The only two sport-utility vehicles Audi offers – the Audi Q5 and the Audi Q7 – earned top rankings in their luxury Crossover / SUV categories in the newly released J.D. Power and Associates Automotive Performance, Execution and Layout (APEAL) Study.
July 15, 2010 - Published By quattroworld -
in Audi News.
Audi is launching a new design for the Audi TTS Pikes Peak before the autonomous car completes crucial high-speed test runs up Pikes Peak in Colorado this fall. (continue reading…)
July 13, 2010 - Published By quattroworld -
in Audi News.
The Audi team secured a double victory for the four rings in the inaugural “Silvretta E-Auto Rally Montafon 2010” and the 13th “Silvretta Classic Montafon” with the Audi e-tron technology demonstrator based on the R8 and the Audi ur-quattro from 1988. Three-time Mille Miglia winner Luciano Viaro clinched first place in the classic car rally. Development Chief Michael Dick and works driver Lucas Luhr took the Audi e-tron electric sports car across the finishing line with the best result over a course of 167.5 kilometers (104.08 miles). (continue reading…)
This time next week the 16th installment of Waterfest will be coming to a close. Waterfest is the largest VW/Audi Car Show and Motorsport event in North America, and the second largest of its kind in the world. Waterfest, now in its 16th year is a two-day event held at the world-class Raceway Park facility in Englishtown, New Jersey. Events include a huge car show, 1/4 mile drag racing, an autocross, car audio contest, dyno, tire burnout contest and huge vendor displays!
Quattroworld will be on hand with a large booth, several nice Audis on display and lots of shwag (shirts, stickers, and plate frames) available. We will also be making an exciting announcment at the show! (No we aren’t getting bought out by IB or switching to VB!)
Come on out and say hi. All QuattroWorld members will get free stickers and plate frames! See you there!
Make sure you register by the end of the weekend if you are planning to partake in the car show! Register online at http://www.waterfest.net
- Mattias Ekström clinches second place for Audi
- Five Audi A4 DTM cars in the points
- Best Norisring result since 2005
Ingolstadt/Nürnberg, July 4, 2010 – Audi showed a strong performance at its "home round” in the DTM: in front of 132,000 spectators (throughout the weekend) at the Norisring Mattias Ekström pushed forward from grid position five to second place and in the end missed victory by merely 0.591 seconds. With five Audi A4 DTM cars in the points Audi achieved its best Norisring showing of all since 2005.
Mattias Ekström’s race was particularly impressive. The Swede initially pushed past the leader of the standings, Bruno Spengler, with consistently fast lap times. Ekström then managed to make up almost five seconds which he had lost in the early phase behind Spengler. Shortly before the end of the race the Audi driver closed the gap to race leader Jamie Green. The Swede, however, had no chance any more to overtake the Mercedes of the Briton on the final laps. "Jamie simply didn’t make the slightest mistake,” commented Ekström. "My car was perfect today. Of course it’s a shame that I wasn’t able to bring home the victory which the Audi fans and the team had been hoping for because we were competitive enough today. But there will be tracks at which we’ll strike back.”
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- Grid positions four, five and six at the DTM home round
- Extremely small time gaps in qualifying
- Martin Tomczyk best Audi driver
Ingolstadt/Nuremberg, July 3, 2010 – Audi will start into Sunday’s DTM race at the Norisring in the role of the hunter. On the so far hottest day of the year Martin Tomczyk, Mattias Ekström and Oliver Jarvis (all from Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline) clinched grid positions four, five and six for Audi.
The merely 2.3-kilometer city street circuit between the Dutzendteich lake and the Frankenstadion sports arena has always been difficult territory for the Audi A4 DTM. And this time again the Audi drivers are facing an extremely demanding task. “Unfortunately, we didn’t manage to work out a better starting base for the race,” commented Head of Audi Motorsport Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich after the qualifying sessions. “At the Norisring, simply everything has got to perfectly fit together – and that wasn’t the case with us today. But everything is still possible from rows two and three on the grid.”
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- Demo laps of the Le Mans winning car
- Audi RS 5 to be used as DTM safety car for the first time
- Celebrities galore at Audi’s “home race”
Ingolstadt, July 1, 2010 - High-ranking guests, two vehicle debuts and Audi’s Le Mans winners are just some of the attractions of the brand at its DTM home round at the Norisring.
The spectators in Nuremberg will experience Audi’s Le Mans winner: the victorious
Audi R15 TDI designated as car number 9, which set a new distance record at the famous Le Mans 24 Hours, will be showcased across from the Audi VIP Lounge on the "Zeppelinwiese" field his weekend. On Sunday at 1:05 p.m. the winning car will do a demo lap around the Norisring.
Timo Bernhard and
Romain Dumas will be guests in Nuremberg as well. The two sports car drivers who won the Le Mans 24 Hours together with
Mike Rockenfeller will cheer "Rocky" on during his next DTM race and meet the audience’s wishes for autographs at the exhibition booth of the R15 TDI on Sunday.
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