Posted on 12th March, 2010 by admin
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Ingolstadt, March 12, 2010 – In a weekly column Le-Mans record winner Tom Kristensen gives some exclusive insights behind the scenes of the world’s most famous endurance race and the preparation by Audi Sport Team Joest.

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Posted on 11th March, 2010 by admin
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Ingolstadt, March 11, 2010 – Exactly 183 days will have passed between the 2009 DTM finale and the 2010 season opener at the Hockenheimring (April 24) – this equates to just about half a year, which is an extremely long break for a sportsman. But as the example of Martin Tomczyk who is tackling his tenth DTM season in 2010 shows the winter season was anything but boring for the Audi “factory” drivers.

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Posted on 10th March, 2010 by admin
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INGOLSTADT – March 10, 2010: The Audi Group ended the 2009 fiscal year with a clearly positive operating profit and only a slight downturn in vehicle deliveries, despite the major effects of the global financial and economic crisis.

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Posted on 9th March, 2010 by Warren M
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Audi DTM driver Mattias Ekström has some fun with the company’s 525 hp R8 Spyder 5.2 FSI quattro in a car park.



Posted on 8th March, 2010 by Warren M
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Ingolstadt, March 8, 2010 – With the delivery of the first customer cars, Audi AG’S GT3 customer sport program has reached the next phase. By mid-April, 20 Audi R8 LMS vehicles will have been handed over to the teams that are planning to run the GT3 race sports car in various national and international racing series and in the two 24-hour races at the Nürburging and at Spa-Francorchamps in the 2010 season.

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Posted on 8th March, 2010 by Warren M
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Purely by chance, we’ve been in Barcelona for a few days now. Not to put to fine a point on it – it’s FREEZING! And now it’s just started to snow. Seriously. So you can imagine how our spirits were lifted when we spotted this gigantic A1 in the distance.

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Posted on 8th March, 2010 by Warren M
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Ingolstadt, March 8, 2010 – AUDI AG reports worldwide sales of around 75.900 automobiles in February. The sales tally for the month is thus 19.9 percent up on February 2009. For the first two months of the year combined, unit sales by the Ingolstadt-based brand showed a rise of 28.7 percent on the prior-year period.

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Posted on 6th March, 2010 by admin
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Here’s a beautiful piece of film from the German automaker Audi, achieved by Aladino Debert. And 100% CG too. Amazing stuff.



Posted on 5th March, 2010 by admin
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Ingolstadt, March 5, 2010 – Exactly 100 days from now we’ll know who has won the 24 Hours of Le Mans. With eight victories under his belt, Audi “factory” driver Tom Kristensen is the “King of Le Mans” and knows exactly what counts at Le Mans. Starting today, he will provide some exclusive insights behind the scenes of the world’s most exclusive endurance race and the preparation by Audi Sport Team Joest.

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Posted on 5th March, 2010 by admin
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Legendary rally driver Walter Röhrl (62) takes the equally awesome Audi Quattro up the Col de Turini stage of the Monte Carlo Rally.



Posted on 4th March, 2010 by admin
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Ingolstadt, March 4, 2010 – Markus Winkelhock and Katherine Legge will be in for some completely new challenges in the 2010 DTM: for the first time, both of them will compete as team colleagues for Audi Sport Team Rosberg. That the driver from southern Germany’s “Swabia” region will continue to advertise the men’s magazine “Playboy” on the Audi A4 DTM while Katherine Legge will represent the colors of “Glamour” magazine should add a dose of lifestyle spice to the DTM – and can be expected to inspire the media to come up with some clever comparisons and puns.

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Posted on 4th March, 2010 by admin
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Fascination taken to a new level of intensity: The Audi R8 Spyder 5.2 FSI quattro combines breathtaking performance with the experience of open-top driving. The 386 kW (525 hp) V10 engine accelerates the high-performance sports car with the lightweight cloth top to 100 km/h (62.14 mph) in 4.1 seconds on its way to a top speed of 313 km/h (194.49 mph). The Audi R8 Spyder 5.2 FSI quattro features a fascinating package of technologies, including the Audi Space Frame (ASF) made of aluminum and carbon fiber composite, quattro permanent all-wheel drive, LED headlights and the innovative seatbelt microphone.

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Posted on 3rd March, 2010 by admin
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Video of the Audi A1 and A1 e-tron concept car’s world premiere in Geneva, presented by Rupert Stadler. Lovely stuff.



Posted on 3rd March, 2010 by admin
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Ingolstadt, March 3, 2010 – The Audi driving experience is expanding its portfolio by offering an opportunity that is unique in the world: effective immediately, Audi customers with sporting ambitions can book exclusive racing commitments with the Audi R8 LMS. Audi is making its Le Mans-winning team available for this purpose.

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Posted on 3rd March, 2010 by admin
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Nice rendering sequence from Audi, looking around and inside the company’s R8 V10 5.2 FSI quattro. Cool soundtrack too.


