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Audi confirms Q3 production - in Spain - but decision on U.S. production "postponed"

The first shipments of Audi's new Q5 crossover have barely hit the docks here in North America, and already the kid brother to the Q7 is set to get a sidekick of its own. In an official announcement released today, the VW Group luxury arm has confirmed that it will build a Q3 crossover in Martorell, Spain in 2011. The company plans to build around 80,000 units at the SEAT plant, but while production has been confirmed for Spain, the fortunes of a possible U.S. assembly facility have been put on ice. According to Audi CEO Rupert Stadler: ... Read more →

Rendered Speculation: Audi to resurrect Ur-Quattro with lightweight twin-turbo A5? Noah Joseph

As far as classic Audi models go, nothing is as iconic as the legendary "Ur-Quattro". The 1985 Audi Quattro was a beast of a car in its day, even if it only had 160 horsepower. When the new Audi S5 ...

First Drive: Sailing in Stuttgart with Porsche's Cayenne S Hybrid Chris Paukert

While charging along at 85 mph with a particularly poker-faced Porsche engineer riding shotgun, traffic begins to cluster on the horizon. Not willing to risk our seven-figure prototype, I gently ...

Audi Q5 hits America carrying $37,200 MSRP Sam Abuelsamid

Audi has finally announced U.S. pricing for its new Q5 mid-sized crossover. For America, there is currently only one powertrain combination available, a 3.2-liter FSI V6 with quattro all-wheel ...

Battle of the Blue Badges: Volkswagen overtakes Ford as world's 3rd largest automaker Noah Joseph

While Toyota and General Motors continue to duke it out for first place among the world's largest automakers, the lower rungs have been equally hotly contested. It came as a shock to many that ...

Will the prodigal Bernhard return to Chrysler? 2 years ago on Autoblog

It's no secret that Wolfgang Bernhard, the VW brand's head honcho, is not happy with the fact that current VW Group Chairman Bernd Pischetsrider is resigning at the end of the year. Pischetsrieder was one of the major players involved in bringing Bernhard over from DaimlerChrysler and tasking the ...

Geneva Motor Show: Audi RS4 Cabrio 3 years ago on Autoblog

Bonita. ("Beautiful") That's what our man on the scene, Autoblog Spanish's Alberto said about the Audi RS4 Cabrio--clearly smitten, he was particularly fond of the interior treatment. And after talking a look at these live shots, we can't help but feel a little amorous ...






Autoblog Podcast #152: Paukert Enhanced!

Chris Paukert joins the usual crew of Chris, Sam, and Dan, summarily classing up the joint.

 
 

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