2012 Audi R8 GT Spyder front view

2012 Audi R8 GT Spyder front view

2012 Audi R8 GT Spyder side view

2012 Audi R8 GT Spyder rear view

2012 Audi R8 GT Spyder interior

2012 Audi R8 GT Spyder interior

2012 Audi Q3 front view

2012 Audi Q3 front view

2012 Audi Q3 side view

2012 Audi Q3 rear view

2012 Audi Q3 interior

2012 Audi A7 front view

2012 Audi A7 white front view 2

2012 Audi A7 side view

2012 Audi A7 side view

2012 Audi A7 seat

2012 Audi A7 rear view

2012 Audi A7 interior

2012 Audi A7 interior 2

2012 Audi A7 white rear view

2011 Audi A8 front view

If you’re not enamored by the looks of this latest flagship, you’re not alone. Audi has gotten back to its Germanic roots of offering one sausage in three sizes, so less obsessive types may have a hard time telling an A4 from an A8 from 50 yards out.

2011 Audi A8 front view 2

Viewed head-on, the aforementioned grille needs a survey crew to estimate its wingspan, while the angular bank of LEDs make the A8 look like Droopy Dog with electroluminescent eyeliner.

2011 Audi A8 side view

In profile, Audi’s designers simply embiggened the A4′s roofline by 30 percent in Photoshop, did the same to the rear and called it a day.But if the exterior is too pedestrian for your tastes, once situated in the 22-way adjustable sports seat, any and all reservations are laid firmly to rest.

2011 Audi A8 rear view

This is how you do a luxury interior, and considering the four rings embedded on the chunky steering wheel, we’ve come to expect nothing less.The driver’s gauge cluster is standard fare, particularly when compared to the “Virtual Instruments” on the Jaguar XJ, but what it lacks in gee-whiz, it makes up for in clarity and functionality.

2011 Audi A8 interior 2

Nestled between the tach and speedo is Audi’s seven-inch central information display, a screen that keeps everything from navigation instructions to infotainment information directly in front of the driver.

2011 Audi A8 interior

There’s certainly more than enough to impress inside the A8, but Audi is billing the standard wheelbase sedan as its driver’s car, leaving the “prestige, sportiness and comfort” to the elongated and plush-packed A8L. So how’s it go?Forget about the official 0-60 mph time of 5.7 seconds. It simply isn’t a factor. Instead, Audi’s chassis and powertrain boffins have focused on making this big boy dance. And it does.

2011 Audi A8 engine

2011 Audi A8 back seat

Images of a 2011 Audi Q7 TDI Quattro S-Line Pack Design and share our talk, so we ordered our TDI with the top spec prestige-hunting group, a request to the S-line definition Nab. The low-cost S-line package ($ 2,000) includes looking front and rear bumpers, side skirts and aggressive wheel arches, brushed aluminum interior, steering wheel-mounted paddles and frivolous. The package allows the installation of some seriously sweet rolls 21-inch ($ 800), on which we obviously spec’d.

Our 2011 Audi Q7 TDI Quattro optional, $ 2,600 electronically adjustable air suspension generally does a good job tame unwanted hardness of the big wheels “made unsprung weight and ride quality remains good proposals in the suspension, sporty dynamics mode. Surface defects high frequency but a small bit of chatter and wheel in the comfort mode, even if we see this as a good compromise for the truck indomitable style, this is definitely the hottest SUV ever produced by our long-term fleet.

The 2011 Audi TTS, in both coupe and roadster body styles, sportiness combines with haunting cultured comfort. The two-liter turbocharged TFSI, and the large number of other modifications pumps 200 kW (272 hp) and 350 Nm (258.15 lbs-ft) torque min, the last from 2500 to 5.000 rpm. With the optional six-speed S tronic, Audi TTS Coupe sprints from zero to 100 km / h (62.14 miles per hour) in 5.2 seconds and accelerates the way to an electronically governed top speed of 250 km / h (155.34 miles hours ). The S tronic Coupe with an average consumes only 7.7 liters of fuel per 100 km (30.55 mpg U.S.).

18-inch wheels with tires 245/40-series, the Audi magnetic ride adaptive damping system, making the sport button and a powerful braking system with four ventilated discs on the Audi TTS is extremely dynamic. The body, which is 10 mm lower (0.39 has) on the volume model had a number of updates in the design data. The most striking of the single-frame grille with aluminum-look horizontal bars and twice the bumper.

A new color, Black Panther, crystal-effect is that for the exterior, the new spectral color combination silver / black for the interior. The instruments have a gray dials. Xenon plus headlights with LED daytime running lights are standard.

Landscape architecture

With its innovative styling was concluded, the first generation of the Audi TT is a visual sensation. The second generation TT Coupe and TT Roadster has made a name as design icons. Awards such as the 2006 Auto Bild Design Award and the 2007 “World Car Design of the Year” document that status. A thick, have a wide base and huge shoulders – two compact sports cars intriguing male lines. Your appearance now is more expressive than ever before.

Almost 30 years after the introduction of the original Quattro, the unveiling of the Audi TT RS. We have this car that shamelessly try the theme, the legendary 4000 Audi Quattro coupe-based games called that dominated the international rally scene for many years.

And here we thought the 265-hp Audi TTS was fine. Its high output, turbocharged four-cylinder engine, the Porsche Cayman a run for the money, and it is a credible alternative to the sport silky 3.2-liter V-6 TT.

Full-LED headlamps on the R8 European optional V-8, standard on the V-10. Disappointingly, neither the standard xenon headlights of the V-8 remains the LED units swivel or cornering. Audi says that the LEDs are the fastest-bundle on the market for what it is worth. But even if it is not considered good etiquette is more flashes in Europe, in the Ultra Quick LEDs useful when you are perhaps in too great haste to the feelings of those roadblocks to consider before you move. Unfortunately, the super cool LED strips that serve as the rear turn signals to the pond, because they’re too thin for the American regulations.

The 2010 Audi S4 accelerates quickly from any speed, and it is probably the acceleration, the Lexus IS350 and Mercedes-Benz C350. But it is not with the BMW M3, the Lexus IS-F or the Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG. RS4 is the task at hand. The engine is a distant, pleasant sound, complemented with the slightest trace of compressor whine when accelerating. It is discreet enough to distinguish the S4 as a comfortable long distance cruiser. But we would enjoy an additional acoustical feedback from the engine compartment.