That doesn’t mean you should go grab your mother's, wife's, neighbor's, girlfriend's or boyfriend's broom and dip it into a mix of chlorine and bleach nor should you hose down your car both inside and out – don't grin, someone actually did that to a brand new Mercedes-Benz CLS…
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For this puzzle, we chose the brand with the four rings from Ingolstadt, which is more commonly known as Audi.
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In a posting on its Facebook page today, the German automaker revealed that the A3 Sedan "is confirmed for U.S. release late this year".
What this means is that we will likely see the four-door version of the new A3 making its debut at the 2012 Paris Motor Show in September, and/or at the 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show in November, with sales to start around December.
The A3 Sedan will be based on a stretched version of the latest A3 hatchback's new MQB modular platform architecture, with the two models also sharing the same interior design and engine lineup.
Audi has previewed the looks of the A3 sedan twice in the past year; the first time at the 2011 Geneva Salon with the sporty looking and very near production A3 Concept sporting a 402bhp (408PS) 2.5-liter turbo'd inline-five, and the second time with the A3 e-Tron gasoline-electric hybrid study at the 2011 Shanghai Auto Show.
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On the road prices start at £19,205 and go up to £26,560, with Audi UK accepting orders now for first deliveries in September.
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The car of choice was a first generation Audi A3, which spent two months at Vilner's main facility. ESET, which is most famous for its Nod32 antivirus software package, wanted to the car to be dressed in the company's corporate colors.
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And this is why press cars and magazines exist… German publication Sport Auto took an Audi A1 Quattro to test it on both tarmac and gravel, giving us a short taste of what to expect from the upcoming issue of the magazine through a teaser video that you can watch after the jump.
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Inspired by its motorsport activities, Eibach has presented a new tuning program for the latest Audi S5 Coupe, highlighted, of course, by an extensive suspension treatment.
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As one may have suspected, all world debuts are from German carmakers. These include the refreshed Audi Q5 and Q5 Hybrid, the new BMW 1-Series 3-door and 3-Series Touring, Mazda MX-5 Yusho Study and the Volkswagen Beetle Fender, CC R-Line, Cross Polo "Urban White" and Scirocco GTS editions.
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Disappointingly, this time, there was no race between the 2012 Cadillac CTS and the 2012 Audi A6 mid-size sedan.
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Our spies sent us two sets of photos today, both of the R8 V10 model, with and without the swirly camouflage.
On the styling front, Audi's designers made a few tweaks here and there such as the new LED headlamp and tail light fixtures, the reshaped, six-point front grille with horizontal chrome slats and the circular instead of oval-shaped twin tail pipes on the V10 model.
Some may also notice that instead of two plastic slats on the front and rear side vents, the updated V10 model gets three plastic slats on both ends and corners.
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Over the past few months, we have been following around prototypes of the next generation Audi RS6 while testing across Europe, and today, we can show you what the most powerful version of the latest A6 series will look like thanks to these images from the patent office.
Developed from the ground-up by Quattro GmbH, Audi's high-performance sub-division, the new RS6 Avant employs all the usual design cues you expect to find on an RS model.
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For those that do not want to wait for the production Bentley EXP 9 F SUV, German design studio Atelier Valdeig has collaborated with Armortech Motors to create a coachbuilt version of the current generation Audi Q7 offering buyers a choice of Bentley-inspired fascias and rear end styling.
The SUV is called the Tresor, which the company says is French for "treasure" and German for "safe" or "strong room".
While neither partner makes word of Bentley for obvious reasons, they do point out that the Tresor's exterior "marries traditional British design cues and sportiness" and that "the seats and the dashboard come from a noted English luxury car maker" – no prizes for guessing the brand…
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The 31st Wörthersee GTI fest kicked off on Wednesday, May 16, and will continue to entertain Volkswagen as well as Audi, Seat and Skoda owners and enthusiasts in more ways than one (as you will soon see in the pictures below…) for another two days until Saturday, May 19.
