Replacing an automotive icon with a model that's equally visionary, charismatic, and unmistakable is surely one of the toughest tricks for any car designer. Case in point: the Audi TT, whose original form was designed by Freeman Thomas and J Mays. At the Los A
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The overwhelming first impression of the Audi R8 is just how effortless it is to drive. Ride, stability and agility are truly impressive.
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No, it won't have a folding metal roof like practically all other modern drop-tops. But the new-generation Audi TT Roadster will have extra soundproofing in its cloth hood. And it will get a fully automatic `hands-free'operation which takes just 12 seconds to do the business and stows away more effi
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Read about all the new info on the Audi R8 that was recently shown at the LA Auto Show. Pictures, Specs and Design Info only from European Car Magazine.
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It's one of those amazing roads you can't help but come back to: a rhythmic mix of fast and slow sections, first wide open and then tree-lined on both sides, mostly smooth but dotted with patchwork surfaces here and there, a mild yet steady climb from the bott
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Audi didn't cut corners; the A3 looks, feels, and drives like any other Audi.
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Audi didn't cut corners; the A3 looks, feels, and drives like any other Audi.
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The key to invisibility: In our week with this german-plated tester, nary a single car-savvy angeleno's head was turned. And, quite frankly, that's just the way we liked it.
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You don't so much drive an Ariel Atom as shotgun it through the landscape. Wind goes up your shorts. Bugs go down your gullet. Gravel, freed from the bonds of gravity by the Atom's passing vacuum, wanders up into your underpants. Faced with the whole of creat
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The latest European cars - the 2007 Audi TT, the 2006 Volkswagen Rabbit and the 2007 BMW 335i
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It was probably a blessing this car left our office. The car is so good I behaved like a spoiled 12-year-old high on a keg of Mountain Dew. During the S4 Avant's brief time with us, I pulled editorial rank and refused to share. Few cars elicit this type of behavior. And for all intents and purposes,
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When will we see it? That's unknown right now, but 2009 is a well-educated guess for release date.
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Let me just come right out and say it: Audi's Q7 is a magnificent piece of work. Featuring a commanding view of the road and sky, occupants are treated to the most well appointed cabin in the automotive kingdom. This is as good as it gets, a study in understated elegance and ergonomic perfection. My
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Gate Crasher: Fashionably late for the party, with high-tech cool and old-school charm. Ask any Audi rep what the new Q7's prime target is, and the immediate response is "BMW X5."
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Positive declarations are filling the logbook about our 2006 Audi A3's Direct Shift gearbox: "The DSG is as close to perfect as a sequential manual gets."
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Positive declarations are filling the logbook about our 2006 Audi A3's Direct Shift gearbox: "The DSG is as close to perfect as a sequential manual gets."
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Positive declarations are filling the logbook about our 2006 Audi A3's Direct Shift gearbox: "The DSG is as close to perfect as a sequential manual gets."
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Audi estimates that the new 2007 Audi TT lineup-initially composed of a front-drive 2.0 TFSI (200-horse turbo four-cylinder and a six-speed S tronic dual-clutch auto-manual) and an all-wheel-drive 3.2 Quattro (250-horse V-6 paired with S tronic or a traditional six-speed manual)-will sprint from 0-t
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The 2007 Audi Q7 and 2007 Mercedes-Benz GL Go Soft-Roading, with Seven-Passenger Seating
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A little more than a year ago, an oyster gray metallic Audi A6 nosed its way into our Four Seasons fleet. And we don't use the word nose loosely, because the first thing we noticed about the A6 was its front end and the gaping maw of its grille. We've applaude
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There's no sense in holding out. The truth is so important, it needs to see daylight right here and now: The 2006 RS4 is the purest driver's car from Audi in the past two decades. Although Audis have always been sporty machines, the company's reputation for ha
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High-tech German takes on bargain-priced American. How much do you have to spend to get a great sport sedan?
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The good news: Audi's crammed a Lamborghini-based V-10 into its elegant midsize sportwagon.
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Audi breaks through with the Q7, a crossover that complements its S8 ubersedan. The Q7 has coupelike styling, a claimed world-first gas-direct-injection V-8--the 350-horse, 325-pound-foot, 4.2-liter from the RS4--and room for up to seven people, most of them adults.
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Future Shock 0:58: Schnitzel On Speed: Audi builds an A8 with the heart of a raging bull.
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