It’s a poorly kept secret that the next-generation Audi A3 will shift from being based on a 3-door hatchback to being based on a notchback form likely sharing much with the recently revealed A3/S3 sedan. Markets like the USA are critical for sales of convertibles and no doubt that fact wasn’t lost on Audi as they developed this most recent A3-based drop top.
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Awards for Audi during the months of April and May. More…
The app, for iPad 2 + allows the user, which we’ll call the ‘A3 shopper’, to view their new A3 in 3D, spraypaint the car to determine their favourite colour, take a 360 degree tour of the A3’s interior, as well as watch videos that explain the car’s features.
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Although the economic climate has deteriorated further in a number of European countries, Audi enjoyed a very successful opening quarter with some 369,500 deliveries to customers. With €11.734 billion revenue for the first three months of 2013 the Ingolstadt-based carmaker nearly matched the previous year’s record level. The operating profit of €1.307 billion translates into an operating return on sales of 11.1 percent – well above the strategic target corridor of eight to ten percent. Despite ongoing economic uncertainties, Audi is pushing ahead with its growth strategy and investing heavily in the future. The company all the while remains committed to its target corridor for operating return on sales.
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China is a rapidly-growing market for Audi, so rapid in fact that it’s surpassed Ingolstadt’s largest regions such as the USA, UK and even Germany. No surprise then that an event like AutoShanghai 2013 is critical to Audi and its business. While we didn’t travel to Shanghai to cover AutoShanghai, we’ve gathered a healthy collection of photography, video and information from the show to keep Audi aficionados informed. Below is a rundown.
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AUDI AG is celebrating a world premiere at the Auto Shanghai 2013 by presenting a new member of the A3 family – the A3 Sedan. You can follow the Audi Press Conference live via several channels. Audi Communications provides access to the live broadcast. More…
Fuel prices often rise at peak travel times. Audi helps customers to save money regardless. Refuelling Stop is a new online service available for the A3 family that provides information about the cheapest prices at filling stations. Beginning in May, this service will be offered for all models with Audi connect.
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Just a few weeks ago, Audi chose to pull the wraps off its upcoming A3 and S3 sedans in a preview party ahead of the New York Auto Show. The cars will get their auto show debut this month in China, but int he meantime we’ve found a wealth of videos on YouTube offering more background on the cars.
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“Wanna know how much I love Audi?,” a fellow journalist quizzed me as I greeted him in a waiting area just outside a Chelsea Pier photo studio on Manhattan’s west side the night before the opening of the 2013 New York Auto Show. “How much?” “I’m skipping out on Daniel Craig and the Range Rover [...] More…
It is Monday and thus not #fotoshopfriday, but what you see here is definitely a photoshop. It is the work of Theophilus Chin, a regular in our photoshop-themed series. It is most definitely not real, though Chin’s skills in seamlessly creating the car may have some wondering if it should be.
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As is typical following the launch of a new vehicle, Audi’s German website Audi.de has added content covering the new A3 sedan and S3 sedan. This includes several new marketing shots/wallpapers of the A3 as well as an informational section on both. Find the new A3 sedan section on Audi.de HERE. Find the new S3 [...] More…
This eve before the opening of the 2013 New York Auto Show, Audi chose to reveal its A3 sedan at a photo studio located at Chelsea Pier on Manhattan’s west side. That the brand would opt for an exclusive remote reveal was expected, though what was not entirely expected was the presence of the S3 sedan and also news of an American-bound A3 e-tron with Sportback body style.
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