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Friendship Cybet Net (Free subscription) | yesterday
Showcased at the Shanghai Auto show was the Tong Jian S11 which offers the best of both worlds. The car designers have lifted the best design elements of Audi R8 and Ferrari F430 to create this masterpiece. If the car ever goes into production there are a couple of lawsuits in line. (More images after the jump) More...
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Driive (Free subscription) | yesterday
The vehicle has its assembly plant at Martorell, Spain. The vehicle is built on the Volkswagen’s Group ‘A’ Platform series. The vehicle is closely related to the Volkswagen Jetta, Audi A3, Volkswagen Bora, Audi TT, Volkswagen Golf Plus, and Volkswagen Gulf.The SEAT Leon was released in two different versions, Leon MK1 in the year 1999 and the Leon MK2. The Leon Mk1 was built on the...
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trymi | 07/04/2009
Audi is marking its 100th anniversary at the Goodwood Festival of Speed with a 35-meter high monument featuring the 1937 Auto Union streamline and the 2009 Audi R8 V10 – representing either ends of Audi’s long history. Designer Gerry Judah said he was aiming for an iconic sculpture. He hopes that it encompasses the Audi brand’s qualities: sporty, prestigious, and progressive.
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Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 07/04/2009
Here's an example of how tough it is to be a product planner for an automotive manufacturer: Gasoline prices creep up, so you make plans to add some diesel engines to your lineup, since diesels get better fuel mileage, and diesel fuel is cheaper than gasoline.
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The German Car Blog (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
When does production start of cars fitted with the new system'For A3 and TT, we're told production will start along with the MY2010 changeover. If it's a 2010 A3 or TT, it should have the new system installed.For the R8, production will be slightly delayed by about 10 weeks. Officially, R8 production with the new system should begin in week 32. Why the delay? Audi wasn't specific, but we suspect it's...
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The German Car Blog (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
A starter motor that sounds like it's off a vintage aircraft turns over the 3.0-liter 3-cam V-12, and the first tentative cylinder firings suggest this is a gut-powerful, low-revving engine. Yet when it clears its throat and catches, the V-12 revs with ease, a sharp-edged roar as the tach needle climbs, heavy gear whine as it falls back. If you must dim your hearing...Then Ian McFarland climbs into...
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Autoblog (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
Filed under: Sedans/Saloons , Euro , Porsche 2010 Porsche Panamera - Click above for a high-res image gallery Porsche plans to expand its Panamera line-up to include three new powerplants - a Volkswagen-sourced V6, a diesel and some manner of hybrid - but in addition to offering new engines, the automaker may offer a harder, more performance-oriented model to slot in above the Turbo. Similar to the...
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Doug Ross @ Journal (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
A four-door convertible in S7 trim'Motor Authority has the details.
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YesAnswer (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
Cologne, 3 July 2009 - from that 7,875 vehicles on the German market, which the current General German Automobile Association new vehicle catalog knows, 1,539 models or about 20 per cent fulfill at present the exhaust standard euro 5. the Euro-6-Norm are already sufficient so far only completely few cars, under it the AUDI Q7 [...]
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Autoblog (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
Filed under: Spy Photos , Supercars , Audi It may not be pretty - eye of the beholder and all that - but the Gumpert Apollo is one serious ride. But as hardcore as the Apollo is, the eponymous former Audi Sport director behind the niche German automaker apparently wasn't satisfied leaving fast enough alone, so the company unveiled the Apollo Speed at this year's Geneva auto show . But that was just...
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Autoblog (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
Filed under: Motorsports , Spyker Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-R - Click above for high-res image gallery Spyker may have dropped out of Formula One, but they haven't lost that competitive spirit. Even before selling its F1 team to Kingfisher's Vijay Mallya, who rechristened the squad as Force India, Spyker was fielding the race-prepped sports cars in the GT2 category, The C8 Laviolette GT2-R (pictured...
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TODAY ON ROADST3R - Car STORIES (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
As all you diehard Weekly Top 3 fans will recall (come on, I know you're out there, you silent majority you!), I was pretty smitten with the new Volkswagen Touareg 2 V6 TDI after driving it to San Francisco and back . But the Touareg's theoretically the runt of this litter, upstaged by...
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scaryideas (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
Audi : 100th Anniversary Sculpture [Image] At the international festival of speed in Gudvude, which opened on 3 July this year in the UK, Audi will present the 35m tall steel sculpture, created in honor of 100 anniversary of Audi. According to Autocar, the 40-ton monument needed two 100-ton crane, four weeks and 12 people to install. The sculpture symbolizes the highway at one end of which the sports...
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Wheel Industry (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
Caractere, a Belgian tuning house, specializes in design programs for VW, Porsche and Audi. In October the tuner is planning to introduce a new styling kit for the Audi Q5. The package features a complete fromnt bumper that is compatible with the company’s S-line version, a roof spoiler, rear spoiler, rear hatch blend and a [...]
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Autocar (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
Do you remember when drag coefficient was something to shout about with cars? It was around the time when three-spoke aftermarket alloys were popular, if I recall correctly. After the heady days of the Audi 100 (0.30 Cd) and the Vauxhall Calibra (0.26 Cd) aerodynamics seemed to go out of fashion, seemingly because people realised that if they cranked up the power they could overcome even the worst...
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trymi | 07/04/2009
Audi is marking its 100th anniversary at the Goodwood Festival of Speed with a 35-meter high monument featuring the 1937 Auto Union streamline and the 2009 Audi R8 V10 – representing either ends of Audi’s long history. Designer Gerry Judah said he was aiming for an iconic sculpture. He hopes that it encompasses the Audi brand’s qualities: sporty, prestigious, and progressive.
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xxow | 06/29/2009
The car tuning company Caractere have revealed their latest car styling kit for the Audi Q5, and it is a complete body kit.
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trymi | 06/28/2009
The Bmw M5 is an incredible vehicle that is equipped with a 5.0L V10 that is capable of 507bhp, but still, it will receive more upgrades when it come out as a new-generation model. There are talks that the Bmw M5 will be coming with a new twin-turbocharged V10 power unit in step with the Audi RS6.
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