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The company’s Chief Creative Officer is against the trend of dashboards with many screens. Massimo Frascella prefers a mix of analog and digital controls. Future models will prevent screen overload. Audi promises a return to form in terms of interior quality. Screens have taken over car interiors for several reasons. Cost savings are the most […]
Toto Wolff once called his Mercedes Formula 1 cars the “fastest laboratory in the world”. While this may be a cliché that makes our eyes roll faster than a Pirelli, it’s undeniable. When you spend hundreds of millions of dollars shaving tenths off lap times, creating something that can change the world is inevitable. And […]
Luftgekhühlt expands to Japan with its first event in Tokyo. KK Route in Ginza closes on March 14 for a showcase of air-cooled Porsches. Hundreds of rare Porsches are expected, including historic and legendary models. Luftgekhühlt has become fast the show for Porsche enthusiasts. The event, which started in Southern California more than a decade […]
Audi’s F1 project will be led by Jonathan Wheatley. Wheatley is a former mechanic turned team principal with championship-winning experience. Wheatley grew up in racing and tinkered with his classic Audis and Porsches. Audi will officially join the grid for the Formula 1 season this year. But while the German brand is known for its […]
The Ford Mustang was America’s best-selling sports car last year, with sales up 3.0 percent to 45,333 units Sales of the Nissan Z, Toyota Supra and Mazda MX-5 Miata increased last year. Sales of the Subaru WRX fell by 41.1 percent, while sales of the Volkswagen Golf GTI and Golf R fell by more than […]
Audi is officially getting into the holiday mood. The automaker recently shared a short video about its Audi USA Instagram page that reimagines Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer with die-cast cars floating through the snow instead of flying reindeer. It’s cute as hell. The one minute and 40 second clip, titled “Holiday game, the Audi way,” […]
Building cars is hard, and sometimes even the best carmakers make mistakes, including Porsche. Fortunately, the automaker was able to quickly correct an error where two limited-edition 911 S/Ts were fitted with dashboard decals with the exact same serial number.1,724– and the mistake would have gone unnoticed if an owner hadn’t tried to buy an […]
Car manufacturers are breathing a sigh of relief now that the European Commission is proposing to reverse the 2035 sales ban on new vehicles with combustion engines. However, companies will still need to reduce their fleet emissions by 90 percent compared to 2021 levels. Even before the middle of the next decade, manufacturers must meet […]
Believe it or not, Audi’s beloved five-cylinder engine is already 50 years old. Next year it will be fifty years since the first five-cylinder debuted in the Audi 100 from 1976. To celebrate this milestone, a group of enterprising students has created a very special concept car. Meet the Audi GT50. The project was developed […]
