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Audi Is Using Soliant Fluorex(R) Paint Film on Roofing Strips

Audi Is Using Soliant Fluorex(R) Paint Film on Roofing Strips

LANCASTER, S.C., April 2 -- Audi is now using Soliant Fluorex(R) Paint Film on the roofing strips on select models of the Audi A8 current model. The roofing strips are being color matched to paint using body- colored plastic and Fluorex(R) Paint Film. "Using Fluorex(R) paint film enables us to provide the full colour p ... Continue reading

What will we be driving in 2010? Concept Cars at the 2007 New York Auto Show - VIDEO GALORE

What will we be driving in 2010? Concept Cars at the 2007 New York Auto Show - VIDEO GALORE

What will we be driving in 2010? NEW YORK, March 22 -- Bold design, technological innovation, ultra-luxury interiors and future fuels are the latest concept car trends that will be arriving at the 2007 New York International Automobile Show. The Show opens to the public on Friday, April 6th through April 15th at the Ja ... Continue reading

Audi Announces 2008 R8 U.S. Pricing

Audi Announces 2008 R8 U.S. Pricing

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., March 28 -- Audi of America, LLC announced today pricing for the all-new 2008 R8 sports car. The R8 with a six- speed manual transmission will have a manufacturer's suggested retail price of $109,000 when it launches this fall in the United States. Models equipped with the six-speed R tronic automa ... Continue reading

NY Auto Show Announces Dozens of World, North American Debuts

NY Auto Show Announces Dozens of World, North American Debuts

Press Preview: April 4th & 5th, Jacob Javits Convention Center NEW YORK, March 26 -- As the world's automakers prepare to wow the press with dozens of world and North American new vehicle introductions at the upcoming New York International Auto Show Media Preview (April 4th and 5th), the Show is offering a glimpse of ... Continue reading

Audi TDI Diesel Wins Again at Sebring

Audi TDI Diesel Wins Again at Sebring

18 March 2007 SEBRING, Fla. - Despite new regulations, the Audi R10 TDI remains the sports car to beat. By achieving an impressive victory in the 12 Hours of Sebring (USA), AUDI AG made a perfect start into the 2007 motorsport season with its revolutionary diesel sports car and also a successful dress rehearsal for the ... Continue reading

Novelis Chosen as Aluminum Sheet Supplier for Audi R8 Sports Car

Novelis Chosen as Aluminum Sheet Supplier for Audi R8 Sports Car

ATLANTA, March 13 -- Novelis Inc. (TSX: NVL) today announced that it has been selected as the lead supplier of aluminum sheet for the new Audi R8 sports car, produced at Audi's Neckarsulm plant in Germany. Novelis' high-performance automotive sheet will be an integral part of Audi's "intelligent lightweight constructio ... Continue reading

Today's Pre-Owned Vehicles May Be the Better Bargain - VIDEO STORY

Today's Pre-Owned Vehicles May Be the Better Bargain - VIDEO STORY

DETROIT - March 11, 2007: Compared to 20 to 25 years ago, automakers say today's "certified pre-owned" vehicles can be as good as buying a new vehicle and are a fraction of the cost. To "certify" a used vehicle, a dealer must perform a comprehensive multi-point inspection that meets the original dealer's specifications ... Continue reading

2007 Audi Q7 4.2 Review - What a Woman Wants!

2007 Audi Q7 4.2 Review - What a Woman Wants!

Wat a Woman Wants Behind the Wheel 2007 Audi Q7 4.2 Women know how to balance life, and it can begin with the vehicle they own. The Audi Q7 provides balance – balance at home, balance in your professional life, and balance with being true to yourself. When Audi designed the Q7 4.2, this was the type of woman they ... Continue reading

Geneva Car Show Going Green

Geneva Car Show Going Green

FRANKFURT, March 2, 2007; Michael Shields, European Auto Correspondent writing for Reuters reported that challenged to cut cars' output of climate-warming greenhouse gases, global automakers get the chance at next week's show in Geneva to prove they can make products that are fun to drive but won't wreck the environmen ... Continue reading

Audi Sales Up 37.5% in February 2007

Audi Sales Up 37.5% in February 2007

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., March 1 -- Audi of America, Inc. today announced a 37.5% increase in February 2007 sales compared to the same period last year. Sales totaled 6,609, for the month. Sales in 2007 have reached 13,008 vehicles, an increase of 19.4% versus the same period last year. Sales of the A4 model continue to se ... Continue reading

IIHS: Bumpers That Can't Take Bumps

IIHS: Bumpers That Can't Take Bumps

First results of new crash tests: most car bumpers don't work in low-speed crashes; 3 cars sustain $4,500 damage in 6 mph test while old Ford Escort sustains little damage ARLINGTON, VA — Most bumpers on midsize cars do little to resist damage in the kinds of low-speed collisions that are common in commuter traffi ... Continue reading

2007 Audi Q7 Review

2007 Audi Q7 Review

AUDI Q7 OFF TO CHICAGO No Slippin’, No Slidin’, Just Confident Gliden’ By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau It’s often a disappointment to have a competent all-wheel-driver for a test car on a week when there are no adverse conditions with which to have some fun or time to find off-road ... Continue reading

Audi R8 Featured in Auctions to Benefit the Elton John AIDS Foundation

Audi R8 Featured in Auctions to Benefit the Elton John AIDS Foundation

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Feb. 20 -- The first Audi R8 sports car to be sold in the U.S. will be auctioned off at the 15th Annual Elton John AIDS Foundation party to celebrate the Academy Awards. All proceeds will be donated to EJAF to support its work in the fight against HIV/AIDS. This marks the second year in a row Audi ... Continue reading

Special OHANA ROAD Episode: Los Angeles Auto Show

Special OHANA ROAD Episode: Los Angeles Auto Show

OHANA ROAD, Hawaii's award-winning automotive TV show takes an in-depth look at the Los Angeles Auto Show. ... Continue reading

Consumer Reports: Gas Mileage of SUV's, CUV's, Wagons, MiniVans and Pickups

Consumer Reports: Gas Mileage of SUV's, CUV's, Wagons, MiniVans and Pickups

CONSUMER REPORTS’ BEST & WORST SUVs PUBLICATION NAMES VEHICLES THAT STRETCH FUEL DOLLARS Ford Escape Hybrid, Saturn Vue Green Line rated best in fuel economy for small, midsized SUVs YONKERS, NY – If the spring brings increasing gas prices as it often does, Consumer Reports’ Best & Worst SUVs, Trucks, Mi ... Continue reading

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