By admin on May 24, 2010
Audi is motoring’s diva brand, the cool marque seen in all the right places. But can the new A4 overtake a BMW 3-Series or the latest Mercedes C-Class as the supermodel with the most panache? Sue Baker went to find out under the early spring sunshine of the Algarve Fast forward almost a year and [...]
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By admin on May 24, 2010
Audi isn’t so much a company on a roll these days as an automotive steam roller, finding instant success whatever area of the market it goes into. Confidence is typically high for the new A3 Cabriolet, the company’s third open car, but, asks Russell Bray, are females really expected to account for more than a [...]
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By admin on May 24, 2010
When the A6 Allroad quattro first appeared back in millennium year, Audi were selling 43,000 cars a year in the UK. Now, as the new generation model arrives, the scale of the four-ring marque’s success has propelled it to more than 100,000 cars sold here annually Taller than a conventional estate, lower than an SUV, [...]
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By admin on May 24, 2010
The A4 was originally launched in bread and butter SE trim only. Ian Robertson tests the sportier S line variant In the past, if you were looking for an executive saloon, the first three cars that spring to mind were the BMW 3 Series, Mercedes-Benz C-Class and of course the Audi A4. And while the [...]
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By admin on May 24, 2010
Car makers are forever thinking up new market niches to exploit: Audi’s new TT is one of the few coupés offered with a diesel engine. Ian Robertson reports Audi’s sporty TT made its mark as a bit of a style icon – despite its humble Volkswagen Golf underpinnings – featuring a choice of turbocharged four-cylinder [...]
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By admin on May 24, 2010
EXECUTIVE EXPRESS There is a choice of four diesels in the new A6 range: a pair of two-litres with differing power outputs, a 2.7 and a three-litre. The expected best-seller is this 2.0 TDIe – the ‘e’ is for economy – with 134bhp and 236lb ft of torque. It is no slouch, but it is [...]
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By admin on May 24, 2010
ALL TORQUE AND PLENTY OF ACTION
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By admin on May 24, 2010
AUDI’S AMBITIOUS NEW Q A rear tyre was indeed punctured, but a suspicious hole in the side suggested it was deliberate. Phew, I had just come uncomfortably close to being the first person in the world to have a Q5 stolen. This is the Q7’s slightly smaller brother, and Audi’s second premium SUV. There will eventually [...]
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By admin on May 24, 2010
Ian Robertson gets behind the wheel of the Audi A3 Cabriolet with the 1.9-litre TDI engine up front to decide whether it’s all show and no go The conversion from hatchback to soft-top is neat and suits the shape well. It’s backed up by a high class cabin, using quality materials throughout. In S-line trim [...]
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By admin on May 24, 2010
Keeping a watchful eye on emissions needn’t always be a mundane experience, as Ian Robertson found out with Audi’s A6 Avant The refreshed A6 ushered in the latest generation of common-rail turbodiesel units from the Volkswagen group, and that, coupled with revised gear ratios, an alternator capable of regenerating energy when coasting, a 20mm reduction [...]
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