New Audi Cars

Smaller and sportier than the A4, Audi's A3 intends to bring the four rings to a new, younger class of buyer.

The 2009 Audi A4 Avant is a blast to drive and offers significant changes in its fifth generation. Better weight distribution and a rear-biased Quattro system are high on the list of changes.

Perhaps for the first time ever we like the slow one.

A little more than a year ago, an oyster gray metallic Audi A6 nosed its way into our Four Seasons fleet. And we don't use the word nose loosely, because the first thing we noticed about the A6 was its front end and the gaping maw of its grille. We've applaude

The Audi at the top of the mountain.

SUVs aren't dead yet. The Q7 3.0 TDI hasn't been rated by the EPA, but Audi claims that the U.S.-spec model should return at least 25 mpg on the highway and travel about 600 miles between fill-ups.

One red-hot launch vehicle, Audi's R8 TDI Le Mans Concept, brings Audi's turbo direct-injection diesel to the USA.

The 2002 Mercedes-Benz C32 AMG, the BMW M3, and the Audi S4 Avant offer high performance and everyday useability.

A big engine in a mid-size car--it's been proven to make our glands swell and our mouths water at least since Pontiac stuffed a 389-cubic-inch V-8 into the 1964 Tempest. Today, the German premium brands are its most fervent practitioners, putting tarmac-peelin

Dsseldorf, Germany Before explaining the visual elements that distinguish the new Audi S8 from the A8, Filip Brabec, Audi product planning manager in the United States, observes, "Germans like things understated. Americans want flash." His assertion is that,

Replacing an automotive icon with a model that's equally visionary, charismatic, and unmistakable is surely one of the toughest tricks for any car designer. Case in point: the Audi TT, whose original form was designed by Freeman Thomas and J Mays. At the Los A