cars alongside their mainstream versions and their respective A monikers.

The differences are curious: There's more brightwork on the S6, S7 and S8 than the A cars — something that's often the opposite on performance trims, which often go the darkened route. The S6 added dedicated fog lights missing on the A6 show car; the A7 and A8 also had the extra lights, rendering harder differentiation for the S cars.

Fire up the engines, and the difference should be clear. In a direction a lot of luxury brands are taking, Audi's S cars eschew last year's V-10s for smaller-displacement, twin-turbo V-8s, much like how the S4 and S5 have a forced-induction six instead of the earlier V-8. But Audi still claims stout acceleration, with all three cars hitting 60 mph in well under 5 seconds. I obviously couldn't test that on the show floor.

I hit the Audi stand late on the second day — as the show was closing — and the S8 was locked, but I sampled the seats in the S6 and S7. Both cars have bolstered sport seats, but the S7's get my vote: one-piece sport seats with bolsters that hug but don't pinch, with quilted center inserts. Comfy things, those chairs. Managing Editor David Thomas did get seat time in the S8, and it, too, had the quilted leather seats like the S7. He felt those two were going for a Bentley look while the S6 was dressed up more in the tradition of other past S models with simple, sports car-like patterns and feel.

New Audi TT sketch

A concept of the next-generation Audi TT could be headed for the 2011 Tokyo Motor Show later this month, according to international reports and rumours.

A sketch (above) has appeared on Dutch website AudiBlog, blending design elements from the last year’s Audi quattro concept, Audi’s various e-tron electric concepts and the production Audi R8.

Audi A1 Sportback revealed

Audi A1 Sportback revealed At launch, there will be four turbocharged engines to choose from, all carried over from the three-door, including the efficient 1.6-litre TDI unit that emits just 99g/km, while returning a claimed 74.3mpg.

A performance 2.0-litre diesel option will join the top of the range later in the year, boasting 141bhp and a 0-62mph sprint time of just 8.5 seconds - giving Audi a direct rival to MINI’s Cooper SD hatch. Three trims are available, but all come well equipped, with every Sportback getting alloy wheels and a 6.5-inch colour display as standard.


The Sportback is due to hit showrooms in February, and will command a £560 premium over the equivalent three door. That means prices will start at £13,980 for the 1.2 TFSI SE, rising to a hefty £21,270 for the hottest 182bhp 1.4 TFSI in sporty S line trim.

The A1 range won’t stop growing there though, and Auto Express has learned that Audi is also planning to launch hot S1 version of the three-door in 2013, a cabriolet, and an extreme RS1 too.

2012 Audi TT RS Quattro

It is no different with people who produce automobiles, especially those in which performance trumps price. Thus we have cars like the 2012 Audi TT RS, an all-out driving machine that is as comfortable on a race track as it is on suburban streets and rural freeways.

It's not as if the German manufacturer did not already have high-performance coupes. There's the TT with a 211-horsepower four-cylinder engine and a dual-clutch automated manual gearbox that can hit 60 miles an hour in 5.3 seconds, according to Audi's specifications.

And there's the TTS with its 265-horsepower four-banger and automated gearbox that can get there in 4.9 seconds. Like the TT, it comes standard with Audi's Quattro all-wheel drive.

So what's not to like? Nothing, except there's that old imperative making its persuasive powers felt in the new TT RS. This one can do the zero-to-60 romp, according to Audi, in 4.1 seconds with a top speed of 174 miles an hour while also delivering EPA city/highway fuel economy numbers of 18/25 miles to the gallon.

2012 Audi TT RS Quattro

2012 Audi A1 Sportback

The minicar segment is about to explode, with new models planned from most of the major automakers including, for the first time, premium labels such as Audi. While most are heading down the budget road Audi will be launching an upmarket model to tackle the likes of the MINI, Fiat 500, Mercedes-Benz A-Class and even BMW's 1-Series. The new model is the 2011 Audi A1, which thus far has only been revealed as a three-door hatch but there are more variants in the works, three more that we know of.


The full A1 family will grow to include a five-door hatch, as previewed by 2008's A1 Sportback Hybrid Concept, a stylish A1 Cabriolet and eventually a sporty S1 model with quattro all-wheel drive. While not confirmed, there's also a chance that a gasoline-electric hybrid version may be launched and further down the track we might eventually see an-electric A1--but these greener models are still several years away at the earliest.

