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2016 AUDI A4 AVANT WAGON REVIEW

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Audi station wagons – which they call Avants – are huge in Europe and particularly in their home market of Germany. Avants are easy to spot, just drive on an autobahn at high speed, but keep out of the fast lane, pretty soon one will pass you at 200+ kmh. It will probably be black and a sales rep of some sort will be at the steering wheel in a hurry to their next appointment. Sounds like heaven? It is, but sadly not in Australia. The driving, that is. The… Read more

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2016 AUDI TTS ROADSTER REVIEW

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We’ve just spent an enjoyable week behind the wheel of an Audi TTS roadster in our home areas in south-east Queensland. Winter obviously isn’t normally the season of choice for an open car. But the TTS’s heated seats, hot air blown onto our necks and a behind-the-seat air deflector let us travel in comfort during daylight hours. STYLING Audi TTS roadster follows the same successful styling theme as the new coupe, a solid evolution of the first generation model of 1999. We reckon its sharp lines and interlocking facets make… Read more

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NEW AUDI Q2 ON THE ROAD

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By EWAN KENNEDY in Zurich, Switzerland Audi Q2 is a small-medium SUV set to arrive in Q1 in Australia. Its body is stylish, but retains a fair amount of practicality. Customisation is very much part of the Q2’s package, something that we describe in a separate story. Suffice to say it’s theoretically possible for five million different vehicles to leave the factory. Sales of small and midsize SUVs are booming worldwide, not just in Australia. Many are being bought by people with no desire to go off-road, but who want… Read more

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CUE TO A NEW SUV DIRECTION WITH AUDI Q2

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By EWAN KENNEDY in Zurich, Switzerland Audi Q2 takes a fascinating new direction in upmarket SUVs. Taking cues from the Audi A1 hatchback the upcoming new Q2 offers buyers a staggering choice of customisation options. Indeed, it’s mathematically possible for five million people to buy a Q2 without having one that’s identical to any other. It all begins with a palette of 12 body colours. The door mirrors can either match of complement the rest of the body. The grilles also offers colour choices and can have a contrasting shade… Read more

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AUDI’S ULTRA-HOT WAGON LEADS A DOUBLE LIFE

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Thoughts of a muscle car conjure up a redhot coupe or sedan – certainly not a station wagon – with power to burn. However, there are exceptions to this rule. Take the Audi RS 6 Avant, for example. The hot German wagon has performance in the supercar class with acceleration to 100 km/h from rest in just 3.7 seconds. A top speed of 305 km/h is claimed with the Dynamic Package Plus. The 4.0 V8 TFSI engine’s prodigious power is put to the road via an eight-speed tiptronic automatic transmission… Read more

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SENSATIONAL AUDI R8 V10 PLUS

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In 2015 Audi’s first generation R8 supercar bowed out, to be replaced by the so-far V10-only second generation. The Australian range consists of two cars, the V10 Coupe and the V10 Plus, the former weighing in at $354,900, the latter $389,900. Visually, you can easily tell the two apart. From the front the Plus’ big grille is a glossy black. There’s a huge, DTM-inspired carbon fibre wing on the back, replacing the Coupe’s electric-lift wing that pops up at 120 km/h. The bigger differences are under the skin. Both run… Read more

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AUDI A3 1997-2015

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When launched in Australia in 1997 the Audi A3 opened a new era in upmarket German car design – that of semi-affordable luxury cars. Prior to the Audi A3 you had to spend upwards of $65,000 to get into one of the big German brands. The A3 dropped the starting price to under $40,000. Many said that selling small cars would seriously harm the prestige ratings of the large expensive models. But Audi was proved to have made the correct decision and BMW and Mercedes-Benz began designing small cars. The… Read more

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NEW AUDI A3 ON THE ROAD

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Last week we detailed the extensive makeover of the Audi A3 for the 2017 model year after we attend its global reveal in Germany. At the time we were asked not to immediately disseminate our findings on how the cars drove, as journalists from many other countries were still waiting to drive the A3s. The embargo has lifted and here are our findings on the range of Audi A3 models, the biggest selling model in the Audi range in Australia, so extremely important to them. The most interesting powerplant is… Read more

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AUDI A3 GETS MAJOR MAKEOVER

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By EWAN KENNEDY in Munich Audi A3 is the German marque’s biggest selling model and totally changed the face of upmarket cars when introduced almost 20 years ago. The A3 was a small car at a time when all upmarket models were large, medium-large – and expensive. What seemed to be a big gamble turned out to be a success and Audi A3 number one million will be built soon. Having seen that success Audi’s topline German competitors later followed suit with their own small machines. The latest A3 was… Read more

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AUDI A4 AVANT

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Audi has added a station wagon (Avant in Audi terms) to its A4 range. It joins the sedan that was launched in Australia in February this year. The latest Avant is slightly larger than the model it supersedes, sits on a longer wheelbase and wider. Most of the extra size has gone into significantly increasing legroom in the rear, there’s also more elbowroom and headroom. Yet, clever engineering means the new model weight 70 kg less than the old. Styling follows the latest Audi theme of sharp lines and interesting… Read more