Audi has just announced plans to offer the 2010 Audi R8 GT3, or internally codenamed “R16,” to a very few lucky customers late next year. The new R8 race version supercar features lots of performance upgrades over current R8 models, and has been designed to conform to GT3 racing regulations that require automakers to release a set number of race cars with identical performance specs and styling to the cars used in GT3 racing series.
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Olaf Scholz is visiting Audi’s Neckarsulm facility today. During a tour of the production shop where the Audi R8 sportscar is manufactured, the German Federal Minister of Labor and Social Affairs gained an insight into how the company is already preparing for the challenges posed by demographic change. Dr. Werner Widuckel, Member of the Board of Management of AUDI AG for Human Resources, presented a practical example of how and why the company depends on the experience of older workers.
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Audi feels that its customer base is smart, sophisticated and tech-savvy, which is why it should love a well designed game for the iPhone that features the 2009 Audi A4. Note the well-designed bit, because that’s key.
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It’s a lazy Monday afternoon in the summertime, and if you’re Audi, that means it’s the perfect time to reveal a new double-turbocharged quattro-equipped sports sedan. Enter the new 2009 Audi RS6 Sedan and its big twin-turbo V10 engine with an output of 580 HP and 479 lb-ft of torque — the perfect bookend to the Audi RS6 Avant revealed late last year. The RennSporty-6 sedan also gets “racing-inspired” direct-injection plus a dry-sump lube system.
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For those of you that get no satisfaction in “squeezing” your car into a tight parking spot Audi is now offering the Advanced Parallel Park Assist system as an option on the new A3 Cabriolet. The system uses ultrasonic sensors that monitor longitudinal parking spaces at speeds below 19mph and then alerts the driver if a space is sufficiently large to reverse into.
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