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First Drives2019 Audi Q8: The New Face of Audi SUVs4.5/5
BMW has the X6, Mercedes-Benz has the GLE Coupe, and now Audi will introduce its Q8 to Canada in the first quarter of 2019. Foreshadowed by the Q8 sport concept unveiled at the Geneva Auto Show in March 2017, the new Q8 borrows several features from the recent A6, A7 …
First Drives2019 Audi A6: Do-it-all Luxury Sedan4.0/5
PORTO, Portugal – In a luxury brand’s lineup of vehicles, the midsize sedan might have one of the toughest jobs. It has to be sophisticated to justify a lofty price, but it can’t overshadow the full-size sedan as the technology benchmark. It has to perform better than the compact sedan …
Spotlight on2019 Audi A6: We’re Driving it This Week!
While some automakers are retiring their passenger car lineup to concentrate on SUVs, others are renewing theirs. It’s the case for the Audi brand which, in the last year, introduced the 2019 A8 sedan , the 2019 A7 Sportback and, now, the A6 sedan . A new generation of the …
First Drives2018 Audi R8 V10 RWS: The Rear-wheel-drive R84.5/5
MADRID, Spain – Wow! The R8’s naturally aspirated 5.2L V10 is still as impressive. It howls as revs climb smoothly all the way up to 8700 rpm in what is an instant response to our foot mashing the accelerator. The experience can only be described as nirvana. Except that in …
First Drives2019 Audi A7: Tech Made Sexy4.5/5
CAPE TOWN, South Africa – The new, second-generation Audi A7 is still a paragon of elegance, but now also serves as a technological showcase for the German carmaker, as it incorporates many new technologies first introduced on the Audi A8 uber-luxury sedan. So, tech made sexy is the buzzword for …
BlogSmall Luxury SUVs with All-wheel Drive: Fashionable!
Subcompact luxury sport-utility vehicles, equipped with all-wheel drive, fulfill the important need of safely hauling the family, but also allow consumers to look good in an upscale vehicle. The subcompact SUV segment has grown in popularity over the past few years, and new models keep being added to the market.
First Drives2019 Audi A8: The Uber-techno Flagship Sedan4.5/5
The fourth-generation Audi A8 is a technological tour de force . It will arrive in Canadian showrooms in the third quarter of 2018, as a 2019 model, and it will come loaded with so much technology that it will be capable of driving itself. The Audi A8 is the first …
Spotlight on2019 Audi A8: We’re Driving it This Week
We are on our way to Valencia, Spain for the first drive of the new 2019 Audi A8. As the flagship for the brand, the A8 is loaded with technology and is the first production model capable of Level 3 autonomous driving , something we experienced first-hand during a short …
First Drives2019 Audi A8: The Audi that Drives Itself in Traffic
Düsseldorf, Germany – Traffic Jam Pilot is the name Audi has given the system that allows the A8 to drive itself fully autonomously in – you guessed it – traffic jams. I’m on board the new 2019 Audi A8 with Daniel Lepczyk, an autonomous driving systems development engineer at Audi.
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