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AUDI AG achieved clearly positive results in 2009, a year of worldwide crisis, and now its employees are benefiting: the company is thanking them for their efforts with a total bonus payment of 97 million euros – more than any of its competitors have paid. At the end of this month the workforce will receive its third additional payment this year.
Read newsEnrollees in the Audi StEP Program (“Study and Experience in Practice”) acquire top-notch expertise and hands-on experience. 24 new slots are available for 2011. Participants can ultimately earn a double degree.
Read newsThe Audi TT 2.0 TDI’s sales success proves that dynamism and efficiency are not mutually exclusive. On the contrary, this modern combination appeals strongly to customers. Since its market launch in 2008, the proportion of Audi TT sports car sales accounted for by the 2.0 TDI version with 125 kW (170 hp) has risen steadily.
Read newsThe Audi team secured a double victory for the four rings in the inaugural “Silvretta E-Auto Rally Montafon 2010” and the 13th “Silvretta Classic Montafon” with the Audi e-tron technology demonstrator based on the R8 and the Audi ur-quattro from 1988.
Read newsThe full-size A8 sedan embodies the Vorsprung durch Technik for which Audi is renowned. The brand now presents the new top version of its flagship: The long-wheelbase A8 L sets standards for luxury, dynamics and efficiency. It will debut in fall 2010 with five engines, including the powerful twelve-cylinder with 368 kW (500 hp).
Read newsFor the last 14 years every Audi commercial, product and brand film has closed with an image of the four rings and the sound of a heartbeat. The acoustic signature, which has become synonymous with the brand, has now been further refined. The new Audi “heartbeat” is shorter, more dynamic, and mixed with technical sounds to give it a greater emotional appeal – after all Audi lives out its “Vorsprung durch Technik” in emotion-packed cars.
Read newsAudi has entered an e-tron technology platform wrapped in the skin of an R8 in the Silvretta E-Auto Rally Montafon 2010. Michael Dick, Member of the Board of Management of AUDI AG for Technical Development, and factory driver Lukas Luhr will pilot the electric sports car along the 167.5 kilometer (104.08 miles) route through the Austrian state of Vorarlberg. After debuting with a demonstration run at “Le Mans vers le futur” as part of the 24-hour race, the Audi R8 e-tron will now be competing in three stages.
Read newsAUDI AG delivered around 99,250 cars worldwide in June, beating even the strong sales figures from the previous month of May. Unit sales increased by 8.7 percent on the prior-year month.
Read news* Audi has started assembly of the Q5 model in Aurangabad, in the Indian state of Maharashtra. In the future, up to 1,500 units of the Q5 will run off the assembly line there each year for the Indian market. The sporty SUV is the third Audi model after the A4 and A6 to be produced in India, increasing the production volume of the company with the four rings in India this year to more than 2,400 units, compared with 732 vehicles in the preceding year.
Read newsPrecise and groundbreaking: Audi has won gold in the coveted “Corporate Design Award”. This is a pleasing endorsement, as the brand’s refined visual identity had already received an award from the German Designer Club. And Audi also chose the perfect time to unveil its new identity: 2009, the year of the brand’s 100th anniversary.
Read newsAudi has sold more than 100,000 cars within a half-year period in China and Hong Kong for the first time ever – up 64 percent on the corresponding prior-year period. In June alone, the Company delivered 21,436 cars to Chinese customers.
Read newsThe stage is set: from July 2 to 4, the Earl of March and Kinrara is inviting lovers of historic motorsport to join him for the annual highlight in the calendar, the Goodwood Festival of Speed.
Read newsWhen he calls, they all come running – and they bring along gifts. British artist Damien Hirst has designed an A1 for Sir Elton John’s White Tie and Tiara Ball, which the musician and his partner David Furnish host each year at their Old Windsor residence.
Read newsA jury of 71 leading motoring journalists from35 countries has voted the turbocharged 2.5-liter FSI in the Audi TT RS as the “International Engine of the Year 2010” in the 2-liter to 2.5-liter category.
Read newsEmployees of the Audi Driver Assistance Systems project house and Audi Electronics Venture GmbH are presenting three projects from the realm of active safety at the concluding event of the AKTIV research initiative.
