German prosecutors have raided the homes of a number current and ex-Audi employees as part of the ongoing Dieselgate investigations in the country. The raids come almost a year after two Audi factories were also searched as part of a similar investigation.
The raids on homes in the states of...
Audi has confirmed it will bring the RS5 Sportback to the United States, along with another mystery RS model. Speaking to during the 2018 Detroit auto show, Audi of America president Scott Keogh revealed the RS5 Sportback will eventually arrive in North America. The full-blown RS version of the...
Take note automakers: you don’t necessarily have to showcase a car to get your point across. Audi has teamed up with Candide Thovex, a French professional skier and filmmaker to create a unique campaign promoting the German automaker’s quattro all-wheel-drive technology. The focal...
Audi’s little SUV, the Q3 is set for a change and now we have shots of it testing in Lapland with production head and taillights. Set to get lighter, more practical, and even more upscale, the Q3 will have to take on not just the BMW X1, but internal competition from VW’s short wheelbase...
The 2019 Audi Q8 has been spied fully exposed, providing the best look yet at the German automaker’s upcoming flagship crossover. As the “coupe” version of the Q7, the Q8 has a more aggressive design and shades of the Lamborghini Urus from some angles, which makes sense since...
It shouldn’t come as a surprise given the clockwork headlines of monthly sales records, but Audi of America outdid itself in 2017, setting a new annual sales record. With more than 225,000 vehicles sold, the brand sold nearly eight percent better than it had the previous year, itself a...
The upcoming BMW 8 Series is giving Audi some ideas. Well, it’s the new year and not much has happened yet. So here’s a story of minor interest: Marc Lichte, Audi’s design boss, has told that he likes the idea of a two-door version of the A8, but admits that making a business case for it...
Once accused of simply copying its own designs at different scales, Audi’s high-ups are promising to put an end to the Russian nesting doll design philosophy. “We recognize that there is a place for more differentiation now,” Marc Lichte, head of design, told . “Since our cars are in...
Shopping for a vehicle is no easy task, especially with so many competitors in each segment. Life’s all about choices — take cake or pie, for example. Maybe there’s no wrong answer, but there’s probably one you’ll enjoy more than the other. Cross-shopping vehicles is...
As the oldest model in Audi‘s current lineup, the next-generation Q3 crossover is getting some much-needed changes. Set to arrive dealerships next year as a 2019 model, the new Audi Q3 will ride on Volkswagen’s popular MQB platform, helping it shed weight. More importantly however,...
Audi Sport has found a new leader, who will take over the position March 1, 2018. Following the announcement that current head of Audi Sport, Stephan Winkelmann is on his way to Bugatti at the beginning of next year, the Audi sub-brand was in need of new leadership. And they’ve found it in the...
For years now, the standard A8 has been treated as more of a limousine than anything else, with Audi saving its sports seats and aggressive visual touches for the S8. But now, that’s set to change. By the end of January, buyers of the new A8 (in Europe, because they don’t actually sell the...
Late last month we got an early look at an Audi RS7 test mule in dry conditions and now a mule with new wheels is testing in the frozen north. With unmodified bumpers and ersatz wheel arches like the previous mule, the car seen here clearly isn’t ready for production. It does at least hint at a...
Audi Sport is going to be giving electrified performance, starting from 2020. The branch that puts the R in RS will be doing more crossovers too. Stephan Winkelmann, head of Audi Sport shared the news to . “From 2020 onwards, the start of the introduction of battery electric vehicles”, said...
Audi‘s performance division continues to work on a faster Q2. Spy shooters have captured Audi engineers hard at work evaluating the SQ2 which should arrive next year. This is only the second time a prototype has been spotted in public after Audi filed a global trademark for the...
