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Audi Urban Concept Car shown off [Video]

Shane McGlaun, Sep 12th 2011 Discuss [1]

Audi has unveiled an interesting and very sleek new concept car called the Audi Urban Concept. This car is intended to show what the future of small and very fuel-efficient cars for city dwellers might look like. The car is dubbed a 1+1 by Audi and is made to be as lightweight as possible. The lighter a car is, the more performance it offers with less power and the longer the driving distance is since the car runs on batteries. The car was shown off at the International Motor Show in Frankfurt. Read The Full Story

Audi A0 monocycle looks like a painful accident waiting to happen

Shane McGlaun, Aug 16th 2011 Discuss [2]

Audi has been making luxury and sports cars for a long time. The latest mode of transport to be unveiled by Audi isn't a car, it’s an electric unicycle or monocycle in Audi speak. The device is called the A0 and was designed by German and Mexican students. The A0 is sort of like a combination of a unicycle and a Segway. It reminds me of the time when I was young that my cousin did a face plant on the road trying to ride a normal unicycle. Read The Full Story

Audi urban concept car to debut in Frankfurt

Shane McGlaun, Aug 12th 2011 Discuss [0]

If you have ever been to a big car show where the major manufactures are rolling out their new models and concept cars you know how cool some of the concepts can be. Audi has a very strange concept car that will be showing up at the Frankfurt Motor Show called the urban concept. This little green car is the smallest car that audio has shown off. Read The Full Story

Audi connect makes your car a hotspot and more

Shane McGlaun, Feb 18th 2011 Discuss [0]

If you have ever been cruising along in your car and wished you could get online for surfing the web and share that connection with other devices in the car you are not alone. You can do this with smartphones and other devices, but that sucks down your battery. Audi has a new service called Audi connect that does this without having to rely on another device in the car. Read The Full Story

Audi TTS autonomous racecar climbs Pikes Peak sans driver

Shane McGlaun, Nov 22nd 2010 Discuss [2]

Cars that drive themselves are really cool and the area is a hot bed for research for all sorts of uses. The military likes the though is autonomous vehicles since they could move supplies without putting soldiers in harm's way. Audi has announced that its cool looking TTS autonomous vehicle has participated in the annual Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. Read The Full Story

Marvell and Harman Bringing Integrated Mobile Hotspot Options to Automobiles

Evan Selleck, Aug 9th 2010 Discuss [0]

When it comes to the automotive industry, there's plenty of big names to play around with, as you think about what kind of features you want to have installed. It gets better when two huge companies, linked to the automotive industry, team up to bring you the coolest in new features, already tucked away inside. So what happens when you get one of the biggest names in-vehicle infotainment (Harman), and one of the largest names in integrated silicon solutions (Marvell)? You get integrated WiFi, of course. Read The Full Story

2011 Audi A8 packed with tech: handwriting recognition, 1,400W B&O audio, more

Chris Davies, Dec 1st 2009 Discuss [0]

With what must be a strong candidate for the longest press release of 2009, Audi have launched their new flagship, the Audi A8. Since we usually save our interest in cars for only the most outlandishly technical or geekily endearing, the new A8 earns its place by bolstering its multimedia interface (MMI) with handwriting recognition, an optional 1,400W Bang & Olufsen audio system, twin 10.2-inch displays for the rear-seat passengers, and a 20GB hard-drive for digital media. Read The Full Story

Audi e-tron electric R8 packs monster torque

Chris Davies, Sep 17th 2009 Discuss [0]

The e-tron may sound like a 60s robot from a bad sci-fi film, but in actual fact it's a hand-built electric concept car from Audi. Based on their R8 supercar, the Audi e-tron packs not one but four 230kW (313bhp) electric motors, one for each wheel, for a total of 3319lb/ft of torque, 0-60mph times of 4.8s and a (limited) top speed of 125mph, without killing any rhinos, pandas or polar bears in the process (unless they jump out into the road). Read The Full Story

Audi Travolution keeps track of when traffic lights change

Brenda Stokes, Sep 23rd 2008 Discuss [1]

There's nothing more annoying when driving than coming to a complete stop at a red light only to have it change one second later. Well, besides road rage, that is. But anyway, now Audi is looking to remedy the problem with a new system called Travolution. Read The Full Story

Subaru using Harman Kardon in their vehicles – copy cats

James Allan Brady, Mar 21st 2008 Discuss [1]

So Jaguar goes and picks up Bowers & Wilkins for their cars and Subaru follows suit and goes and picks up another well known non-car audio system manufacturer to do work in their car. The announcement was made yesterday at Subaru’s R1e unveiling. Read The Full Story

Audi working on 2-door Cabriolet

James Allan Brady, Nov 14th 2007 Discuss [0]

It will have 2 doors, 4 seats, and a push button drop top. Its being called the Audi Cross Cabriolet, and Audi is calling it a cross between a mini car and an SUV. Sounds like a convertible PT Cruiser if you ask me, but judging from the picture, Audi’s pedigree, and the 240HP motor inside, I think it will be so much more. Oh yeah, they are also giving it all wheel drive and electric ride-height adjustment (can you say Hydros?). Read The Full Story