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For some reason, the driver of a black Mercedes-Benz E-Class saloon in Latvia had a thing with a parked Audi 80 (or its owner) smashing into it several times. See what happened in the clip that follows below the break.
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In factory trim, the Q7's 6.0-liter twin-turbocharged V12 diesel engine churns out 493hp (500PS) and 1,000Nm (738 lb-ft) of torque for a zero to 100km/h (62mph) sprint time of 5.5 seconds and a limited top speed of 250km/h (155mph), according to the manufacturer.
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The VW Group meeting of all meetings that brings together fans of the Audi, VW, Seat and Skoda brands will be held for the 31st time at lake Wörthersee in the southern Austrian state of Carinthia from May 16 to 19.
At this year's event, Audi plans to display three conceptual versions of the Q3 compact crossover along with its e-bike Wörthersee prototype.
Beginning with Audi's two-wheel proposal, the e-bike is a futuristic looking study sporting 26-inch wheels made from carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP) that weigh only 600 grams (1.32 lbs) and an ultra-light carbon-fiber frame that tips the scales at an impressively low 1.600 grams (3.53 lbs).
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Audi announced today the introduction of an all-new, seven-speed, dual-clutch gearbox that will replace the outgoing 6-speed S Tronic. With the 7-speed S Tronic, the German luxury carmaker is launching a new phase in its drive strategy as the new transmission was developed entirely by Audi. It is intended for the mid-range model lines and it will be fitted for the first time on Audi’s upcoming compact SUV, the Q5. According to Audi, the new twin-clutch transmission is designed to work with longitudinally installed engines and the quattro all-wheel drive system, with its 550 Nm torque capacity making it suitable for a wide range of sporty models. As with the outgoing S tronic gearbox, Audi drivers can use the new seven-speed S tronic in various modes. The fully automatic mode, in which the computer selects the gear, keeps the D (Drive) and S (Sport) programs available. The gears can also be manually switched with the shift selector lever or with the optional rocker switch on the steering wheel.
Just in case you’re not sure if Edo-Competition’s exhaust system will sound like music to your ears, the German sports car tuner has released a video showing off both the standard and tweaked Audi R8’s “sound-system”. The new performance exhaust system from Edo-Competition will not only grab the attention of everybody around a car park for example, but it will also give an extra 22 Hp and 20 Nm (15 ft-lb) to the R8’s V8 unit. –Check out the video after the jump
Set to reach Basic equipment on Standard versions of the A3 Cabriolet include 16-inch alloy wheels, air conditioning, powered windows and mirrors, a Chorus radio with single CD drive and semi-automatic hood operation – the hood is attached to and released from the windscreen rail manually but retracts and raises at the touch of a button.
On top of this, the Sport specification, costing an additional £1,850, combines features such as larger 17-inch alloy wheels, sports suspension and sports seats with fully automatic hood operation, which adds automated ‘hands-free’ detachment from, and attachment to, the windscreen rail, plus a wind deflector. The hood also incorporates additional acoustic insulation.
As for the new S line specification, it supplements the Sport equipment list externally with larger 18-inch 7 twin-spoke alloy wheels and S line body styling including exclusive front and rear bumper design. Inside, it adds extras such as leather and Sprint cloth combination upholstery embossed with the S line insignia, an S line multifunction sports steering wheel with paddle shift controls (where automatic transmission is specified), a perforated leather gear knob and matt brushed aluminium inlays. S line specification carries a premium of £1,550 over the price of a Sport model.
Model Transmission Standard Sport S line
1.8 TFSI 6-speed manual £22,300 £24,150 £25,700
2.0 TFSI 6-speed manual £23,660 £25,510 £27,060
1.9 TDI 5-speed manual £20,750 £22,600 £24,150
2.0 TDI 6-speed manual £22,760 £24,610 £26,160