Audi S5 Luxury Sports Car Review

August 9, 2011 Posted by admin

With the likes of Lexus, Mercedes, BMW, Jaguar and even Audi has been the forgotten stepchild of the world’s luxury car. Now, before you jump from their seats Audi loyalists in the defense of their sacred character should be noted that a Lexus, Beamer, Benz or find on every street corner in America. Meanwhile, with few exceptions, a person should be in a major metropolitan area to identify an Audi.

1 in 1050 people a Lexus in the U.S. bought in 2007. 1 in 1000 people have bought a Benz or a BMW. 1 in 3200 people have an Audi. Audi is less exclusive than either of these brands and they sell fewer models in the world and one of the brands mentioned. But why is this so? Fear not fans of Audi. Unlike Brutus, I come to praise Caesar not bury him.
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Audi R8, A Car Made of Dreams

August 9, 2011 Posted by admin

Join the Audi R8 is once in a class of BMW, Jaguar, Mercedes and Lexus, and joined a completely different kind of company in terms of competition, which is that of the Lamborghini, Maserati, Aston Martin and others.

The R8 is a different kind of Audi, very different from the now famous Audi TT, but tired. There will be a car for those who drive fast and probably sell more models in Europe, where highways are the dream of American drivers, we have these cars.

I first saw the R8 in a showroom in Denver and at first I thought it was just a concept car, it shows powerful through the rear window. But then I began to see a pass here and there and could not help but turn my neck around, looking like the girl from Ipanema.
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Audi R8 GT Joins Superlight Club

August 9, 2011 Posted by admin

Like most manufacturers of premium cars in those days on the pounds to lose in their flagship showcase their skills off to a severe cut indeed the basic model, which appeal to a broad audience to build must be and is always built to a target costs. Manufacturers such as Porsche has long been known and this can be seen in their series of 911 cars. They base that is the Carrera S, which then in the GT3, the GT3 RS, then. Each model in the performance a little more than the last, up to a point where it goes far enough and a lot of weight loss is the key to improved performance.

So now, Audi has created a lighter version of the R8 flagship coupe and call it the R8 GT. This car weighs 1525kgs compared to the R8 V8 4.2 weighs 1625kgs. As if listening to a 100 kg weight loss in a car from the already lightweight aluminum alloy, not enough, Audi said that the car will be used with the V10 engine in the very course called R8 V10. So we have an extra power connected with weight loss.
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