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newVideoPlayer("/meetthebeckers1.flv", 494, 400,""); Pricks drive BMW convertibles. Old people drive Mercedes sedans. Boring people drive Lexus crossovers. At least that's the message Audi wants you to hear with its new viral marketing effort, a web mini-series called "Meet the Beckers." The mini-series tells the tale of a dysfunctional affluent family. Although we've got to admit that often times the stereotypes portrayed in the advertisement show are dead-on and funny as hell, we're forgetting one stereotype. You know, that Audi drivers are self-righteous assholes who think they have the right to judge everyone else. Come to think of it, the viral vid appears to be totally spot on. [ MeetTheBeckers ]
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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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The Audi A4 Challenge may sound like an exciting spec-racing series, alas, it's only a free iPhone game allowing you to tilt a 2009 A4 through virtual tracks using the iPhone's accelerometer. No screen shots yet, but the game should be available now online at the iPhone application store and in Audi dealerships next month. Unfortunately, there's no multiplayer mode, and you can't even race against any AI opponents. How boring. What would really get us excited is if they make an Audi R8 or Audi RS6 challenge. Press release after the jump. HERNDON, Va., Aug 21, 2008 - Audi of America today announced the release of the first ever iPhone application from an auto manufacturer. "Audi A4 Challenge" is a driving game that utilizes the iPhone's accelerometer (motion sensor) to steer a digital version of Audi's entirely new 2009 A4 through a series of progressively challenging courses. Players maneuver the course and race against the clock to beat their own personal...
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Though we'll have to wait for the 2008 Paris Motor Show for a full reveal, bit-by-bit the specs are filtering out on the 2009 Audi S4 — or is it 2010 Audi S4 — we're still confused by Audi's lack-of-model-year naming scheme for product. We already knew it would get a supercharged (which could mean turbosupercharged, depending upon which report you read ) 3.0-liter V6 backed by a 6-speed twin-clutch lovingly referred to as "S-Tronic." What's news is that traction control/AWD will be provided by the Quattro system as expected, and that the updated Audi will run the 0-to-62 (0-100 km/h) in under six seconds thanks to approximately 350 HP on tap. What else? The twin-clutch system is a kissin' cousin of VW's DSG, swapping cogs in 200ms and weighing just 40kg more than the 6-speed manual. Of course, despite being less fun for those of us who enjoy a real stick-shift, it performs faster than the human-shifted 'box and offers benefits in CO2 emissions...
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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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We could barely contain our excitement when we saw the first pictures of the 2009 A4 Avant , a fine wagon if there ever was one. Audi has now released details on the power lineup for the US market and, while diesels aren't in the picture yet, we will be getting an upgraded version of the 2.0 TFSI inline-four good for 211 horsepower and 258 lb.-ft. of torque. That's enough juice to carry the entry-level A4 to 60 mph in 6.5 seconds. galleryPost('09A4Avant', 3, 'Audilicious'); The optional 3.2-Liter V6 will still be in the picture, but it is important to point out that the increase in torque (51 lb.-ft. to be exact) means the turbocharged four puts out more torque for less money. A steptronic gearbox is also an option when the vehicle goes on sale this October. [Source: Audi via World Car Fans ]
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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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