Audi reveals updated R8 LMS ultra

Audi will replace its current R8 LMS GT3 sports car with an updated version known as the R8 LMS ultra for 2012, the automaker said on Thursday.

The R8 LMS GT3 won 115 races and 12 national and international titles at the hands of Audi customers during its three seasons of competition. The company decided to improve the GT3 for 2012 with the help of its customers.

"Our customer teams provided us with valuable suggestions and stated their wishes for the various fields in which the car is used," quattro managing director Werner Frowein said in a company statement. "We have close ties to our customers and analyzed their suggestions and wishes worldwide and subjected the R8 LMS to further development in many details. In the R8 LMS ultra, we consistently implemented all the performance measures which ensure that we'll be able to continue to offer an intercontinentally competitive and attractive race car in the future."

audi R8 LMS ultra

Audi shows outstanding recordings of Olttimern

"Discover worlds with Audi Tradition" under the heading of the calendar itself presents the historical department of Audi for the year 2012. 13 different historic cars from more than one hundred years of history were depicted in 13 different countries - from Eastern Europe to America.

Special offer insights from the motives of the U.S., Brazil and Peru. 2008 Audi discover as the lost "last Horch" again and brought him into the company museum. The Horch 830 from 1953 found himself in a junkyard in San Angelo in South Texas. It was the only one ever built in Ingolstadt. More than 40 years, the car in the Texas prairie was exposed to the scorching sun: This image is recorded in the calendar.

2010 Audi historian sighted a wanderer in Lima in 1915: a "little doll" body with a boat, the last survivor of the calendar shows the rarity of this kind in one of the less pleasant district of the Peruvian capital.

One of the most spectacular shots undoubtedly succeeded in Rio de Janeiro. In Brazil, were built under license by Auto Union in the 50s and 60s DKW. They included models that were never off the assembly line in Ingolstadt, as Fissore and Belcar. Combines these two find themselves on the April DKW image below the world-famous statue of Christ, together with a view of "Cidade maravilhosa".

Also this year Stefan Warter is responsible for the photography of the calendar. The Berlin-based photographer photographed the current calendar already Audi's tradition of "Time Warp - The Auto Union Silver Arrows on the original tracks" from. A native of Franke has long devoted time and reportage photography for magazines including "Geo" and "star" worked.

Audi A6 wins the "Golden Steering Wheel"

Audi A6 2011 victorious in Middle / Upper Class

Audi has the "Golden Steering Wheel 2011" this year to get one of the prestigious awards. For the repeated success in the important election this year saw the Audi A6.

Sun could the Audi A6 2011, the 42-member jury of the "Golden Steering Wheel" to inspire and roared with a clear lead at the top of the category "middle / upper class." The jury of the "Golden Steering Wheel", consisting of celebrities, technology experts, racing and rally pros, and with the chief editors of the international offshoots of the specialist Gazette "Auto Bild", renounced not in this next year, on a closed test track the Audi A6 and to examine other 19 finalists through their paces.

Gruber brothers from the Audi A6 2011, also awarded

Along with the Audi A6 gave it a second successful Ingolstadt: The Audi A3 tcng was the "Green Steering Wheel" second. Audi starts the 2011 with this car in a small series. Is the four offshore wind turbines in the North Sea produced electricity used to produce e-gas, a CO2-neutral, artificial methane gas. It can be feed into the gas grid and use as to drive the A3 tcng fleet. In the A3 tcng provides the 1.4 TFSI, which was revised for the use of natural gas for propulsion.

2004 Audi A6 recently awarded

With the victory of the Audi A6 2011, the Ingolstadt are continuing a tradition LAMG: In just the past few years, the Audi A6 (2004), the Q7 (2005), the A4 Sedan (2007), the Audi Q5 SUV (2008), the A5 Sportback (2009) and 2010 of the A1 and A8 excellent. A total of 21 Golden steering wheel grip from the brand with the four rings, one of the best results, has been awarded the "Golden Steering Wheel" 36 years ago for the first time for the best automotive innovations of the year.