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  • 2014 Audi Q5 TDI, Catskill Mountains, Oct 2013

    U.S. car buyers are fond of compact crossovers, and they buy a lot of them. They range from high-volume entries by Toyota, Honda, Ford, and Chevrolet to more luxurious utility vehicles from the likes of Audi, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, and Range Rover. (Lincoln and Lexus will join that crowd next year.) But only two compact crossovers offer the option of a diesel engine. Both are German, and we've now driven each one. This first of two reviews covers the 2014 Audi Q5 TDI, a new-this-year diesel option for the Q5 crossover that's been with us since 2009. We'll review the Mercedes-Benz GLK250 BlueTEC...

  • 2014 Audi SQ5  -  First Drive, September 2013
    Audi Joins The Juke Set: Q1 Crossover Due In 2016?

    The world loves its SUVs, but SUVs aren't best known for loving the world back. These big hulking behemoths are often accused of being a catalyst for climate change, and it's true that efficiency isn't the SUV's strong point. But people like them regardless. So what to do? If you're Audi, you join...

  • 2015 Audi A3
    2015 Audi A3 Sedan Priced From $29,900

    Audi has announced pricing for its 2015 A3 Sedan, a new compact sedan entry into a market currently occupied by the Mercedes-Benz CLA. Not unsurprisingly, buyers will pay the same for the new A3 as they would for its Mercedes rival. At $29,900, the A3 sedan matches the CLA precisely at the entry...

  • Audi R8 e-tron track drive, Berlin Tempelhof Airport
    Audi Sees Tesla As Direct Competitor, But Likes Dealers Over Direct Sales

    It's always interesting hearing one automaker's opinion of another, and even more so when a huge global company has to concede that a young upstart is worth keeping an eye on. The huge global automaker in question is Audi, part of the massive Volkswagen group. And the young upstart? Tesla Motors of...

  • 2015 Audi A8 / S8  -  2013 Frankfurt Motor Show
    Lighter Composite Wheels Cut Weight Of New 2015 Audi A8

    Lighter wheels could help improve this big luxury sedan's fuel economy.

  • Audi R8 e-tron track drive, Berlin Tempelhof Airport
    Audi R8 e-Tron Not Completely Dead Yet, Suggests Official

    Yes, Audi earlier this year did say that it won't be building its electric supercar, the R8 e-tron. But the plug might not have been pulled completely. According to Dr. Ulrich Hackenberg, the member of the Audi AG board of management in charge of technical development, the R8 e-tron was an...

  • 2014 Audi A6 TDI

    Diesel engines and typical American-style commuting conditions are already a great match. Longer daily-driving distances get diesels up to their peak operating temperature—and hopefully out to higher highway speeds, where they return their best fuel economy. In low-speed stop-and-go driving, however, even modern-day diesel engines are no revelation in efficiency, sipping away at their fuel at a less frugal rate. It's where we’ve noticed, for instance, that a Volkswagen Jetta Hybrid will surge ahead of a Jetta TDI in real-world fuel-efficiency, for example, even if the TDI is...

  • 2013 Audi TDI range
    Audi Urges Diesel-Friendly Regulations, Holds DC Diesel Rally

    Audi and corporate parent Volkswagen believe clean diesels are being ignored by government regulations and incentive programs that promote hybrids and pure electric cars.

  • Audi Sport quattro concept, 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show
    Audi Sport Quattro Concept: Yet Another Plug-In Hybrid For Frankfurt

    The rumors were correct--Audi's Sport Quattro Concept, due at the Frankfurt Auto Show next week, isn't just a gas-guzzling V-8 but a plug-in hybrid concept. Okay, it's actually both--at the heart of Audi's latest concept, you'll find a four-liter, twin-turbocharged gasoline V-8, with cylinder...

  • 2014 Audi A3 e-tron plug-in hybrid presentation, Berlin
    Plug-In Hybrid Model To Join Next Audi A4 Range: Report

    Audi has had its fair share of criticism from plug-in car fans, but the automaker now seems to be coming around to the idea of electric propulsion after some rather public dismissals of the technology. Audi's first production plug-in model will be the A3 e-tron plug-in hybrid arriving next year...

  • Teaser for new Audi Quattro concept
    Will Audi's Next Sports Coupe Use E-Tron Quattro Hybrid Tech?

    It seems strange that Audi has so far failed to capitalize on the huge success of its R18 e-tron quattro endurance racing cars. They're without doubt some of the most technologically-advanced race cars of the modern age, yet the Ingolstadt automaker has made only token references to the R18 with...

  • 2013 Audi A6 TDI
    Are Diesels The Future For Luxury Sport Sedans? Audi Says Yes

    As gas-mileage standards tighten steadily through 2025, how do you have a big, powerful, luxurious sedan more efficient? The Tesla Model S shows one way--make it all-electric--but other makers are taking other routes. Audi, perhaps more than any other German luxury make, says the answer is diesel...

