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Marketing meets art. Art cars are not new. Artists use the automobile as a blank canvas for both beautiful and exciting works of art. No two are alike, and that’s the beauty of the art car. BMW is probably most famous for such creations , with a plethora of glammed-up examples. But other automakers have dipper their creative toes in the water, such as Rolls-Royce and Alfa Romeo in the recent past. Audi has, in the past, done an art car as well, but the Audi R8 here is not an official project of the automaker. Instead, aftermarket tuning company ABT Sportsline, known for taking performance Audi vehicles and turning them straight to insanity, commissioned the car. Read also: BMW's New Art Car Is Only Visible In Virtual Reality BAC Mono Art Car To Debut At Goodwood FoS Radical Corvette Art Car Revealed For Le Mans In preparation of two different automotive events that overlap in May – the Tuning World Bodensee show in Germany and the legendary … [Read more...] about Cartoonist Turns Audi R8 Into A Wicked Art Car

FRANKFURT: Volkswagen will pay a 48per cent premium to buy out the minority shareholders of premium division Audi , Audi said on Tuesday. Volkswagen, which already holds 99.64per cent of Audi, announced the squeeze-out plans in February. "Volkswagen AG announced and specified that it has set the cash settlement to be paid to the minority shareholders in return for the transfer of their shares at 1,551.53 euros per AUDI AG share," the carmaker said. This compares with a share price of 1,050 euros apiece on Tuesday and amounts to a purchase price of 237 million euros (US$267 million) for the 152,749 outstanding Audi shares, according to Refinitiv data. The transfer will be passed at Audi's next annual general meeting, which the carmaker said is expected to take place in July or August. (Reporting by Christoph Steitz; editing by David Evans) … [Read more...] about Volkswagen to pay US$267 million for Audi buyout

BUDAPEST: Hungary is ready to give financial support to Audi to help its manufacturing plant in the country run at full operating capacity, Prime Minister Viktor Orban was reported as saying on Monday as he visited the site. Orban said Audi was key to the Hungarian economy's recovery from the adverse impacts of the coronavirus pandemic. "We have to fight for the Audi plant as well," state news agency MTI cited Orban as saying. MTI said Audi's engine and car manufacturing plant in the western Hungarian city of Gyor returned to normal operation with three shifts on Monday after weeks of disruption caused by the pandemic. "We can protect jobs with agreements," MTI cited Orban as saying. The prime minister did not elaborate on the specifics of support for Audi, which employed 12,807 people at the end of 2019 and is one of Hungary's top exporters and revenue earners. A spokeswoman for Audi declined to comment. The Gyor plant manufactured 1.97 million engines and 164,817 … [Read more...] about Hungary ready to help Audi run local plant at full capacity: Orban

LONDON: Audi suspended German driver Daniel Abt with immediate effect on Tuesday (May 26) after he got a professional gamer to race under his name in a Formula E esports race at the weekend. Abt apologised on Sunday for the deception in the series' 'Race at Home Challenge' and was fined 10,000 euros (US$10,956). "Integrity, transparency and consistent compliance with applicable rules are top priorities for Audi - this applies to all activities the brand is involved in without exception," said Audi in a statement. "For this reason, Audi Sport has decided to suspend Daniel Abt with immediate effect." The real-life Formula E season is currently suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. … [Read more...] about Audi suspends Abt for esports deception

Jürgen Rittersberger as company's next chief financial officer (CFO), replacing Arno Antlitz who is moving to become group CFO at its parent Volkswagen. Rittersberger is set to take over the division from April 2021, the company said in a statement. Before the transition, Antlitz will publish Audi’s 2020 annual financial statements as planned on March 18, Audi added. Commenting on the appointment Herbert Diess, Chair of the Supervisory Board of AUDIAG said “In Jürgen Rittersberger, Audi is gaining an expert in corporate management, controlling and strategy who is already familiar with several Group brands. I greatly value him as a colleague for his strategic and entrepreneurial mindset.” Rittersberger has served as General Secretary and Senior Vice President Group Strategy at Volkswagen AG since September 2018. Before, from 2010 to 2018, Rittersberger was General Secretary and Vice President Corporate Development at Porsche AG. In late 2015, Porsche also appointed him as … [Read more...] about Audi names Rittersberger as new CFO

