Speed Up With Audi

Advancement through Technology is what Audi promotes. 2007 has proven a great year for Audi. They have come up with the Audi A5 grand tourer, which is a luxury 2 door coupe. The S5 was launched at about the same time as the A5, and this is a more aggressive vehicle. The RS5 hasn't been announced, while the RS6 is planned to be out in 2009. Another car launched in 2007 by Audi is the R8 road car, even if this car had previous appearances in public the first being in 2003. This is a sports car that has some Lamborghini features such as the transmission and the chassis. Audi did this move because it owns Lamborghini. The Audi R8 was called the Best Handling Car of 2007 by Autocar magazine.

For the year 2008 Audi prepares the Q5. This model will be a mid sized luxury crossover SUV. The revolutionary feature of this car will be the modular longitudinal platform, which first appeared in the A5 luxury coupe. The manufacturing process will take place at Ingolstadt, which is Audi's home town. The presentation of the Q5 is programmed at the Geneva Auto Show in 2008. Another Q model is the luxury size SUV the Q7, presented to the public in 2006. The body style of the Q7 is the 5 door SUV, with a front engine and a four wheel drive layout.

The Audi A1 is going to be launched in 2009and it is going to be a super mini coupe. It will be based on the Audi MQB platform (modular transverse matrix). The style of this upcoming model is said to be based on the Audi Shooting Brake concept car. This model will be manufactured in Brussels, the Belgium. The Audi A1 will have as its main competitor the MINI. The most recent racing forms of Audi include the Sport Quattro and the R10. All these present excellent features and are speedy cars. The R10 has a maximum speed of 354 kilometers per hour!

Other models of Audi that you can check out are the Audi A3, the A4, the A5, the A6, the A8, the Allroad Quattro, the RS4, the S4, the S5, the S6, the S8 or the TT. All in all, if you are an Audi fan, you are probably anxious to see what the new 2008 and 2009 models will look like. However, you can take a look on the Internet and you might be able to see a preview of these Audis.

By Michael Rad.

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Audi Going Strong For The 2007 DTM

Three Audi factory teams namely Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline, Rosberg, and Phoenix has entered the 2007 DTM season which is scheduled to start on April 22 at Hockenheim with strong partners. And for the first time the new designs of Audi A4 DTM cars can be seen in public at the DTM test days at the Motorsport arena Oschersleben starting Tuesday until Friday this week. The official presentation to open the season is going to be held on Sunday on the Kš in Dusseldorf.

Audi Sport has obtained the support of four global players due to its involvement in the most popular international touring car race series and these are Red Bull, Philips, the Schaeffler Group, and Siemens. Audi luxury unit of Volkswagen the producer of quality VW Scirocco part-- has also gained two large media partnersÑthe AutoBild and Playboy. There are also several subsidiary brands of Audi AG has used the popularity of the DTM in promoting their products and services such as the Audi Bank, Audi Gebrauchtwagen:plus, Audi Top Service, and Quattro GmbH.

The two Audi A4 DTM cars of Mattias Ekstrom (Sweden) and Martin Tomczyk (Germany) compete since the year 2004 in the colors of Red Bull, the market leader in energy drink sector. And for this yearÕs blue is made significantly darker than in previous years coming inline with the global motorsport programmer of Red Bull.

Last seasonÕs most successful Audi driver in DTM and Le Mans record winner Tom Kirstensen from Denmark has once again steer an Audi A4 DTM which in 2006 bare the logos of Siemens. The color for this year of the car is silver instead of white which was previously employed.

German Lucas Luhr is driving a white Audi A4 DTM and will advertise Philips, which is a global leading technology. Luhr will advertise PhilipÕs Flat Screen TV equipped with Ambilight background lightning. Another German driver Christian Abt will drive a now flat-black A4 DTM with two sponsors namely menÕs lifestyle magazine Playboy and the Audi AG Gebrauchtwagen:plus programme.

Timo Scheider again from Germany will drive an Audi sportcar which was unveiled at the Audi Motorsport Launch & Lounge in Munich at the beginning of March and also painted flat-black and will advertise the Audi brands Gebrauchtwagen:plus and Audi Top Service. The new DTM boy Mike Rockenfeller will drive a red A4 DTM. The youngest Audi factory driver also gets support from the Quattro GmbH and its S line sport kits and also from EuropeÕs largest car magazine AutoBIld.

The Frenchman Alexandre Premat, just like Luhr and Rockenfeller will display Audi Bank on silver-gold A4. The Schaeffler Group for this year will use the DTM as a platform for three of their brands namely LuK, INA, and GAG. The Schaeffler Group is a development partner and production supplier for Audi. It will be present on the cars of Matthias Ekstrom and Mike Rockenfeller. The other Audi Sport partners for the 2007 DTM are Eibach Springs, O.Z. Racing (wheels), and PTC (Software Solutions).

By Benjamin Hudson.