  • 2015 Audi A3 1.6 TDI ultra Hatchback

    The 'Ultra' tag will be familiar to fans of endurance motor racing, seen since 2010 on Audi's Le Mans-winning race cars. It hasn't yet featured on an Audi production car though, up until now--and as you'd expect, it's Audi's most fuel-efficient production car ever. The Audi A3 1.6 TDI Ultra uses a familiar engine to European buyers and unfamiliar to their U.S. counterparts--as the Ultra won't be hitting American streets. The 1.6 TDI already appears in several other Volkswagen group models in various states of tune. In the Ultra, it's good for 73.5 miles per gallon--albeit recorded on the...

  • Audi R18 e-tron quattro, 24 Hours of Le Mans, 2013
    Audi e-Tron Quattro Diesel Hybrid Race Car Wins Le Mans 24 Hours Race

    Audi has continued its dominant run at the world's most famous endurance race, winning the Le Mans 24 Hours on Sunday. The team's twelfth Le Mans victory is also the second for its hybrid race car, the R18 e-tron quattro. France's Loic Duval, Scotland's Allan McNish and Dane Tom Kristensen took the...

  • 2013 Audi A7
    Audi Experiments With Hydrogen-Powered A7

    Audi looks set to add another technology to its wide 'tron' roster--hydrogen power. As Autocar reports (via Motor Authority), the company is working on a fuel cell Audi A7, with trials due to begin at the end of August. Not a word was said about the model at Audi's recent future lab tron-experience...

  • 2014 Audi A3 e-tron plug-in hybrid presentation, Berlin
    2014 Audi A3 e-tron: Full Details On Audi's Plug-In Hybrid

    "We're proud the Audi A3 e-tron doesn't look like an electric car." Ouch. If Audi is truly serious about electric vehicles, that probably isn't the phrase we'd have chosen to prove it, while showing off its new plug-in hybrid A3 model. But then, the Ingolstadt automaker might be on to...

  • 2014 Audi A7 TDI
    Audi Announces Fuel Efficiency And Pricing For A6, A7, Q5 Diesels

    Audi has revealed pricing for its full lineup of diesel models, joining the existing A8 L TDI and Q7 TDI SUV. Each new model uses the same 3.0-liter V-6 turbodiesel engine and 8-speed automatic transmission to deliver strong performance and surprisingly frugal economy figures. The engine produces...

  • Audi R8 e-tron track drive, Berlin Tempelhof Airport
    Audi R8 e-tron: First Drive Of Audi's Electric Supercar

    We'll start with the bad news: No, Audi definitely won't be producing any more examples of its R8 e-tron electric supercar. And even if it did, it'd be well beyond the reach of mere mortals--rumor has it that each of the ten e-trons currently in existence have set Audi back around $1.3 million. All...

  • Audi A1 e-tron first drive, Berlin

    The Audi A1 e-tron was almost a sideshow to our day at the company's future lab tron-experience at Berlin's spectacular and disused Tempelhof Airport. Drives squeezed in over lunch or at the end of the day reflect the A1 e-tron's unfortunate status: Stillborn prototype, rather than fully-fledged production model. And after driving it around Berlin's crowded streets, we think that's a shame. Unique drivetrain The Audi A1 is a subcompact car sold in Europe, based on a similar platform to that of the equally Europe-only Volkswagen Polo. It's sold in both three-door and five-door 'Sportback'...

  • Audi A3 g-tron first drive, Berlin
    Audi A3 g-tron: First Drive Of Natural Gas Compact Car

    We lost count of just how many times Audi engineers used the phrase "no compromises" during their 'tron' presentations in Berlin. And driving the Audi A3 Sportback g-tron, a near-standard A3 running on natural gas, it's hard not to agree with them--at least initially. For the average car buyer, the...

  • Audi future lab tron-experience at Berlin Tempelhof
    Audi Tron Program: Latest Update On Plug-In Audis, More, From Berlin

    Audi's 'tron' program has been, well, a little confusing over recent years. Back in the early days it was oh so simple--one concept car, known simply as the Audi e-tron, represented Audi's foray into future mobility. Since then it seems a dozen models have come and gone, but after presentations...

  • 2013 Audi R8 e-tron with 8:09.099 Nürburgring lap time
    Audi: "R8 e-tron Electric Supercar Won't Go On Sale"

    Good news: Audi's off-again, on-again electric supercar--the R8 e-tron--is now confirmed for production. Bad news: You won't be able to buy one, as the company has decided to make just ten vehicles, all for research purposes only. The company confirmed to Autocar that it has produced ten R8 e-tron...

  • 2012 Audi Q7 quattro 4-door 3.0L TDI Premium Grille
    Audi Startled By Tesla Sales Success? Deleted Press Release Seems To Say So

    It may be that short sellers and naysayers aren't the only ones a bit surprised these days at the positive press received by electric-car maker Tesla. Yesterday, Germany luxury-car maker Audi issued a rather unusual press release in which it pointed out that it sells more cars than Tesla Motors...

  • Audi's signature LEDs on the 2013 S7
    Audi LED Lights Actually Save Fuel, Cut Emissions, EU Says

    Many people imagine that fuel efficiency stops and starts with engine technology and driving technique, but there's a little more to it than that. Making a fuel-efficient vehicle involves a holistic approach that examines every aspect of a car's design and tries to reduce its impact on fuel...

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