TUV Rheinland has been plinking away at their biogas B7 A4 for awhile now, complete with lofty top speed goals. And by lofty we mean absolutely obtainable. The car that runs on methane generated by old sawdust and grass clippings just clicked off a top speed of 226.6 mph. That’d damn fast. The car generates [...]
Man… The OG 2.7-liter twin-turbo Audi Allroad is on my auto bucket list (cars I want to own before I die). What a great idea. All the utility offered by 90% of the SUVS onsale, with actual sportiness in sensible package. Naturally it flopped here in the USA. Instead, we get the Q7. Well, those [...]
Elite members of the world’s automotive press are off to Europe this week to run the 2009 Audi S4 around the Mediterranean island of Mallorca. Unfortunately we aren’t elite members so had to dig deep into the Audi Media site to get the details ourselves from afar of the hopped up Audi A4. So here [...]
We really like this guy. In Germany, traffic cameras are set up to get a picture of the driver’s face. As opposed to here in America where thieves can steal your car, run red lights and stick you with a ticket. No really. Maybe Germany is a more genteel society than ours, or they believe [...]
What, never heard of bio-gas? It’s a natural gas-like product made from decomposing plant matter — things like grass clippings and sawdust. A team from Germany managed to convert a B7 A4 to not only accept the fuel, but crank out 585 horsepower. Give us a moment please: ah ha ha ha ha! OK. Of [...]
If our guessing is right, the Audi Mileage Marathon should be well on its way to Amarillo by now. That means they’re getting crazy close to Denver, where we’ll join them for the quick hop down to Las Vegas. We’re still getting reports from fellow journos raving about the mammoth Q7 we’re to pilot — [...]
By now you’ve probably heard the news Audi is running a small fleet of oil-burning rides from New York to L.A. to prove the vehicles not only run clean and smooth but also deliver phenomenal fuel mileage. Early reports from fellow auto journos say the mammoth Q7 SUV is holding down near 30 mpg. That’s [...]
We’re the only country in the world smart enough to understand football (the kind with quarterbacks and 350 lbs. gentleman — not the one where prima donna Brazilians run around in beer shirts). Yet somehow we totally missed the point of the Audi Allroad. To refresh, the Allroad gave you all the actual capability of [...]
The mid-sized luxury-sports segment has grown increasingly competitive lately. Again. Old heavy-hitters like BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Audi suddenly have their hands full with the likes of Lexus, Infinity, Cadillac, and Acura, all vying for a chunk of zee Germans’ creamy profits. With the onslaught of the IS250 AWD, the G35x and the new TL SH-AWD, [...]
Have you checked your investment portfolio lately? You notice how it’s down? Not fun, is it? The last thing lots of folks want to do in these troubled economic times is to outlay a ton of cash only to face rapid depreciation the second they drive their new car off the lots. Luckily, the used [...]
