Posts Tagged ‘audis’

China’s FAW preparing V12 Hongqi limousine

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
When you think of V12 engines, what typically comes to mind? German luxury sedans? Italian exotics? Think again: Chinese automaker FAW has taken the wraps off a new 6-liter V12 that will begin production in about a year from now. The engine will drive the new Hongqi HQE limousine, China's homegrown ......

Private Dancer: Tina Turner’s Mercedes-powered Lambo LM002

Sunday, November 11th, 2007
Tina Turner is one of the most successful performing and recording artists of all time. She's won eight Grammies, hit the Billboard Top 10 seven times and sold more concert tickets than any other solo performer in history. Unfortunately she never learned how to drive stick, but having sold over 180 ......

Mysteriously burnt Audi revealed to be V10 RS8

Tuesday, September 18th, 2007
The phrase "580-HP twin-turbo V10" is hot enough to raise the temperature of any sports car enthusiast. And as sad photos of flambeed Audis have attested, without glacial cooling it's also hot enough to turn Audi RS8 test mules into fireworks.When we first wrote about the burned out Audi R8 in the p......

Are Audi’s plans for world domination too big?

Sunday, September 9th, 2007
It seems like every carmaker has set themselves the goal of world domination. Toyota's internal master-plan memos leaked out, and then there's BMW nipping right along with lofty goals, too. Here comes Audi, deciding that they'd really like to sell 200,000 vehicles in the US market by 2010. While BMW......

Peugeot 908 HDI wins LeMans Series

Thursday, September 6th, 2007
The Le Mans Series wrapped up it's 2007 racing season this past weekend at the Interlagos track in Sao Paulo Brazil, and the Peugeot team finished it's clean sweep.The new Peugeot 908 HDi diesel powered prototypes took six victories in six races including a pair of one-two finishes. The No 8 car of ......

Rendered Speculation: Audi A1 taking different direction

Saturday, August 4th, 2007
With recent reports that Audi still hadn't finalized the design of it's upcoming A1 mini, designer Gabriel Rabhi has shared his own thoughts on what it should look like. Rabhi has created a series of images for Fourtitude that show a new look for the A1. Aside from the now standard Audi grille and t......

Petit LeMans ends in Audi’s favor

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007
An outright victory for Audi in the American Le Mans Series has been a long time coming, the team having narrowly missed the mark on many occasions since it last happened at the St. Petersburg race in March. The two diesel-powered Audi R10 LMP1 cars have been saddled with restrictions by the ALMS or......

2007 Detroit Grand Prix: ALMS race action

Wednesday, June 27th, 2007
Click the photo of the Audi R10 overtaking the Ferrari F430 for more race actionIn qualifying for the first ever American Le Mans Series race in Detroit, the LMP2 class cars put the mighty Audi R10s in their place. The diesel racers that have dominated for almost two years were relegated to the four......

Aw Snap! Audi R10s lose outright victory at Road America

Friday, June 8th, 2007
click above image for gallery of Audi's battle with Porsche at Road AmericaSpeaking of calling your shots, Audi said prior to Round Eight of the American Le Mans Series at Road America this past weekend that its LMP1 R10 diesel racers were poised to steal an outright victory from the LMP2 cars. The ......

Iron Man alter ego Tony Stark’s R8 at Comic-Con!

Friday, May 25th, 2007
Our sister blog, Cinematical, is covering Comic-Con in San Diego and lo and behold, what did they spot out in front of the convention center? Tony Stark's Audi R8. This is just an early tease for Fanboy Nation, and this major product tie-in that will also see several other Audis cross the screen in ......