AUDI AG: Best January on record

AUDI AG started the new year with a 22.6 percent jump in sales, as the company delivered around 95,400 cars to customers worldwide in January. The European export market provided strong momentum. Sales increased significantly here in what continues to be a difficult business climate. The new Audi A1 and a continuing increase in sales … Read more

Audi A1 voted top “Sensible Car”

Readers of Germanys Guter Rat consumer magazine and SUPERillu magazine have selected the Audi A1 as the number one Sensible car in the compact category. The fact that the A1 offers the safety and comfort of larger automobile classes in a space of less than four meters (13.12 feet) was viewed by the editors of … Read more

Success in “Best cars of 2011” survey: Audi takes top honors in four categories

Again this year, the Audi success story continues in the Best cars of 2011 reader survey, conducted by Germanys specialist car magazine auto motor und sport (ams). Readers awarded top honors to four Audi models the Audi A1, the A4/A5, the R8 Spyder and the Audi Q5. The second-ranked Audi A8 and the third-place A3, … Read more

Audi Night delights guests at Hahnenkamm

For some its the most famous downhill ski race in the world; for others its the social highlight of the winter. Downhill racers and athletes from the Audi family opened the 71st Hahnenkamm weekend in Kitzbhel Friday evening with prominent guests from show business and industry. Once again, Audi Night in the Hotel Zur Tenne … Read more

Audi RS 5 Coupé is “SportsCar 2010”

The Audi RS 5 has won the SportsCar 2010 award in the Production Coupes category. The Audi R8 GT and the Audi R8 Spyder 5.2 FSI took second place in their classes, while the Audi S3 Sportback and Audi RS 6 Avant came in third. 68,132 readers of Auto Bild SportsCars cast their votes in … Read more

AUDI AG: Solar energy for the e-tron

Audi is to use solar energy for future mobility: at the Companys main plant in Ingolstadt, Audi e-tron models will in future have their batteries charged with current obtained directly from photovoltaic equipment on the plant site. The Company is greatly extending its solar energy capacity: by the end of the year additional photovoltaic modules … Read more

Audi Design’s secret project: creation of the A7 Sportback inspires advertising

It is one of the most unusual genesis stories in the Audi model family. The A7 Sportback was a design teams dream project that originated without an order and without a requirements specification and literally seduced the Board of Management. The creators of the advertising campaign launched as part of the market introduction in late … Read more