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VIDEO: The future of car configurators, brought to you on Microsoft Surface

Microsoft Surface is, at its most basic, a table-sized touchscreen computer. You can play with them at rather select locations, but we haven't yet begun to see what the thing can do because there aren't enough people investing in applications for it. But for a glimpse of a potential automotive use, Neue Digitale / Razorfish (ND/R) created a configurator that turns accessorizing into building a car in your bare hands. One of the coolest things about ND/R's take on customizing is that Surface allows for a huge car because the screen is, ... Read more →

Buick takes another look at the small premium market with Avant Concept (w/VIDEO) Jeremy Korzeniewski

Need further proof that the premium car market is looking to downsize? General Motors' latest entry on its recently launched Lab website is the Buick Avant, which the automaker developed to study ...

2009 Audi A4 sedan and wagon priced Damon Lavrinc

Click above for a high-res gallery of the 2009 Audi A4 Avant. The 2009 Audi A4 sedan and Avant will be hitting lots later this year, and before dealers can begin taking orders in September, they've ...

Rumormill: Audi considering more powerful RS6 Avant Damon Lavrinc

Click above for a high-res gallery of the Audi RS6 Avant If there's anything the 580-horsepower Audi RS6 Avant isn't lacking, it's power. But according to AutoTelegraaf, Audi plans to launch a "Plus" ...

Pics aplenty: 2009 Audi A4 Avant Damon Lavrinc

Click above for a high-res gallery of the 2009 Audi A4 Avant. Audi was nice enough to provide us with some more shots of the 2009 A4 Avant ahead of its official unveiling in Geneva next month. As ...

Spy Shots: Audi RS6 Sedan 1 year ago on Autoblog

Sporting a subtle IMSA-flared look, Audi's new V10-powered RS6 sedan has been caught while testing in Scandinavia. It looks pretty much like a finished car when it comes to styling and packaging - the lack of camouflage really allows you to see the more muscular elements like flared fenders, a more ...

Chicago 2008: Audi A4 Special Edition 1 year ago on Autoblog

click above for more high-res shots of the Audi A4 Special Edition One of the unexpected Chicago announcements this year is the 2008 Audi A4 Special Edition, an obvious model run-out push in advance of the new A4's arrival. The specialness comes from an extra equipment package that adds value via ...

Packing on the pounds: UK-spec RS6 Avant will cost 77,625 1 year ago on Autoblog

click above for a high-res gallery of the Audi RS6 Avant There are a lot of different figures to get caught up in when discussing Audi's UK-spec RS6 Avant, and most of them concern the wagon's performance. Let's start with power. The RS6 produces 572 hp and 479 lb.-ft. of torque from a twin-turbo'd ...

Enter the Rumormill: Audi A4 Allroad Quattro 1 year ago on Autoblog

The Outback treatment of the new Impreza may not be a best seller, but if emerging reports are to be believed, Audi thinks it can do a better mini-me impression by applying the Allroad concept – its take on the Outback theme – to the smaller A4. Currently the Audi Allroad is based on ...

Frankfurt 2007: Audi RS6 Avant is the devil's own wagon 2 years ago on Autoblog

click above image to view high-res gallery of the Audi RS6 var digg_url = 'http://www.digg.com/design/Audi_RS6_Avant_revealed_in_Frankfurt_580_HP_station_wagon_There_is_pics'; When Satan is going to have some friends over and needs to go shopping, he grabs the keys to the Audi RS6 Avant. Why? ...

VIDEO: Audi RS6 Avant drifting round the 'Ring 2 years ago on Autoblog

The details surrounding the Audi RS6 are out, but that doesn't mean that testing has ended. The RS6 has been sighted donning heavy camo all over the free world, and after the jump we have video of a virtually undisguised RS6 Avant doing a powerslide at a bend of the famed Nürburgring ...

Leaked! Audi RS6 Avant 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click the image above for more high-res pics. The folks over at Auto Motor und Sport (and Dubspeed) let loose several images and specs on Audi's forthcoming RS6 Avant, and although the pics are pretty, the real story is the power. Sporting a 5.2-liter V10, complete with TSI and two turbos swinging ...

Spy Shots: Audi RS6 Avant 2 years ago on Autoblog

While flashy, high dollar exotics have their place in the world; utilitarian Q-ship have a special place in our hearts -- Audi wagons in particular. Although its no surprise that when Audi releases the new RS6, likely next month in Frankfurt, the wagon model won't be too far off, and these newest ...

Rendered Speculation: 2009 Audi A5/S5 sportback 2 years ago on Autoblog

Audi's A5 line was supposed to mean "coupe," but the exception to the rule appears to be the Sportback variant. While the renderings give it five doors, the car definitely retains its coupe DNA -- there'll be no chance of confusing it with an A4 Avant. The bog standard Sportback will make do with ...

M5 Wagon won't come Stateside 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click the image above for a full, hi-res gallery to quell your anger. We can't really say that this is much of a surprise, but it's still disappointing nonetheless. Autoweek is reporting that the wagon variant of BMW's 507 HP, M5 sedan will not be coming to U.S. Bimmer dealers in the near or ...

VIDEO: Nurburgring in 8:29...in a wagon 3 years ago on Autoblog

Lapping the Nurburgring's infamous Nordschleife circuit in less than nine minutes is downright impressive, no matter what way you look at it. But in a wagon? Unbelievable. Okay, so this isn't some soccer mom's family-hauler; it's a 450-hp Audi RS6 Avant, capable of hitting sixty in 4.2 seconds ...

Watch out, Audi Avant: BMW 335i M Sport Touring wagon 3 years ago on Autoblog

While Audi has at times made some of its most powerful S4s and RS4s in Avant wagon bodystyle only, BMW has never made an M3 Touring. And technically, it still hasn't, at least not in name. But the new 335i M Sport Touring is pretty damn close. With a twin-turbo 3.0-liter six, the 335i sports sedan ...

Audi Avant - Class of 2015 3 years ago on Autoblog

Late last year, Audi Brand Group's Design Director, Walter de'Silva, along with Audi designers Gary Telaak (outside) and Ingo Von Bargen (inside) asked 20 design students to help shape the future of Audi's oh-so-stylish Avants. Masters students at Milan's Scuola Politecnica di Design were asked to ...






Autoblog Podcast #151: With Car and Driver's Eddie Alterman

Eddie Alterman wades in with Sam, Chris, Dan, and Jonny to talk about SEMA and other recent events.

 
 

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