A8

Audi April sales up 7% on China, U.S.

May 7, 2013 13:42 CET
Audi sales rose 7 percent in April to 133,500 vehicles on strong demand in China and the United States, pushing four-month sales to 503,000. It is the first time that Audi has topped a half million deliveries in just four months, the automaker said Tuesday.... Read More »

 

TECHNOLOGY

Audi headlights banned in U.S. by 1968 ruling

March 20, 2013 14:29 CET
Audi customers buying the A8 sedan in the United States will have to live without new matrix-beam headlights because of a 45-year-old regulation that prohibits their use on U.S. roads.... Read More »

 

L.A. AUTO SHOW

Audi to expand diesel option to A8, A7, A6 and Q5

4:17 pm U.S. ET | Nov. 19, 2012
Audi will begin offering 3.0-liter V-6 diesel engines in the A8, A7 and A6 cars and the Q5 crossover beginning next year. The four TDI diesel-equipped models will make their debuts next week at the Los Angeles Auto Show. Audi already offers a diesel powerplant in the Q7 crossover, but the 2013 model features an updated engine. The A3 TDI has been dropped but will return with the launch of the redesigned A3 in early 2014.... Read More »

 

Audi chases BMW with overseas expansion drive

July 17, 2012 06:01 CET
Audi is investing hundreds of millions of euros in Germany and abroad in a bid to take on rivals like BMW and Mercedes. Audi's Ingolstadt plant is being upgraded to build more cars and to become the training ground team that will work in plants in China and Mexico.... Read More »