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2018 Audi Q5: Right Tool For The Right Job
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Automakers love luxury crossovers. For many manufacturers, a platform is shared across one or more brands so the costs can be spread out. Add to the reduced unit costs, the price premium the consumer is willing to pay for a “premium” brand and you start printing money hand over fist. Or, you print enough money…
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First Drive: 2018 Audi RS 5
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Audi Sport is cranking out some modern classics. We’ve got the five-cylinder-powered RS3 and TT-RS making great noise, and now a new RS 5 is ready to join the party. This is the 2018 Audi RS 5 and it’s got enough juice to make it a quicker (and maybe more affordable) combatant in the Germany…
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The Audi TT RS is so good we had to give it another go
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Yeah, we drove it already… but we needed to give it another go. The 2018 Audi TT RS is worth the extra time, because it’s just so damn good now. Audi is offering up a 400-horsepower sports coupe that’s basically a budget R8. It’s not cheap, but compared to the competition it’s well priced. Plus…
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First Drive: 2018 Audi TT RS and 2018 Audi RS3
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The inline five-cylinder engine is one that should be quite familiar to fans of Audi’s racing history. It will soon be familiar to fans of the latest that the German automaker has to offer and it arrives in two flavors; the new 2018 Audi TT RS and 2018 Audi RS3. Each comes packing 400 horsepower…
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First Drive: 2018 Audi S5 Sportback
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There’s compromise in the automotive world. Some of it is bad, but some of it is the good sort of compromise. The 2018 Audi S5 Sportback is that good kind. Yes, we’re hopelessly dreaming of a day when wagons will return in large numbers to roam the roads. That day isn’t today, so that’s why…
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First Drive: 2018 Audi SQ5
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Take one part Audi S4 and S5 powertrain. Mix that with a bit of Q5 body work. What do you have? A surprisingly good fat wagon that goes by the name of 2018 Audi SQ5. There’s over 350 horsepower on tap. An optional rear sport differential makes sure the power is applied purposefully. An optional…
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First Drive: 2018 Audi S4 and Audi S5
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Instead of sampling one new Audi, let’s try out two! That’s what I did when I trekked to Palm Springs to take in both the 2018 Audi S4 and the 2018 Audi S5. Both are powered by a 354-horsepower 3.0-liter turbocharged V6, and both are a nice improvement over the car they’re replacing. There’s more noise, more…
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Quick Spin: Getting dirty with the 2017 Audi Allroad
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Here’s a quick look at the new 2017 Audi Allroad. It’s our German friends longroof answer to the crossover question. Here for the new model year, Audi has swapped in a revised 2.0-liter turbocharged four cylinder engine, which is now good for 252 horsepower and 273 lb-ft of torque. The ride height is slightly raised.…
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2017 Audi A4 – Leading the way for the rest of the brand
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When you think of the latest and the greatest from Audi, you’re drawn to the likes of the new Q7, the TT, and of course the R8. These are vehicles that have received all the new tech and, in the case of the R8, are hypnotic super machines. The real key to the Audi lineup…
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2016 Audi RS 7 Performance takes on Shift Sector
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[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gN6hFTCkEM[/youtube] The Audi RS 7 is one of those cars that makes you rethink the laws of physics. Heavy cars such as the RS 7 accelerate with such demand you’d think each one is programmed from the factory to be a heist getaway vehicle. Audi Sport added “Performance” to the RS 7 nameplate, which adds even more…