Posts Tagged ‘a8’

Tata’s new TL Sprint (Xenon)

Thursday, October 25th, 2007
Tata readies new Tatamobile - the Xenon:Tata Motor’s is giving final touches to its new one-tonne pickup the Sprint, which is showcased in 2006 Bologona motor show and will be launched in India soon. The Sprint is a derivative of the original Tatamobile, and the current Telcoline. Tata’s TL Spri......

DuPont reports most popular color on earth

Monday, September 24th, 2007
For seven long years, silver has reigned as the overall number one choice worldwide for car color. DuPont reports that those days are over, and the new color of choice is -- gasp -- white/white metallic. That means more people prefer white cars than silver or black cars, with white taking a decisi......

Audi delaying CUV launches until 2009

Wednesday, July 18th, 2007
Audi is going to put off the launch of three new SUVs into its arsenal until the end of the decade, primarily for marketing reasons. Really, it's only one new model – the compact Q5 – plus diesel and hybrid versions of its Q7 crossover.The reason for the delay is primarily to avoid Audi's newest......

Meant to be: Audi integrates the iPhone

Saturday, June 9th, 2007
With both Audi and Apple's minimalist design ethos, it was simply a matter of time before they joined forces and offered a way to integrate the new iPhone across the four-ringed lineup. Any Audi model equipped with Bluetooth will allow the iPhone to be paired with the vehicle, giving users the abili......

2008 Audi A8 gets 2.8 FSI, new features, and subtle tweaks

Sunday, June 3rd, 2007
Click image for photo galleryAudi's delightful A8 flagship sedan sees a number of refinements made for the 2008 model year, with the lion's share of the attention being paid to things that aren't immediately visible from the outside. The biggest addition is the 2.8L FSI six-cylinder that will be off......

Spy Shots: VW Phaeton Coupe/Cabriolet

Monday, May 14th, 2007
It sure looks like a fingerpainting to us, but we're told this is a spy photo of a new VW in development. Actually, the full size shots over at Winding Road clearly show a muscular mule that has a lot of Audi DNA in its looks. It's believed to be Volkswagen's Phaeton replacement, only in coupe/cabri......

Car Costume: Audi 90 Quattro becomes Audi 90 IMSA GTO

Thursday, March 29th, 2007
Old Audis are cool, and old racing Audis are even cooler. A Swedish Audi fanatic seems to think so, too, and has gone to extreme lengths to transform a workaday Audi 90 into the IMSA GTO version of that car. Not wanting to go the stripe-and-bodykit route, this Audi's flares were painstakingly constr......

All Audi, all the time : Audi TV hits the web waves

Thursday, March 22nd, 2007
Following up the last post on the subject, Audi TV has launched on the internet, offering up original Audi content 24-hours a day, seven-days-a-week.Magazine-type shows, from "behind-the-scenes" looks at vehicle launches to interviews with musicians and other Audi partners, pepper the web waves in b......

VW Phaeton, Take 2: let’s try smaller this time, with a bit more Audi

Saturday, March 3rd, 2007
Volkswagen's Phaeton could not exactly be described as a run-away success. The German carmaker planned to make a modest 20,000 units, but only managed to sell a quarter that amount. But someone in Wolfsburg must have gotten an "if at first you don't succeed" fortune cookie, and they're determined to......

Geneva Motor Show: Audi A5 and S5 live gallery

Monday, January 22nd, 2007
Click the image above for 36 live shots from the Geneva Auto Show floor.Admittedly, we're a little behind on providing you with live pics of Audi's newest odd numbered hotness, Better late than never, right?Seeing the A5 and its V8-powered sibling, the S5, up close and personal didn't do much to ch......