REUTERS: Audi will withdraw from the German Touring Car series (DTM) at the end of the year and focus its motorsport activities on all-electric Formula E and customer racing, the carmaker announced on Monday. The Volkswagen-owned premium brand said in a statement the realignment was also due to the economic challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. Audi has been in Formula E since 2014, and active in DTM for 20 years. Chairman Markus Duesmann said Formula E offered "a very attractive platform" for a marque aiming to generate about 40per cent of its sales with electric cars and plug-in-hybrids by 2025. The move leaves the DTM, whose series is on hold due to the pandemic, with BMW as its sole manufacturer on the grid next year and facing an uncertain future. Mercedes, also now competing in Formula E, departed at the end of 2018 while Aston Martin left after last season. DTM boss Gerhard Berger said the future now depended on how partners and sponsors reacted. "While we … [Read more...] about Audi to leave DTM at end of season, focus on Formula E

REUTERS: Two times German Touring Car (DTM) champion Rene Rast will replace Daniel Abt at Audi's Formula E team for the remainder of the season, the manufacturer said on Friday. Abt lost his seat last month for letting a gamer take his place, without others knowing, in an official Formula E esports race. The all-electric series has scheduled six races in nine days in August at Berlin's former Tempelhof airport to finish a season disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The three double-headers will be held without spectators. Rast, 33, has some previous Formula E experience, racing in the 2016 Berlin ePrix for what was then the Aguri team and is now Techeetah. "I've been following Formula E very closely for a long time and am now looking forward to this new challenge," said the German driver. Audi are quitting the DTM at the end of this year, opening up the possibility of Rast continuing with them in Formula E next season. (Reporting by Alan Baldwin, editing by Alexander … [Read more...] about Rast replaces sacked Abt at Audi Formula E team

Say hello to Audi's version of the electric Porsche Macan. Keeping up with the Volkswagen Group's growing EV portfolio is turning into a full-time job. Audi hasn't even revealed the MEB-based Q4 E-Tron and Q4 Sportback E-Tron in production guise and yet it's already testing a completely different zero-emissions SUV. Our spies happened to be in the right place at the right time to capture the first batch of images with Audi's equivalent of the next-generation Porsche Macan. The prototype already appears to have all of the final body panels in place, although it's missing the lower front grille while those basic taillights are only a provisional setup used during testing. You can easily tell this is an electric vehicle not just by the lack of any visible exhaust tips, but also due to the closed-off front grille since there's no combustion engine that needs cooling. Gallery: 2022 Audi Q5 E-Tron first spy photos 17 Photos … [Read more...] about 2023 Audi Q5 E-Tron Makes Spy Photo Debut, Already Has Production Body

MEXICO CITY: Volkswagen AG's Mexican unit on Monday (Jun 22) said about 2 per cent of its workers tested for COVID-19 had contracted the disease at some point, underlining the challenge faced by automakers in reopening factories before the pandemic has peaked in Mexico. Volkswagen last Tuesday began sending workers in reduced numbers back to its factory in the city of Puebla, where the German automaker and its luxury brand unit Audi have major plants. Many other major carmakers, especially from the United States and Japan, had resumed operations in other parts of Mexico a couple of weeks earlier. The state of Puebla, however, has been one of the parts of Mexico worst hit by the coronavirus and had delayed reopening factories. Volkswagen, which has tested staff members extensively for COVID-19 infections and coronavirus antibodies, said those who tested positive had contracted coronavirus during the period after the plants had shut in late March and before resuming work. … [Read more...] about Scores of Volkswagen’s Mexico staff members test positive for COVID-19

The new UX crossover will be the cheapest option in the range. While other luxury automakers like Audi and Mercedes-Benz previously offered vehicles for under $30,000, particularly the A3 and the CLA, Lexus has no plans to follow a similar strategy going forward. In an interview with the website Wards Auto , Jeff Bracken, Executive Advisor to Toyota North America’s Lexus Division, said that the Japanese marque has no plans of dropping its price point under the $30,000 mark. The Latest From Lexus: Future Lexus F Models Could Be Hybrids, Possibly For New GT Model Lexus IS, GS Future Uncertain; Company Taking ‘Strategic Look’ "We have no plans to go down below $30,000," said Bracken in the interview. "Toyota can cover that price range for us.” Bracken also warned against expanding the Lexus lineup to compete against its German rivals, saying "we also don’t see any value in having a lineup as deep as Mercedes-Benz and BMW." The UX , … [Read more...] about Lexus Won’t Offer A Car Under $30,000, But It Could Build An EV