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The new Audi A1 is a utility Premium, Audi’s first foray in which segment A, is a utilitarian three-door body with the cabin is 4 seats, has a very efficient engine, and a nimble chassis and a sporty and elegant design, combined with cutting edge technology in terms of equipment.
DESIGN | Audi A1

The Audi A1 presents a powerful and distinctive exterior design, it also has lots of character. The A1 is less the option premium as the Deportv of its kind. What he brings to his three-door is the unmistakable silhouette and distinctive set shoulder line, roof bow in contrasting colors and sharp and unusual angle of the pillars C.

The front has the appearance of the Audi family itself, but has unique nuances and innovation in the details. The grille is nicely integrated in the front. The unique appearance are also the three-dimensional headlights, the fender is strongly curved to the interior structure of the headlights. Daytime running lights are standard.

If you look at the side, what is most striking in the straight and slightly upward stroke of the lines, the arc of the roof gives the appearance that flows smoothly and sports within a C-pillar, which is slightly lower than a coupe the rear makes it look more dynamic. The rear lights, wedge-shaped one-piece also enhance the width of the car and plastic integrate seamlessly into the design.

The new Audi A8 inside provides comfort and extra distance between the axles providing enough legroom in the rear of the car. Therefore, riding the A8 L is especially relaxing. Elequipamiento and high quality upholstery also give comfort first and further enhance the luxurious interior design concept of ergonomics and custom functionality.

The Audi A8 gives us many benefits when describing its imposing but very sophisticated interior, then appoints stand out:

-Individual rear seats can be electrically adapted and complemented by temperature control.

-Air conditioning system, the most novel is that the rear passengers have their own control unit.

-Solar sunroof, the big difference is that complements the automatic air conditioning that has a solar array that provides power to the fan when the car is still. In this way brings fresh air into the vehicle.

-Set internal lighting is very advanced because it can adapt to any situation.

-Dressed in leather, you can choose two types of leather and Alcantara upholstery between standard and give you that exclusive look and comfort is so fond.

Motor | AUDI A8

* The Audi A8 luxury sedan and a sport with high standards of design and technology. Being at the forefront of the technique involves an all-aluminum body, quattro permanent four wheel drive, a powerful V8 engine that develops 372 hp this new generation of motors consume 15% less fuel than its predecessors and equipped with direct injection system
* The 4.2 FSI V8 developing 372 hp with a torque of 455nm at 3500 rpm and accelerates from 0-100 in 5.7seg. and reaches the 250km / h electronically limited speed but
* Takes a box with 8-speed Tiptronic with DSP adiccional called with 3 drive modes.
Security | Audi A8

-Radar-Aided is a system that is optional for function control plus stop / Go, these sensors are located on the front of the A8 where air intakes below the logo.
Audi Pre-Sense
This is in case the vehicle to go by rail and the system detects the presence of a invididuo on the track and gets a red light warning the driver that there is a person later. In its usual version of the Audi Pre-sense processes information from the sensors of ESP in case of danger if the car is going at high speed or slip, a control unit intervenes and depending on the situation activates warning lights and close the windows and sunroof models tambienajusta front seat belts.

At this time full of technology and products designed with the highest standards, the inevitable comes to market with innovative AUDI A8. Meeting all expectations, leads us to delight his sober exterior and leaves us breathless with its exquisite interior.

What distinguishes the Audi A8 in some of its rivals is its advanced high-tech equipment, but the interconnection between them that allows them to function in advance to suit the conditions of movement of other traffic or the type of way. Thus, xenon lighting system can provide data more expensive mapping navigation system to give the proper lighting in some circumstances. For example at night, when entering a town, the light beam of the car becomes much wider and the city, the beam returns to be as long as possible without impacting other drivers.

While not an exact science, have enough respect – We all know that the world is divided into many countries, more than 200, but leaders are few and in a few years I think that will be even fewer leaders, but in both we see that the U.S. will be among the largest and most important. That is why such dimensions and such economic power of the people, it takes very large companies to invest in their land, such as in China, in regards to automobiles, each day has more and better proposals!

Therefore then that as we said, large companies have established certain investments in the coming years, and not stay out now on the side of Audi and have their eyes on some things, and so is considering setting up a new factory Car in the United States to address the high demand of the country.

With this new project, to be ready by 2015, Audi would seek to sell a quantity of 150,000 units in the United States representing a significant number of sales per year. For now, the factory does not really know where is located but it looks like it will have the best technology of the moment to create high-quality cars with good price and quickly.

Another point to know is the fact these such vehicles will be produced there, because nothing is the same that produce 150 000 Audi A3 and Audi A4, Audi Q7 is manufactured and Audi R8 not only because the market segments in new categories, but also the cause of the approximate value of the investment and profit, since between the case 1 (Audi A3 and A4) and case 2 (Audi Q7 and R8), the first would require an investment of only one third the second part, and obviously there off future earnings!

There’s nothing unusual, nor is it new news, to know that Audi plans to release new versions of its popular TT and R8 sports. Based on the history of its other models, “stop” (in quotes because in reality it is not easy) to develop new, more powerful engines, put them under the hood with a result of variations of each Audi RS.

It is possible that the new TT-RS (or RS-TT?) Has a five-cylinder turbo engine and 350 HP, and the R8 but another turbo V8 or V10, rather than the current V8 4.2 liter But it lacks one ingredient: the reduction of weight. The vast majority of supercar manufacturers are replacing the heavy steel plates for other much lighter carbon fiber. What then?

According to Inside Line, Audi launched versions would be considered ‘Sport’ (as if sports were not enough) of both models. In 2005 Audi experienced something of this when they launched the TT Quattro Sport, which had some improvements in power and suspension and less weight by removing equipment that was not indispensable. This version remained in Europe alone.

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The familiar Audi R8, one of the most popular and exclusive brand sells for 127,410 euros in its most basic, a price that perhaps some can not achieve and feel frustrated because they want something for next year a new car that look.

For these people has come to Spain GT Audi R8, and you can get to 1,000 shares or periods of 207 euros per share, which means that you will end up costing the sum of 207,000 euros, if we begin to compare with R9 V10 you will get a difference of 39,390 euros.

The car will be purchased with a V10 engine reaches 560 hp, but the car weighs 100 kg less, ranging from 0 to 100 km / h in 0.3 seconds less and maintain a reasonable consumption of 13.9 l / 100 km, compared to the R8. One option not bad in these times of crisis.

What is the difference between the V-10 engines that high technology Audi has managed to develop an engine and Lamborghini? As it turns out, not much.
Both share the same basic components and architecture:

One Engine 90 ° V angle, DOHC, 4-valves per cylinder high-end construction primarily aluminum alloy. aluminum pistons The forged steel crankshaft and forged connecting rods and providing a compression ratio of 12.5:1, are also shared by the two sports cars.

Here’s video test drive a full test of the Audi R8. Max is trying for a audi R8 on the road.