ScottR
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100 years of Audi - Top 10 Audi Concept CarsMSN have written up an article to celebrate 100 years of Audi.
Plenty of pics of Audi's concept cars. Some interesting vehicles here - http://cars.uk.msn.com/News/car_n...icle.aspx?cp-documentid=148582105
It also has a history of Audi here - http://cars.uk.msn.com/News/car_n...icle.aspx?cp-documentid=148554409
Pub trivia - Audi's first car was called... the Phaeton!
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Teutonic_Tamer
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OMG - that Pininfarina Quattro (pic7) is as ugly as the devil - WTF were Audi doing, leting the Wops design a German car! 
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H8CAK
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That Audi quattro Spyder looks nice. Looks like a R8 - S2 Hybrid 
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H8CAK
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What happens to all these concept cars when they have been finished with?
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Teutonic_Tamer
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| h8cak wrote: | | What happens to all these concept cars when they have been finished with? |
They usually end up in one of the Audi museums.
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shellyheather
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E TronHas anyone been getting wind of the Audi E-Tron? I guess its doing pretty well, implying that the car company is on the right track with 4 cycles amongs other advanced Audi parts under the hood. Sales aren't too shabby all around either...Here's an article I found in the L.A. Times...
| Quote: | There is plenty of news coming out of the Frankfurt Auto Show this week from Audi. There's the introduction of quite a few new models, including the "we wish it were coming to America" Audi A5 Sportback, which is a swell-looking four-door coupe version of the A5; the stupendous, "we wish we'd gone to law school like our mother told us to" Audi R8 5.2 V10 Spyder, which is the sleek non-sideblade convertible version of the R8 coupe; and Audi’s latest concept, the Audi e-tron, an oddly spelled electric concept car that looks like something Courrèges would have designed if he worked in the auto and not the fashion industry. It’s a good time to be in the four-circle business. Sales are on the up and some swell new product is in the pipeline.
The e-tron is powered by four electric motors -- one at each wheel -- and produces 313 horsepower and, wait for it, 3,319 pound-feet of torque, giving it a zero-to-60 time of less than 4.8 seconds. Audi says the top speed is limited to 125 mph to prevent a drain on the lithium-ion batteries, but from looks alone, it seems like the e-tron could break the speed of light. Audi also says the car's range is limited to 154 miles, which isn’t enough to get you to Ursa Minor.
The news for Audi out of Germany is good, but stateside, it gets even better. In Audi’s latest U.S. sales report for August, the company said sales rose 26% to achieve its second-best August sales ever and its best month overall since June 2008. This August, Audi sold 8,057 cars and SUVs, up from 6,406 a year earlier. The company also said that it set a sales record for the Audi Q5 crossover and that demand edged up on the Audi Q7 TDI diesel model. With Audi’s premium prices, that it makes us think, what recession?
Why? Audi has embraced newer technology, like supercharged, direct-injection engines for the both the S4 and S5 Cabriolet, to replace the larger, less fuel-efficient and more polluting V-8s from the last models. It also takes a more balanced approach to the design and packaging of its cars, building on its somewhat understated Euro Luxury angle of the last few years. Also, the two models present an interesting cross shop with both Mercedes-Benz and BMW smaller luxury models.
Scott Keogh, chief marketing officer for Audi of America, remarked on how the automotive marketplace had changed: out with over-the-top and in-your-face and in with a more understated and progressive edge. Audi, he explained, was a more fashion-forward brand with a progressive action to stand on. We tend to agree. |
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Simple1
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| Teutonic_Tamer wrote: | | h8cak wrote: | | What happens to all these concept cars when they have been finished with? |
They usually end up in one of the Audi museums. |
The only concept car they have in the museum is the Avus, the rest fester in the underground bunkers under the factory and old museum just outside the factory, believe me I have been in there, lots and lots of interesting stuff including four wheel steer Ur quattros, lots of un-registered UR and sports and shite load of concept cars in plastic, wood and metal.
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dubwhizz
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| Simple1 wrote: | | Teutonic_Tamer wrote: | | h8cak wrote: | | What happens to all these concept cars when they have been finished with? |
They usually end up in one of the Audi museums. |
The only concept car they have in the museum is the Avus, the rest fester in the underground bunkers under the factory and old museum just outside the factory, believe me I have been in there, lots and lots of interesting stuff including four wheel steer Ur quattros, lots of un-registered UR and sports and shite load of concept cars in plastic, wood and metal. |
how do you get invited into one of them bunkers?
Matt
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Simple1
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Went to the factory in 1996 as guests of Audi to celebrate the 15 yrs of the UR quattro as owned mine since 1984. We were given a guided tour of the old museum and then shown the toy cupboard and left to mouch for a while. I have loads of photos but all in old format hard copy.
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