Audi Dismisses North American VP Axel Mees

November 17, 2004 By: Jason Teller What does it take to end an 8 month stint as Vice President in charge of Audi of America and Canada? I’m betting Axel Mees would like to take back the unflattering comments he made about former Volkswagen CEO Ferdinand Piech and the VW Phaeton to journalists gathered in […] More »

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Audi Wins Two `Australia’s Best Car’ Awards

November 14, 2004 Source: Audi of Australia The Audi A8 3.7 quattro has been voted the ‘Best Luxury Car over $57,000’ and has been joined in the winner’s circle by the Audi S4 sedan, voted Australia’s Best Sports Car over $57,000. Australia’s Best Cars (ABC) are the national motoring awards presented each year by the […] More »

By: | November 14, 2004


New Audi A6 is the Hardest Car to Steal

November 14, 2004 Source: Audi of Australia Achieving a score of 117 points out of a possible 120 points, the new Audi A6 4.2 quattro is now rated the most difficult vehicle to steal from around 200 new vehicles assessed in 2004 by IAG for this annual report. IAG scores Australian vehicles based on their […] More »

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Second Triple Awards Victory for the Audi Brand Group

November 12, 2004 Source: Audi AG For the second time in two months, cars from all three members of the Audi brand group have received significant awards. The awards for “The World’s most Beautiful Automobile 2004” were determined by an international jury comprising designers, car and art historians, and specialist journalists. Their decisions were announced […] More »

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Golden Steering Wheel for the Audi A6

November 11, 2004 Source: Audi AG A major accolade for the new generation of the Audi A6: the weekly newspaper “Bild am Sonntag” has voted the sporty executive saloon with the four-ring badge the best executive-class car and bestowed the “Golden Steering Wheel” award upon it. Dr. Martin Winterkorn, Chairman of the Board of Management […] More »

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