Read newsHow can ultra-high-strength steel panels be joined together? What alternative concepts are there for building prototype tools? What are the latest methods for monitoring the quality of components in the press shop? These are the questions being examined by the winners of the 2009 Audi Tool Trophy.
Read newsA football is always a football! You can kick an old one around just as easily as a modern one. The same applies to the good old table soccer game. A strong wooden frame, 22 players and of course the traditional green pitch – what more could you need for excitement and fun? The Audi design team nonetheless decided to take a closer look at this rectangular table, and decided that a rounded-off shape would be better.
Read newsAudi returns to Design Miami/ Basel as exclusive automotive sponsor and presents a dynamic and innovative lighting installation entitled ‘Lucid Flux’, designed by Moritz Waldemeyer, to celebrate the car manufacturer’s iconic A1 and A8 luxury sedan models – the range that Audi offers for every stage of life.
Read newsHigh-end quality for listening pleasure is a field of technology that is becoming increasingly important. Audi is taking the lead in the advancement of this technology. Audi's successful collaboration with premium suppliers Bang & Olufsen and Bose is already setting standards, and the Audi development engineers have also established broad-based proprietary know-how independent of these partnerships.
Read newsFor the ninth time Audi has won the legendary 24 Hours of Le Mans and thus equalized Ferrari’s position in the roll of honor in the French endurance classic. Only Porsche’s track record reflects more victories.
Read newsCelebrity guests, a glimpse into the future of the automobile, a presentation of the Audi A1, live broadcast on the Internet – a lot of variety was sourounding Audi Sport Team Joest’s entry in the 2010 Le Mans 24 Hours.
Read news* The renowned Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) in the USA has awarded both the Audi Q5 and Audi A4 models its 2010 TOP SAFETY PICK rating. These two models join the Audi A3 in achieving the highest safety recognition granted by the influential IIHS. Audi now offers more vehicles on the US market with the TOP SAFETY PICK rating than any German luxury automaker.
Read newsUnit sales at Audi continue to increase. In May the Ingolstadt company sold 14.6 percent more cars worldwide than in May 2009. With around 94,900 units last month, the number of premium cars sold so far this year has increased to about 455,700, a rise of 21.7 percent. AUDI AG recorded growth in all regions, achieving the biggest increases in the company’s most important export markets China, Great Britain and the United States.
Read newsWhat will the production of an Audi look like if the automobile no longer has a gearbox? This is the type of question that candidates for the Audi Production Award must ask themselves. Students and scientists can now begin submitting their creative concepts for the automobile production of the future.
Read newsBuilding highly efficient cars is one aspect of Audi’s ‘Vorsprung durch Technik’ – making sure that they can be used for efficient journeys is another. The development teams at Audi see the task in its entirety, and examine the complete road traffic system. Their travolution project is a concept for a dialogue between cars and traffic signals.
Read newsAudi has made a successful start to the Michelin Challenge Bibendum 2010. Right at the start of this forum for sustainable mobility in Rio de Janeiro, the brand with the four rings recorded two victories.
Read newsWith the Audi Urban Future Award, Audi brings six international architectural firms together in a competition to develop models and visions of the future interplay between mobility, architecture and the city. The participants met with Audi experts.
Read newsAudi has made a successful start to the 2010 fiscal year. The Ingolstadt-based carmaker sold 360,760 units in the first four months of the year – a new record for the Company.
Read newsAUDI AG has achieved a double victory: engineering and economics graduates have selected the Ingolstadt-based company as the most attractive employer. The noted employer rankings compiled by the Universum and Trendence consulting institutes show Audi to be the most popular company among graduating university students.
Read newsThe third edition of the UniCredit Ladies German Open culminated in a thrilling final day on the green. Laura Davies will embark on her trip home from Golfpark Gut Häusern on the outskirts of Munich in sporty style: for her victory in the tournament which is endowed with 330,000 euros of prize money, she received a red A5 Cabriolet from the event’s presenting sponsor and vehicle partner, Audi.
