Audi Takes The Fast Lane With the A3

Just how fast can you say 2006 Audi A3 3.2 Quattro S Line? Not quite that fast, right? But despite this vehicle having a name just so hard to pronounce, let me tell you one very important thing: this one can speed by you so fast you never knew what happened.

The 2006 Audi A3 3.2 Quattro S Line is actually a version of the main Audi A3 line. The Audi A3 is manufactured by the Volkswagen AG and it has been produced and sent right out to the market since 1996 which is ten years ago. According to experts in the field, the Audi A3 has been built as a hatchback that could hold three or five doors. It is a compact car but has been continuously mistaken as a luxury vehicle. it has been built using the FF AWD Volkswagen A platform. The BMW 1 Series and the Alfa Romeo 147 are two of its competition in the market.

Despite the 2006 Audi A3 3.2 Quattro S Line being a compact vehicle that holds quality Audi performance parts, this vehicle has sure a lot of things to offer. And because compact vehicles seem to be the in thing in the industry, the 2006 Audi A3 3.2 Quattro S Line is sure to bring in more sales for the company.

The base price for the 2006 Audi A3 3.2 Quattro S Line is some $33,980. However, if you do choose to own the version of this vehicle that has got more options and more features, you would have to shell out a great $42,150 at that. But this amount would be giving you various accessories and add ons like a navigation system, a satellite radio for entertainment, a dual sunroof created by the Open Sky System, leather seats, alloy wheels plus the 2006 Audi A3 3.2 Quattro S LineÕs cold weather package.

The price may be too much for an ordinary person out in the market for a vehicle to buy. However, if you are looking for a compact vehicle that could speed through roads like most sports vehicles, then this one would be it.

By Joe Wayne.

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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.