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• 2009 Audi A3 TDI makes Clean Diesel a star winning 2009 Green Car of the Year

  BNET - 2009-12-07

  Here are more details and press release about the Audi A3 TDI's win as 2009 Green Car of the Year. Our earlier coverage can be found here. HERNDON, Va., Dec, 2009  -  Green and performance luxury needn't be mutually exclusive concepts. That's a core belief at Audi. That philosophy paid...

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• ‘Green Car of the Year' at L.A. show is an Audi

  BNET - 2009-12-03

  LOS ANGELES - Green Car Journal named Audi's 2010 A3 TDI the "Green Car of the Year" at the Los Angeles Auto Show on Thursday, marking the second consecutive year a clean-diesel vehicle has won the prize. Green Car Journal, a quarterly magazine that covers developments in environmentally friendly cars,...

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• Opel Insignia OPC plus other goodies on their way to Buick

  BNET - 2009-11-24

  Earlier this week, we previewed the impressive Opel Insignia-based Buick Regal. But that's not all we saw. In addition to development prototypes of the Regal we'll see next year, we also got some seat time in variants of the car that could make their way here in the very near...

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• Audi celebrates 20 Years of TDI Diesel Engine

  BNET - 2009-11-24

  INGOLSTADT, Germany, Nov 20, 2009  -  Audi is celebrating another very special anniversary in 2009: the 20th birthday of TDI technology.  In the fall of 1989, the Audi 100 2.5 TDI – the first Audi with a direct-injection turbocharged diesel engine – was exhibited at the Frankfurt International Motor Show....

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• MARK PHELAN: Q5 Quattro falls just short of top spot

  BNET - 2009-11-05

  Who would've thought there would ever be a pitched battle for global domination in luxury SUVs? The very idea of a luxury SUV strikes many as an oxymoron, but the field has filled with excellent vehicles and caused automakers from the United States, Europe and Japan to raise their games....

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• Odd Spot: A back-seat driving computer for your car

  BNET - 2009-11-05

  MIT/Audi in-car robot Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed an in-car robot that can woo upset drivers with a calming smile or a wink. The dash-mounted Affective Intelligent Driving Agent – developed by MIT in conjunction with Audi – is able to read input from all the...

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• Audi's Proposed £90M Sponsor Deal With Bayern Munich Could Be Football's Biggest Ever

  BNET - 2009-11-04

  If Bayern Munich pull off their £90 million deal with Audi it could vault the German club to the top of BNET's Global Football Sponsorship Deal League see below. Currently, Bayern sit at fourth with a pact with T-Home worth £17 million a year (£68 million over four years). ...

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• Alfa Romeo coming to the U.S.?

  BNET - 2009-10-29

  Posted by: David Welch on October 28 Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne will soon deliver his fix-it strategy for Chrysler. One big piece appears to be the return of Fiat's upscale Alfa Romeo brand to the U.S. with a dedicated dealer network. It would be sold as an upscale performance line...

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• News: Audi confirms electric supercar for production

  BNET - 2009-10-15

  Images have appeared on the internet of a new baby brother to the R8 supercar – and it's electric. By RICHARD BLACKBURN. Audi R4 electric car Audi will build a production version of its e-tron electric supercar concept. Web reports suggest the zero-emission sports car, to be called the R4,...

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• China is driving German luxury carmakers' return

  Financial Times - 2009-10-12

  A mood of quiet optimism seems to be returning to the German luxury car business. BMW reported a small 0.7 per cent increase in September sales compared with the same month last year. While sales at Mercedes-Benz and Audi were lower during the period, the decline was far less...

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