Wolfgang Egger (50), Head of Design at Audi since May 2007, is to move to the Audi subsidiary Italdesign Giugiaro S.p.A. as Styling Director with effect as of February 1, 2014. His successor at Audi will be Marc Lichte (44), who is currently in charge of Exterior Design for the Volkswagen brand.

Day 5 brings us one of the first Q5 2.0TFSIs we had the pleasure of reviewing. We got lucky during our loan period with lots of fresh snow, and Even though it was only fitted with the original spec all season tires, the Q5 was one great sled in the fresh powder! Read about it, […] More »

At the world premiere of the new Audi R18 e-tron quattro, Audi unveiled another technical highlight of its new LMP1 sports car in Ingolstadt on Wednesday night. In 2014, the brand with the four rings will be running with laser light for the first time in the Le Mans 24 Hours and in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC).

Cars use crowd intelligence to reach their destination intuitively, buses find passengers rather than vice versa, and mobility is negotiated on a marketplace. What sounds abstract is in fact based on a fascinating data logic. Three completely different ideas about how data can shape urban mobility tomorrow are available for voting now at www.audi-urban-future.com. Three teams of experts from the USA explain in short videos why they want to take part in the Audi Urban Future Award 2014. The team chosen as the Internet community’s favorite will be announced by Professor Rupert Stadler, chairman of the executive board of AUDI AG, on 6 January before the opening of the International CES in Las Vegas (7 to 10 January 2014).

For day 4 we bring back our long term 2013 Audi A4 allroad. We absolutely fell in love with this car, and were truly saddened when we had to return it to Audi. In our all too brief time with the allroad we took trips all over the northeast. Read about our long term allroad […] More »

Audi factory driver retires as World Champion and Le Mans winner End of an exceptional career in top-caliber sport Head of Audi Motorsport Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich: “The end of a great career” Ingolstadt – One of the most successful and charismatic race drivers is leaving the grand stage of motorsport. A few days before his […] More »

A special moment for the brand with the four rings: Today, the 1.5 millionth Audi since the beginning of the year was handed over to its owner at the Audi Forum Ingolstadt. This means that AUDI AG has achieved its sales target, set for 2015, two years earlier than planned. Rupert Stadler, Chairman of the Board of Management of AUDI AG, and sales chief Luca de Meo personally handed a customer from Germany the keys to the anniversary vehicle: an Audi A3 Sportback.