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Last weekend's DTM race at Hockenheim was a complete success for Mercedes, but Audi and BMW faced problems. Mercedes HWA Team drivers Gary Paffett and Jamie Green took first and second place, respectively. While the top Audi driver, Matthais E...

The 24 Hours of Le Mans celebrates its 79th running with 56 cars entered to start the race on Saturday, June 11, at 3pm GMT. The major rivalry this year continues to be between the Audi and Peugeot cars competing in the premiere LMP1 category. Aston...

Some Rally and Sports Car Classics will be on display

At first thought, there is not much similar between Audi and Toyota, but looking at their motorsports activity, they are surprisingly similar. Both of them had success in rallying in the 80s – Audi in the early portion and Toyota later &ndas...

First quarter sales up 6.7%

Audi held its annual shareholders' meeting on May 16 and announced that it will invest €11 billion into production, technology and new products by 2015. It also announced that it has sold 503,000 cars in the first four months of the year,...

It will sit at the bottom of the Audi SUV range

Audi has announced the development of a compact crossover called the Q1 that will go into production in Ingolstadt in 2016. It released a single rendering of the car, which you can see above. Audi says that the Q1 is part of its SUV strategy t...

The Center of Automotive Management has awarded Audi for having the lowest CO2 emissions of a full-line luxury automaker in Europe. Audi's vehicles offer an average of 144.5g/km of CO2 of vehicles registered in Germany.  The CAM found...

There are still two sessions to go

Audi is poised to have another very successful year at Le Mans. The #2 Audi R18 e-tron Quattro driven by Loïc Duval, Tom Kristensen and Allan McNish set a qualifying time of 3:22.349 with Duval behind the wheel. That is nearly 1.5 second...

Takes the official car role from BMW

Audi has taken over the role as the official automotive sponsor of the International Olympic Committee, which means that it will be the official vehicle of the Sochi Olympics in 2014. The deal runs from January 1, 2013, to December 31, 2016. ...

Audi has officially begun production of the all-new Q3 compact SUV at the SEAT factory in Martorell, Spain. It will be the first Audi vehicle ever built at the facility and it is planned for around 100,000 units of the Q3 to leave the assembly line e...

At this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans Audi be fighting for victory with the evolution of the R15 TDI diesel sports car. The revised LMP1 is starting an extensive testing program in the United States. Efficency was the main objective during the R1...