Read newsAudi Tradition now has a new Internet presence online at www.audi.de/tradition, and in English at www.audi.com/history. The new Internet pages provide an interesting insight into the eventful history of AUDI AG with its brands Audi, DKW, Horch, Wanderer, Auto Union and NSU. This is a presentation of “Vorsprung durch Technik” going back more than a century.
Read newsThe stage is set for the next big Audi: In a ceremony attended by Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme and Minister-President of the Brussels Capital Region Charles Picqué, the official starting signal for production of the Audi A1 was given by Professor Dr. Martin Winterkorn, Chairman of the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of AUDI AG, and Rupert Stadler, Chairman of the Board of Management of AUDI AG.
Read news2010 is a very special year for the Brussels plant: The Belgian capital is witnessing the production of the first full-fledged premium car in the small car segment – the new Audi A1. The plant and its employees have been preparing intensively for this great challenge.
Read newsIn the event of a sudden, severe headache or twisted ankle, it’s helpful to have a doctor right around the corner, ready to provide assistance. That is just the case at Audi Brussels, where employees can visit a doctor in the on-site Health Center for treatment at any time.
Read newsFor the fourth year in a row, AUDI AG will have its own stand at the GTI meet at the Wörthersee and is once again expecting Audi fans from throughout Europe. The new Audi A1 is playing a leading role at the 29th Wörthersee Tour (May 12 - 15) in Reifnitz (Carinthia), Austria.
Read newsIt's all about the A1, of course. And yet the new, compact Audi A1 stays in the background with elegant restraint. Little wonder, as Justin Timberlake and Dania Ramirez plunge into a suspenseful, mysterious story – through six episodes that can be viewed online.
Read newsAudi has introduced a new mobile portal that can be reached by users via any Internet-capable cell phone on http://m.audi.de. With more than two million visitors per month, audi.de, the German homepage of the company, is one of the most-used websites of a carmaker. The new portal now gives customers and prospective buyers direct access to extensive information about the brand. Fans of the brand with the four rings will find a series of gadgets and games.
Read newsThe Audi Group has underlined its strength in the premium segment with an increase in operating profit well above its rise in revenue. The models of the brand with the four rings achieved double-digit growth rates in all regions in the first quarter. Total deliveries of 264,100 units were 25.9 percent up on the previous year.
Read newsAUDI AG is looking to invest in renewable sources of energy. In support of this goal, Audi this week signed an agreement with the international consortium “Desertec Industrial Initiative”. The long-term goal of the joint venture is the climate-friendly production of energy in the deserts of North Africa and the Middle East.
Read newsRobert Downey Jr. has returned to his role as the ingenious engineer and superhero Iron Man. The world premiere of Iron Man 2 took place on Monday in Los Angeles. Along with Robert Downey Jr., several other big names accompanied director Jon Favreau down the red carpet, including Gwyneth Paltrow, Scarlett Johansson, Mickey Rourke, Don Cheadle, Sam Rockwell, Samuel L. Jackson – and right in the centre of things, the Audi R8 Spyder. Robert Downey Jr. arrived for the premiere at the El Capitan Theatre in the supercar. It was a scene straight out of the Marvel Studios movie, in which main character Tony Stark drives the open-top two-seater.
Read newsThe hearts of fans of historic motor sport will beat faster on the first weekend in May. They may have the good fortune to witness the moment when two legends meet up again: Auto Union racing cars from the 1930s and Monte Carlo, the jewel in the annual motor sport calendar. For the first time since 1937, the sound of two Auto Union Silver Arrows will echo through the narrow streets of the Principality – at the Grand Prix de Monaco Historique on May 1 and 2.
Read newsU.S. car dealers see Audi as the premium brand with the best prospects for the future. This was the finding of the semiannual survey by the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA), which was published this week. Already in the course of 2009, U.S. car dealers observed the greatest increase of value in the Audi franchise, compared with all other premium brands.
Read newsListening to music in the car is nothing new, but driving a car in a piece of music certainly is. An iPhone app dedicated to the new Audi A1 makes it possible: The player steers the A1 through a world that pulsates to the beat of the music. There are nine different rock songs from which to choose. The game “Audi A1 Beat Driver” for the iPhone and iPod Touch can be downloaded from the App Store free of charge starting today.
