Polo R WRC Street concept car: 2.0 l engine with 162 kW / 220 PS   Wolfsburg /...

The Australasian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP) today announced maximum 5 star safety ratings for two Mercedes-Benz models – the all new B-Class and the Valente van. Upholding the safety reputation of Mercedes-Benz, all variants of the B-Class have been awarded the highest ANCAP safety rating of 5 stars. Contributing to this result is the long list of innovative Safety Assist Technologies (SAT) that have been incorporated into this...

More than 300 people attended the fourth annual InStyle and Audi Women of Style awards in Sydney last night to recognize and celebrate the outstanding achievements of successful Australian women. In total, 14 women were recognized for their contribution to the Australian community through their work in nine categories including Environment, Charity/Community, Beauty, Fashion, Arts/Culture, Business, Design, Lifestyle and News/Entertainment....

Audi is exhibiting concept vehicles that appeal to lifestyle, action and sporty themes at the Wörthersee Tour. Three powerful versions provide new accents in the Q3 model family, and with its e-bike Wörthersee prototype Audi defines a technical bike concept that explores the limits of technical feasibility on the basis of Audi’s core competencies “design”, “ultra”, “connect” and “e-tron”. This grand meeting of Audi, VW,...

Can you believe it’s been 10 years since the “New” Touareg was announced? A couple of generations, a couple of runs at the Dakar Rally and finally, in the 2009, Volkswagen achieved a one-two result! And who can forget the V10 towing a 747! The story from 2002: Volkswagen has released initial details of its first Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV), the Touareg, to be launched in Australia mid 2003 (European sales start third...

Research, development and testing for the lithium-ion battery: AUDI AG is setting new standards in the development of high-voltage (HV) technology. On the eve of its 123rd Annual General Meeting, the Company opened its high-voltage battery facility in Gaimersheim near Ingolstadt. In this competence center, Development, Production and partner companies are working together for the first time to construct a prototype for these special battery...

Audi has delivered a thrilling premiere for its two new racing models: the R18 ultra of Romain Dumas/Loïc Duval/Marc Gené won the Spa 6 Hours, the second round of the FIA World Endurance Championship WEC. Crossing the finish line in second place were last year’s Le Mans winners Marcel Fässler/André Lotterer/Benoît Tréluyer. They had dominated the race in the early phase with the Audi R18 e-tron quattro, the first diesel hybrid...