May 19, 2012

2012 Audi RS5 Coupe – Quicker, Cleaner, New Lights

2012 Audi RS5 Coupe Facelift - Front View

As the Geneva Motor Show approaches, the slew of new models continues. So please welcome the newly facelifted 2012 Audi RS5 coupe. It’s quicker, cleaner and lit differently. Now there’s a surprise. So let’s give it the once over. Quicker The Lambo-derived 4.2-litre V8 remains the same, producing the same 444bhp and 317 lb ft [...]

Audi A1 Quattro 252bhp Edition Shifting Quickly

Audi A1 Quattro Special Edition - Front View

This is the new 252bhp Audi A1 Quattro. It’s left-hand-drive only and costs £41,020. Only 333 examples have been made worldwide, just 19 are coming to Britain…and most of them have been spoken for already. The orderbook officially opens in March for delivery during the second half of 2012, but if you wait till then [...]

2012 Audi RS4 Avant – The Uber Wagon Rides Again

2012 Audi RS4 Avant - Front View

Antique dealers and window cleaners rejoice. The Audi RS4 Avant is back. After a small leak earlier this week, Audi has revealed details of the new 2012 Audi RS4 Avant with pictures and everything. The third generation model, making its return three years after the previous model disappeared, will appear at the 2012 Geneva Motor [...]

All New 2013 Audi A3 Leaks Out?

2013 Audi A3 Three-Door Hatch - Leaked Image

Less than three weeks from the official unveil of the 2013 Audi A3 at the Geneva Motor Show, a leaked image is doing the rounds on the interweb. And here it is. According to Czech website autoforum.cz this could be the third-generation A3. As always, we can’t be sure whether this image is genuine or [...]

2012 Audi TT RS Plus – Red Hot Coupe And Roadster

2012 Audi TT RS Plus

In late October we reported early rumours about an Audi TT with even more power. Read The Initial Audi TT RS Plus Report Here Well the reports were true, Audi has announced the more powerful TT-RS Plus and it will appear at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show in March. And as the name suggests, it [...]

The New 2014 Audi R8 – Second Generation Supercar

Audi R8 GT - 2010 First Generation

The Audi R8 is an amazing car and a welcome addition to the world of supercars. But you always get the feeling that the big boys in their Ferraris, Lamborghinis and Porsches could easily kick sand in your face. With that in mind, technicians in Ingolstadt are working on the second-generation Audi R8. It will [...]

2012 World Car Of The Year Finalists Announced

Volkswagen Up - World Car Of The Year 2012 Finalist

The finalists for the prestigious World Car Of The Year awards have been announced. Two awards are up for grabs; the World Car Of The Year 2012 and the World Performance Car Of The Year 2012. The ten finalists in each category were selected by a jury of 66 international car journalists from Europe, Asia [...]

Limited Edition Audi A1 Quattro Coming To The UK

Audi A1 Quattro

Chequebooks at the ready internets. The red hot Audi A1 Quattro is coming to Blighty. That means 252bhp all wrapped up in a little four-wheel-drive package the size of a designer shoe. That’s the good news. However, only 20 of the 333 limited edition production run are destined for these shores. And due to the [...]

2013 Audi A6 Allroad Quattro Revealed

2013 Audi A6 Allroad Quattro

The new 2013 Audi A6 Allroad Quattro has landed. Back for the third generation, the off-road estate car will be unveiled at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show in March. And thanks to extensive use of aluminium in the body, the new Allroad is up to 70 kg lighter than the old model. As a result, [...]

Cars That Actually Stayed True To Their Concepts

Range Rover LRX Concept

Concept cars are designed by manufacturers to show ideas they have for future production cars. They use the concepts to get feedback on design ideas, market fit and new technology. The problem is that many concept cars looks great, but then the production cars that follows later looks absolutely nothing like their concepts did! We [...]