Entries Tagged as ‘Audi’

January 6, 2009

Are you buying a car in January?

January will see a bundle of hot new superminis unleashed onto UK roads – including the Alfa Romeo Mito, Ford Ka and Fiat 500 Abarth.
With plenty of car deals, low petrol prices and postponed tax increases, 2009 is a great time to buy.
Are you going to buy a new or used car this month?

December 22, 2008

What’s the best hot hatch? (Poll)

It’s the one question everyone in the office has a different answer to: what’s the best hot hatch?
Read which cars the editorial team picked as their favourite hot hatches - and nominate your hot hatch of choice in the comments.

December 18, 2008

Santa ditches sledge for Audi R8

Only yesterday we were talking about how popular Audis are - now it seems Santa is swapping reindeer power for a 420bhp Audi R8.
We spotted these pictures of a Christmas-themed Audi R8 on Dutch car site Autogespot:

December 17, 2008

Audi: Why are they so popular?

Car sales are plummeting, manufacturers are going cap in hand to governments asking for bailouts, but Audi is weathering storm
The latest European car market data from JATO shows that while car sales plunged by 25.3 per cent in November - more than a quarter - sales of Audis are holding steady and increased by 0.2 [...]

December 15, 2008

Z4, S2000, Boxster… vote for the best roadster

BMW has announced an updated Z4 convertible, which will reach our shores in 2009.
It faces some tough competition, including the high-revving Honda S2000 and the fearsome Porsche Boxster.
Which do you think is the best roadster?

December 12, 2008

Which of the Sultan’s 3,000 cars would YOU blag?

Forget his 1,788 room mansion. Forget the private aeroplane with gold-plated furniture. Forget his Oxford Law degree – this man has more than 3,000 cars. THREE THOUSAND.
If driven all at the same time, his planet-eating collection would melt the polar icecaps and suck the ozone layer by Christmas. Probably.
You have think, surely he wouldn’t miss [...]

November 26, 2008

Replica cars: Cool or naff?

Why do people build replica cars? For the technical challenge? Novelty value? Or simply because they can’t afford a sports car, but can afford to spend days transforming their regular wheels into a more exotic shape?
The phenomenon of replica cars - ordinary vehicles made up to look like sportscars and luxury cars - has a [...]

October 3, 2008

Audi loses V8 - but gets more speed

Audi is giving its S4 customers more - by offering them less.
The all-new Audi S4’s engine will switch from a high-revving V8 to a supercharged V6.

September 24, 2008

New BMW 3 Series - your verdict

BMW has made over 2,500 changes to its most important model – the new BMW 3 Series.
Famously out-selling the Ford Mondeo – one of the UK’s best-selling family cars – the BMW 3 Series has cemented its position at the top of the small saloon market.
But how does the new 3 Series compare with its [...]

June 26, 2008

Bugatti Veyron and more for sale on Auto Trader

With around 400,000 adverts listed on Auto Trader it’s hardly surprising some very interesting cars find their way into our classifieds.
But there was still a real buzz in the editorial team office this week when we spotted there was a 253mph Bugatti Veyron for sale on Auto Trader for the first time with an incredible [...]