Mercedes-Benz, Audi, Volkswagen And Jeep Launch BLUETEC Diesel Initiative carpages
Los Angeles - On the eve of the Los Angeles Motor Show DaimlerChrysler, AUDI and Volkswagen announced that they intend to establish the BLUETEC brand name as the designation for particularly clean, highly fuel-efficient passenger cars and SUVs with diesel engines.
TT gets Audi's RS treatment AutoExpress
If the letters TT aren't enough for you, how about adding RS to them? That's what Audi's engineers have done to distinguish this hot, new version of the firm's stunning sports coupé.
AutoExpress has spy shots of TT-RS and as they say it will be the first Audi to use Twincharger TSI technology. AutoSpies.com
And under the bonnet lies a real firebreathing powerplant. The TT RS will be the first model from the firm to feature VW's TSI technology. It will use both a turbocharger and a supercharger in its 350bhp 3.6-litre TSI version of the current range-topping TT's 3.2-litre V6 FSI powerplant.
Audi TT AutoExpress
It promises to be a real alternative to the Porsche Cayman when it goes on sale in 2008 for around 50 000 Euros. The TT RS will use a 2.5-litre in-line five-cylinder petrol unit, its first five-pot engine in ten years.
Audi Heading for New Record Figures in 2006 AutoSpies.com
Audi sold 757,700 vehicles worldwide in the first ten months of this year, an increase of 8.7 percent compared with the same period of last year (January to October 2005: 697,039). The company likewise succeeded in posting record sales for October itself, with 73,000 vehicles handed over to customers worldwide, an increase of 11.5 percent compared with the same month of last year.
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