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First Drives2015 Audi S3 Sedan and A3 Cabriolet: New Kids On The Block
After a few tentative years spent testing the subcompact waters in Canada with the A3 hatchback, Audi has elected to dive in head-first. Starting in the 2015 model year, the A3 line-up will drop the hatch but expand to include not only the Audi A3 sedan, but also cabriolet and …
First Drives2015 Audi A8 - A Subtle Mid-Life Cycle Redo
Things are heating up at the top end of the luxury car market. Mercedes-Benz is blazing a new trail with it’s latest S-Class and BMW is planning to introduce the next 7 Series in 2015. All that might have something to do with Audi’s decision to refresh the A8 with …
First Drives2014 Audi RS Q3: Canada-Bound?4.0/5
Start it up and the engine’s purr immediately makes it clear that this is no conventional sport utility vehicle. Your first impression will be confirmed as soon as you take it out on the road, as the abundant engine torque accelerates the vehicle in a constant and linear fashion and …
First Drives2014 Audi RS7: Touring the Austrian Alps4.5/5
With the RS7, the quattro GmbH engineers created what is perhaps the ultimate sleeper. The uninitiated see it as nothing more than a nice A7, but those in the know see it as a luxury car that offers performances worthy of a supercar thanks to its 4.0-litre V8 biturbo engine …
First Drives2014 Audi RS7: A Sportback for the Power Hungry
When Audi revamped the A6 sedan in 2012, the company also introduced the A7 Sportback, a model they dubbed a five-door coupe. What Audi designers did, in fact, was add a rear hatch and additional storage space to the A6 platform. The resulting long, arcing roofline gave the A7 an …
First Drives2015 Audi A3: Made for Chimerica4.0/5
Budapest, Hungary- Chimerica. It’s a new word coined by British economics historian Niall Ferguson to describe the symbiotic relationship that now exists between the economies of China and the United States of America, and it applies perfectly to the new third-generation Audi A3 whose mission it is to conquer both …
First Drives2013 Audi Q5: Minor facelift, engine transformation
The Q5’s success speaks for itself and now Audi, the Ingolstadt-based manufacturer, is launching a new version with a few subtle modifications to the body. This marks the start of a series of technical modifications for the 2013 model-year. The esthetic changes made to Audi’s best-seller aren’t exactly obvious: there …
First Drives2012 Audi Q5 Hybrid quattro – The sporty hybrid crossover4.5/5
Last year, when Audi held an international information session on its plans for hybrid and all-electric vehicles, three vehicle categories were introduced. The first category featured a hybrid engine and a battery that recharges using kinetic energy recovered from the brakes. The second category also had a hybrid engine, but …
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