In 2010, Audi once again sold more vehicles with all-wheel-drive than any other premium manufacturer. Audi ended up producing 437,792 vehicles with its quattro all-wheel-drive system last year. In the year in which Audi celebrated ’30 years of quattro,’ around 38 percent of all cars produced worldwide were equipped with the all-wheel drive technology. The most [...]
For some reason Audi wasn’t notified of T-Mobile being bought out by AT&T. The automaker announced yesterday that T-Mobile, which is now a part of AT&T, will serve as the U.S. wireless carrier for its Audi Connect systems in the company’s newest Audi luxury vehicle lines. Starting with the 2012 Audi A7 in April, the Audi [...]
It was reported earlier this week that when Porsche fully becomes the 10th brand to join Volkswagen AG, it will be responsible for the lead development on sports cars and big luxury sedans for the group. The announcement was made by Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn and disappointed most Audi executives and engineers who wanted to [...]
Project Kahn has made the “Audi Q7 Project”, a moniker that reflects their influence on the car. The overhaul of the German SUV starts with a new paint job- Pearl Soft White paint makes any onlooker see that this car has no standard style. A custom, in-house body kit accentuates the Q7″s natural curves, which [...]
Audi already offers a 3.0L TDI V6 on the Q7, which pumps out 221-hp and 406 lb-ft of torque. While that may be slow for the giant behemoth, it helps it average an EPA rated 17/25 mpg (city/highway). Audi has announced that its European Q7 will be getting another 3.0 TDI engine, which produces 204-hp [...]
According to some digging done by autoblog.it, Audi has no plans to do RS variants of the Q5 and Q7 SUVs. Quoting Stephan Reil, Audi’s head of Technical Development, the site reports that Audi has no desire to compete BMW’s X5 M and X6 M. Reil said that the RS models will only be produced [...]
German SUVs have been growing in popularity among every type of car consumer, from stay at home moms to young urban professionals. The Audi Q7, a prime example of just such an SUV, therefore has a consumer base wide enough to draw the interest of any design firm willing to try their hand at developing [...]
In addition to the upgraded 2011 Audi Q7 and the all-new 2011 Audi A8, other models in the automaker’s lineup will be getting some updates for the 2011 model year. The new ZF-sourced 8-speed automatic, which will be called Tiptronic, will replace the 6-speed transmission in quattro-equipped vehicles with the 2.0L turbocharged 4-cylinder engine. Those [...]
Along with the 2011 TT, Audi has released details on a few upgrades for the new Q7 Crossover/SUV. For 2011, the Audi Q7 gets three new V6 engines and an 8-speed tiptronic transmission. Continuing with its downsizing strategy, Audi will offer the Q7 with two versions of the 3.0 TFSI supercharged V6 engine. The first [...]
We first saw the 2010 Audi Q7 when it made its debut at the 2009 Shanghai Motor Show in April. The facelifted Q7 may not look much different from the current model at the first glance, but look a little closer and you’ll notice a slightly redesigned front end with new LED headlamps, chrome trims, [...]
