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To meet growing demand in China for vehicles like the 2009 Audi A4 , only 2.36 inches longer, Audi has just unveiled the A4L, an A4 with an extended wheelbase. The lengthened wheelbase should show itself in the backseats, which have increased legroom proportional to the stretch. This creates a vehicle that should sit somewhere in between the regular A4 and the A6 in both price and space and is an indicator of the lengths car makers are now going to pursue sales the world’s fastest growing car market, China. galleryPost('audia4L', 3, 'Audi A4L'); "The long-wheelbase version of the Audi A4 is being produced exclusively in China for the Chinese market. With this premium product, we chose to go even further than elsewhere in the world to meet the requirements of our Chinese customers,” said Audi Board Member, Peter Schwarzenbauer. The A4L will be offered with either the 180 HP 2.0 turbo four, or the 265 HP V6. Sales will be exclusively limited to the Chinese market. The...
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If these images of an upcoming Seat sedan coming to the Paris Motor Show look eerily familiar, it's because you're already seen it before in its previous life as the last-generation Audi A4. Killed in favor of the all-new 2009 Audi A4 , the corpse of the old 2008 A4 has been reanimated by Seat to live a second life as a blood-thirsty zombie the 2010 Seat Exeo . These official teasers show it lurking in the shadows, but as you can see from the second set of images below the teaser shots, we've already caught a better glimpse of it thanks to some leakage from the European trademark office the car was registered at. galleryPost('seatexeotease', 3, '2010 Seat Exeo'); galleryPost('seateeopatent', 3, ''); Though we find it a bit redundant for Seat to trademark what is essentially a facelifted version of car that's already been around for years. In all seriousness, VW gave Seat the OK to run the Exeo off the old A4 production line, and as you can...
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Someone in the know over at Audiblog.nl has spilled forth a detailed list of all Audi brand engines for all models through the 2011 calender year — and the release dates for new models. In addition to the big engine news, the leakers claim that we'll be seeing the rumored Audi A7 model in June of 2010, as well as an S7 version following that fall, and a return to form for the next generation Audi S4 . Look below for a detail look at what's coming up for Audi in the next three years. Audi A1 Starting at the bottom of the grid, the Audi A1 will maintain the currently planned 1.4 TFSI, but will get an 86 HP 1.2-liter TFSI good for a little less power but will be quite a bit easier on European wallets. Audi S4 It seems the B8 Audi S4 will be returning to its twin-turbo V6 roots, as early as this coming November. News of this respite from V8 shenanigans comes with virtually all positive notes, considering the engine is to displace 3.0 L but grunt out 330 HP, only 10 shy of the...
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When a driver walks away from a car looking like it's been turned inside out, you have to take comfort in driving the same car. I look at my own A4 with renewed respect after seeing this one, which was run over by a semi and managed to deliver it's driver from the valley of the shadow of death with some bruises and a cracked collar bone. Someone surviving the accident described below is nearly unbelievable, but then again, someone survived that bonkers RS6 accident , so stranger things have happened. galleryPost('crashya4', 6, 'Seeing the insides of an Audi A4 from the outside'); So here's what happened (and he walked away with a broken collar bone from the seat belat and stitches from metal scraps flying!) he's an aspiring snowboarder and travels back and forth to Mammoth alot. A week ago Friday night he was northbound on the 395 just outside of Ridgecrest. Two semi's (singlefile) are headed towards him, just as he is adjacent to the grill on the 1st...
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It looks like Audi's got a V6 planned for the next generation of the S4. Yes, if Car und Driver 's sources are correct, the 2010 Audi S4 will get an all-new forced-induction 3.0-liter V6 — potentially wearing the designation of 3.0T — under the hood. The big buff book believes this new supercharged V6 will generate somewhere close to the 340 horses found in the soon-to-be-late S4's 4.2-liter V8. If the strategy works, the manny-tranny S4's fuel economy would see a boost of 20%. What's that you say? You don't want a V6? Well, if you simply must have the extra two cylinders, you can wait for the 2010 Audi RS4 which apparently is being designed to "better stand out" with distinct sheetmetal, bulging fenders and of course the bigger, longer and more uncut engine. What that also means is you shouldn't expect the new S4 to use different sheetmetal from it's lower-powered brother. Nope, instead expect differentiation between the new A4 and...
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As if the 2009 Audi A4 isn't sexy enough, the lines have been stretched to wagon proportions for the 2009 Audi A4 Avant. It's a good option for someone who wants the style of an A4 but needs the utility of a wagon (and yes, they're bold enough to call it a "wagon" in the press release). Though storage isn't of minivan proportions, there's a total of 51 cubic feet of storage and 60/40 split-fold seats with a loud-through hatch for storing skis and snowboards. Similar to the A4, the European version gets two gas and two diesel engines. The most powerful available gasoline engine is the 3.2 FSI V6, which provides 265 horsepower and 243 lb.-ft. of torque good for a 0-62 mph in 6.4 seconds and a limited top speed of 155 mph. The 3.0 TDI engine boasts torque of 369 lb.-ft., which helps the wagon scoot to 62 mph in 6.3 seconds. Photos and a press release below the jump. galleryPost('09A4Avant', 3, '2009 A4 Avant'); The new Audi A4 Avant: Driving in...
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newVideoPlayer("AudiA4Chase_gawker.flv", 475, 376); Yes that's the new Audi A4 that even when jamming down a windy mountain road with a hot chick in a helicopter still looks as astonishingly un-different to the old Audi A4 as it did when it was just flashing...
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While we knew the RS6 was coming, we had no idea the Audi RS6 it was going run for us, or that Bryan Adams was going to belt out an acoustic rendition of Run to You after the cover was pulled on the V10 twin-turbo wagon. As the rest of the presentation...
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