This is the much talked about Top Gear Winter Olympics episode, which features plenty of funky fusions of classic winter sports and automobiles. Really good cinematography by my standards anyway. It’s a whole episode, so it’s pretty long. Watch it during lunch hour or at night or something. 
Cars featured: Audi Q7, Volvo XC90, Citroen C1, Jaguar XK8, Land Rover Discovery, Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution, Suzuki Swift, and an old-school MINI Cooper.
Jeremy Clarkson learns how to drive slowly in an Audi A8 powered by a 4.0 liter V8 turbodiesel engine. He puts the car through the challenge of going from London to Edinburgh and back to London again on a single fuel tank of 72 liters (19 gallons). That’s 1287km (800 miles). And he manages to do it. That’s RM92 for 1297km of mileage.
A little performance stats – this Audi A8 is a generation older than the current version and it’s 4.0 TDI twin turbo V8 engine makes 275hp at 3750rpm and 650Nm of torque between 1800 and 2500rpm in classic diesel style. It can do the 0-100km/h sprint in 6.7 seconds.
Video after the jump.
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Here are somemore details on the upcoming new Audi R8 supercar, based on the Le Mans concept above. A quick recap, the car is supposed to come in 2 variants, one with an entry-level high-revving 4.2 V8 making 415hp and 430Nm of torque. The top of the line version features a 5 liter V10 from the Lamborghini Gallardo twin-turbocharged to make 610hp and 745Nm of torque. Click here to read the rest of 2007 Audi R8 Technical Specifications
Audi already has plans to add a premium SUV smaller than it’s recently launched Audi Q7 called the Audi Q5 to it’s line of new SUVs. The Audi Q5 will compete directly with the BMW X3 and will be based on the A4 sedan’s chassis. Click here to read the rest of Audi goes SUV crazy with possible Audi Q3
Here’s the first ever on the road spyshots of the Audi R8 supercar which was previously known as the Audi Le Mans concept. The Audi R8 is said to be based on the Lamborghini Gallardo and will come in a normally aspirated V8 making 400 horsepower. as well as a twin turbocharged V10 engine making nearly 600 horsepower. Sure looks like a sexy machine. More spy shots after the jump. Click here to read the rest of Audi R8 Supercar Spyshots
B&B Automobiltechnik is a company that tunes Volkswagen and Audi cars, much like Brabus for Mercedes Benz and AC Schitzer for BMWs. This is B&B’s version of the Audi A4 8E TFSI. Click here to read the rest of B&B Audi A4
I previously blogged about Audi’s supercar and called it the Audi R9, as most sites were speculating that name to be used, with the digit 8 already being used for it’s flagship luxury sedan, the A8/S8. Click here to read the rest of 2007 Audi R8
Does anyone have any experience or comments about this German car? Share your experiences if you don’t mind
Looking for the recently launched B8 Audi A4 1.8T?
BMW UK seems very sure of themselves. Marketing director of BMW UK Uwe Ellinghaus noted that Audi customers are of a similiar age to BMW owners. But he said that if the original is available, why should anyone buy a good copy? It looks like BMW isn’t taking Audi seriously at all.
Ellinghaus considers Mercedes Benz a serious competitor, but generally Mercedes Benz buyers have a different taste from BMW buyers.
Of course, this arrogance is justified. BMW’s expected sales forecoast this year is a huge number of 100,000-110,000 cars.
Source: Reuters
I’ve always been in love with Audis. A 90s model Audi A4 is slightly within my financial capabilities these days, but I am a bit put off by the fear of high maintenance. At first glance you might think this is an Audi A8. But the red and platinum badge on the grille gives that away. This is Audi’s BMW M5 killer, the Audi S8. The Audi S8 is a tuned up sporty model of it’s flagship A8 luxury car. Click here to read the rest of 2006 Audi S8
Audi unveiled it’s Audi Q7 concept together with the worldwide unveiling of the Audi Q7 at the Frankfurt Motor Show 2005. Click here to read the rest of Audi Q7 Hybrid Concept
Audi and Lamborghini both belong to the Volkswagen Group. What does that mean? An Audi supercar.
Where the Audi A7 will go heads on with the BMW X5, Audi also has a BMW X3 competitor designed the A5.
The Audi Q5 will be more of a crossover SUV like the Mitsubishi Airtrek and the Subaru Forester based on a car platform rather than built grounds-up from an SUV platform like the Q7/Touareg/Cayenne platform.
The Q5 will be based on an Audi A4 platform and will be powered by Audi’s 2.0 T FSI, 2.0 TDI and 3.2-litre V6 units.
The Audi Q5 is due for showrooms in 2007.
Yet another car manufacturer whose getting onto the SUV bandwagon. Audi is currently testing it’s flagship SUV the Audi Q7. The Q7 shares a platform with it’s holding company’s Volkswagen Touareg and the Porsche Cayenne. The Audi Q7 is touted to be a Cayenne and X5 killer. Click here to read the rest of Audi Q7 SUV
