Audi likes to use the Lake Worther Tour, held annually in southern Austria at the end of May, as a place to show off some fresh ideas. Last year, the automaker brought out the radically styled TT Clubsport Concept. Bowing this year is the A3 Clubsport Concept, a rehash of the not-for-U.S. A3 three-door that [...]

Think that Audi can tackle the BMW X3 with a convertible? Nah, Audi doesn’t either. But its Los Angeles show concept, the Cross Cabriolet, looks to be a hint at the five-door 2009 Q5. Like this concept, the Q5 will ride on the A4/S5′s longitudinal-engine, “transmission-forward” platform. Concept engine is a 240-horsepower, 369 pound-foot longitudinally [...]

When Audi said it wanted a car to do battle with the Mini Cooper in the subcompact category, we got excited. Word on the street was that an A1 entry-level model would be built and entered in the low-to-mid $20,000 segment in the U.S., offering a real alternative for enthusiasts looking for a small, sporty [...]

Audi will equip its new TT coupe with one half of the Gallardo’s 513-horsepower, 5.0-liter V-10 to create a car being developed under the working name TT-Lambo. The resulting 2.5-liter five-cylinder is already being used, sort of, in the 150-horsepower Volkswagen Golf and Jetta. But the quattro TT-Lambo gets a bespoke cylinder head and a [...]

It’s not a small world after all. Forces against a world economy remain, and the new Audi RS4 is proof. First, we have to wait for the 414-horsepower M3-slayer. Audi will import it to North America next spring or summer, at least half a year after it makes its European debut. Second, its second-coolest feature, [...]