Audi TT News Archives

Stanford University's robotics lab has built autonomous cars for several years. Recently, it established a land speed record for a robot car - 140 mph in an Audi TT-S nicknamed "Shelly". But their next goal is even more ambitious: to have Shelly race the twisted dirt road that leads up to Pike's Peak.

If you're a person who would gladly relinquish the task of parking your car to a computer, there may be a Volkswagen in your future.

Submitted by brad on Mon, 2009-10-26 14:42. Robocars Saturday saw the dedication of a new autonomous vehicle research center sponsored by Volkswagon.

VW has committed over $5 million to open the Volkswagen Automotive Innovation Lab on Stanford's campus with the intent of taking their research further regardless of whether the government is offering a carrot or not.

Launched by Audi in conjunction with Microsoft, the Forza edition TT is being released to coincide with the rollout of the highly anticipated new video game.

With geo-aware brains and no driver, this modified Audi TT-S experimental vehicle is build to drift around corners and then regain control of itself.

Amid repeated promises from new president Akio Toyoda that it will start making exciting cars to pull itself out of its slump, Toyota officially unveiled the FT-86 concept edition of its 2012 a oeaffordablea compact rear-drive sport coupe at the 2009 Tokyo show.

A MEMBER of the 702 Naval Air Squadron at RNAS Yeovilton was given the chance to use an Audi TT for the weekend a ' thanks to the Loders Motor Group.

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I have this hot car fantasy that just won't go away. Oddly, it doesn't involve a Porsche 911 and an autobahn.

Audi brings its second diesel model to market next month as part of the 2010 A3 line, the five-door hatchback the company introduced in the U.S. market in 2005.

Images have appeared on the internet of a new baby brother to the R8 supercar - " and it's electric.

First look at the Audi R4, the new electric roadster to be built off the e-Tron concept.

A gasoline-powered version of an electric car is about as meaningless a concept as one could conceive, but that's just what Audi may have in store for us, if the latest reports prove true.

October 12, 2009 Stunning new open-air R8 helps to inaugurate world's largest Audi Centre in London The flagships of the Audi model range and the Audi Centre retail network will combine to stunning effect today as the new open-top R8 Spyder takes pride of place within the new 190,000 square-foot West London Audi for the Centre's grand inauguration ...

An Audi TT goes through testing in 2007. Photograph by: Handout photo, Canwest News Service This is the time of year when most things get put away for the winter, but for automakers, ita TMs the start of the 2009 debuts.

MOTORSPORTS EDITOR MAC MORRISON: After several days behind the wheel of this TTS, I've come to appreciate its fine style and performance.

Named after the legendary, original Audi Quattro coupe of the late 1980s, AVUS Performance's take on the new TT RS Coupe sees the car's 2.5-liter turbocharged inline-five receive a 110 horsepower and 140 lb-ft of torque bump thanks to the modified turbo, reprogrammed ECU and a new exhaust system.

So, Audi rolled out the pretty damn impressive e-Tron at Frankfurt this year. They had been rumored to be working on some sort of EV for a while, but nobody expected them to show what is, essentially, an electric powered version of their impressive R8 supercar.

Audi can't seem to make up its mind about its future alternative powertrain plans, but apparently Ingolstadt has made up its mind that its Audi E-Tron EV will be headed from concept to production.

A bit of unfortunate news for owners of enthusiastically driven Audi A3 and TT models: Audi is recalling 10,200 of the vehicles for a potential fuel leak under "extreme driving conditions.

According to Audi of America President Johan de Nysschen, an electric vehicle based on the concept e-tron electric supercar will enter production and is expected to come to the U.S. in only 2 to 3 years.