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Audi is a German automobile company that is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group. Originally seen as a conservative car maker, Audi began to change its image with the introduction of their “Quattro” four-wheel drive performance technology. With the intro of the Quattro they found great success in Rally Racing and became known as innovators in car technology.
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Under the hood... will be just one engine: a new turbocharged four-cylinder that Audi is keeping to itself until the Geneva Motor Show in a few weeks. The sedan will get that engine as its base, along with a 265-hp, 3.2-liter six-cylinder. The Avant will come standard with Audi’s Quattro all-wheel drive and an automatic transmission.
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Audi has a history of technical leadership that stretches back more than a century. In addition to ensuring comfort, high performance and low fuel consumption, continual innovations help the company to lead the market in safety. Three of the ten cars featured in the Top Safety Picks 2006 from the US-based Insurance Institute for Highway Safety are Audi models.
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Scott Keogh, Audi of America's chief marketing officer says the multi-ringed brand all about precision's got an evolving style of luxury. Speaking at the Automotive News World Congress in Detroit, Keogh says at the moment there are two different kinds of luxury battling it out in the marketplace. The first is "old luxury...traditionally grounded in Europe. A Swiss watch. High quality. A traditional definition of prestige."
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Sales of Audi cars worldwide are exceeding all projections. In July 2001, at the Audi annual General Meeting in Ingolstadt, Germany, the best first-half result for vehicle sales and sales revenues in company history, was announced. Sales revenues in the first six months rose by 14.5 percent instead of the estimated 13.7 percent to around DM 22.350 billion. Audi sales were up on the previous year by 6.9 percent instead of the originally estimated 6.2 percent, which is equivalent to more than 368,800 vehicles.
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With the introduction of new clean-diesel passenger cars from manufacturers like Audi, VW and DaimlerChrysler, additional benefits can be realized even beyond these projections. That’s because diesel engines typically see 20 to 30 percent better fuel economy than gasoline engines. Burning less fuel means fewer emissions of all types, including CO2, from the U.S. light-duty vehicle fleet. And with new catalytic technologies featured in Audi’s TDI technology and the Bluetec clean diesels, the harmful pollutants typically associated with diesel engines are converted into harmless by-products and nearly eliminates nitrogen oxide emissions.
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