Audi News
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The 2017 Audi A4 Ultra is the least-expensive and most fuel-efficient version of the A4 sedan.
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Audi regenerative shock absorber recaptures energyThe Audi eROT system recovers energy from the movement of a car's suspension.
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2017 Audi A3 e-tron plug-in hybrid to get updates to styling, techThe 2017 Audi A3 Sportback e-tron will get the same updates as the rest of the 2017 A3 lineup.
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VW faces far worse problems in South Korea than in U.S.The South Korean government suspended sales of Volkswagen, Audi, and Bentley models.
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Two more electric cars to follow Audi e-tron SUV by 2020, maker saysWe know that Audi, along with BMW, is convinced that the luxury car market must include high-performance battery-electric vehicles. And we know that VW Group's luxury brand will launch a sporty and all-electric crossover utility vehicle, to be called simply the Audi e-tron, for 2018. What we hadn't...
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Updates to VW diesel cars: a few details, timing emerge on modificationsWith luck, owners of the 466,000 Volkswagen and Audi 2.0-liter diesel cars at the center of the VW emission cheating scandal now know that they will be offered a choice of what to do with their cars. Either they will be able to sell their cars back to the company for a set price, or they can have...
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It's a question that hundreds of thousands of VW 2.0-liter TDI diesel owners will be asking soon, if they haven't already: Should I take the buyback? Some have already made up their minds. They want their cars to go away, and will sell them back to the manufacturer that deceived them and lied to regulators. Others, though, like the fundamental characteristics of their cars. They're fun to drive, have lots of torque, and are very fuel-efficient, most of all in highway cruising. DON'T MISS: What will I get for my VW diesel car in the buyback? That second group of owners, based on reader...
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Audi, Porsche, VW 3.0-liter V-6 diesel fix rejected by California regulatorsOwners of several of the pricier Audi, Porsche, and Volkswagen models fitted with VW's 3.0-liter V-6 turbodiesel engine will have to wait a little longer to find out what VW Group will have to do to make them comply with emission regulations. A final proposal for buybacks and possible modifications...
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What buyback, cash do I get if I bought a VW diesel after Sept. 18?Volkswagen and Audi owners who bought their TDI cars after September 18 get less money in the settlement announced last week.
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VW thinks it can fix 85,000 V-6 diesels from Audi, Porsche, and VolkswagenVolkswagen believes it can address excess emissions from 3.0-liter V-6 TDI diesels.
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What will I get for my VW diesel car in the buyback?Here's what you can expect to get for your VW TDI diesel in the recently-announced settlement.
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What will VW do with 400,000 dirty diesel cars it buys back?What will VW do with 400,000 dirty diesel cars it buys back? Destroy them, probably
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More than nine months after the Volkswagen diesel cheating scandal came to light, the full details of the proposed final settlement between VW and the EPA were released this morning by Judge Charles Breyer. Owners of the TDI diesel vehicles from Audi and Volkswagen fitted with "defeat device" software between 2009 and 2015 must now decide what to do. But they also have to wait four more weeks, while comments on the proposed deal are received by both parties—and a lot of commenting is anticipated. The current date for the finalized terms to be released is July 26, after which VW will...
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VW diesel owners have lost $1,500 in value on their cars: price analysisWith full details of the Volkswagen diesel cheating settlement postponed again, VW TDI owners have an extra week to contemplate their diesel cars without knowing what they'll be offered in a buyback. Earlier analyses of used-car pricing data showed that their value as used cars has fallen since the...
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Volkswagen diesel settlement delayed one more week by judgeNext Tuesday was to be the day when owners of almost half a million Volkswagens and Audis learned the final terms VW would offer them to settle hundreds of lawsuits over its diesel-emission cheating software. It won't be. U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer gave Volkswagen and the EPA one more week...
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Blue Crude synthetic diesel fuel cuts carbon by 85 percentA Norwegian company hopes to produce synthetic diesel fuel on a large scale.
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Best-selling Bolt?; Genesis goes green; Audi's big bet: Today's Car NewsToday, one analyst seems to think the Chevy Bolt could go gangbusters, Total goes all in on a storage battery maker, and Audi's big bet on electrification (definitely not the other stuff) is all up next. One auto industry analyst seems to think that Chevrolet's Bolt EV could capitalize on the Tesla...
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Audi CEO pledges one electric (or electrified) car each yearAudi is a little behind fellow German automaker BMW in the area of electrified autos, but it has a plan in place to address this shortcoming. Speaking during Audi’s annual general meeting in the automaker’s home of Ingolstadt, Germany, CEO Rupert Stadler outlined a plan to introduce at...
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After last month's announcement of a plan that could pull hundreds of thousands of illegally polluting VW Group diesel cars off the road, one out of every six TDI owners is still in limbo. That's because the plan covers only the 482,000 cars equipped with Volkswagen's 2.0-liter 4-cylinder turbodiesel engine. The future remains hazy for nearly 100,000 cars and SUVs equipped with VW Group's 3.0-liter V-6 diesel. CHECK OUT: VW diesel agreement: what we know (and don't know) in 5 questions For many owners of the larger cars and SUVs, the massive scandal has been "similar, but different" in terms...
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VW diesel 'defeat' software built by Audi, which never used itAudi developed a "defeat device" in 1999, a new report claims.
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Now, finally, the Germans are getting scared of Tesla?German luxury carmakers may now view Tesla as a threat.
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What Audi says it learned from 4 years of electric-car testingAudi recently concluded a four-year public trial of plug-in cars.
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Updated Audi A3 debuts with new engine, tweaked stylingIt seems like the current-generation Audi A3 went on sale only yesterday but we already have our first look at the car’s mid-cycle update. That’s because the current A3 went on sale overseas back in 2012, only appearing in the United States two years later. The updates are significant...
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As Model 3 approaches, Audi exec says: 'Tesla did everything right'German automakers, especially the luxury brands, are not necessarily known for humility, modesty, and deference. So for an executive at such a company to acknowledge that a U.S. upstart that didn't exist 15 years ago "did everything right" is remarkable. That's exactly what one Audi executive said...
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