Read newsAnyone pursuing a growth strategy as ambitious as Audi’s needs perfectly timed logistics. The steadily expanding range of models results in increasingly complex flows of materials and information, from the customer order to the delivery of the finished automobile. “Intraview Audi Logistics” is a series of talks and tours at Audi in Ingolstadt that are part of the nationwide “Logistics Day”. Students will see how Audi is meeting this challenge.
Read newsNo other premium car manufacturer sells as many vehicles with all-wheel drive throughout the world as does Audi. Last year the Ingolstadt-based carmaker built 316,824 cars with quattro drive. This means that around a third of all the Audi cars leaving the factory in 2009 were equipped with this successful technology.
Read newsAUDI AG has recorded its strongest first quarter ever with about 264,100 cars delivered worldwide so far this year. The brand with the four rings recorded double-digit growth figures in all sales regions – Europe, North and South America, Asia-Pacific, and Africa including the Middle East region.
Read newsExtraordinary trade fair displays are ‘par for the course’ at Audi, and have been for years. This was true at Design Miami in Basel and Miami, and it will also be true at the Milan Furniture Fair, also commonly known as the Milan Design Week, were Audi will have a display for the first time ever. The highlight will be Lucid Flux, a light installation by innovative designer Moritz Waldemeyer to showcase two new Audi models, the sub-compact A1 and the A8 luxury sedan.
Read newsAUDI AG achieved its best quarterly figures ever in China (including Hong Kong) in the first three months of the year and delivered a total of 51,449 vehicles – a rise of 77 percent compared with the first quarter of 2009. Audi is thus clearly asserting the leading position of the brand with the four rings in the Chinese premium market
Read newsThe customer magazine for the brand with the four rings took home a total of 11 honors from this year’s Mercury Awards – one of the world’s most prestigious competitions in corporate publishing. This makes Audi the company to win the most awards in the automotive communication category in the 23-year history of the major U.S.-based competition.
Read newsAudi has been named the “most beautiful brand” in the first design award competition presented by Auto Zeitung magazine. The brand with the four rings performed extraordinarily well in the debut competition for the Design Trophy 2010, with the R8 Spyder also finishing on the podium in the category “most beautiful car model.”
Read newsAudi will present a spectacular lineup of premieres at the AMI Leipzig, along with its current model range. The product improvement of the Audi TT Roadster and Audi TT Coupé will be shown to the public for the first time during the exhibition. Other highlights include the German premiere of the new Audi A1, the Audi A8 and the Audi RS 5 Coupé, the Audi e-tron show car and the car that won the 2009 DTM (German Touring Car Masters).
Read newsFour rings, seven letters, 30 years: Audi is presenting its quattro success story at the 22nd Techno Classica in Essen. 30 years ago, the “Ur-quattro” (original quattro) launched a legend which signalled the start of Audi’s winning streak in motorsport and on ordinary roads that continues to this very day.
Read newsThe Salzburg Easter Festival kicks off an eventful cultural calendar for Audi in 2010. The brand with the four rings is an exclusive sponsor for Europe’s most renowned festivals. As a responsible employer, the company supports regional cultural arts at its locations. The extensive program of support includes the areas of classical music, jazz, visual arts, theater and film.
Read newsDespite the global economic and financial crisis the Audi Group is able to look back on a successful 2009 – thanks in part to its responsible, sustainable actions. Specifically values such as tradition, quality and a sense of responsibility have come to enjoy renewed significance in society once again.
Read news"We want to thank our team, and not only after record years like 2008,” emphasized Dr. Werner Widuckel, Member of the Board of Management for Human Resources at AUDI AG, at today’s Annual Press Conference. “In addition to an average profit-sharing payment of €2.300, we will therefore be making a special one-off payment of €1.200 to each employee this year. This special bonus rewards the exceptional performance shown by our employees in crisis-hit 2009."
Read newsIt is a success story in every respect: this year, the Audi quattro Cup is celebrating its 20th anniversary. Over the period of two decades, 1,056,000 golfers have been playing for victory in national tournaments and world finales on the most beautiful golf courses around the world. The 2010 season will soon tee off – and the world’s best golfers will meet for the final showdown in Sardinia.
Read newsAUDI AG reports worldwide sales of around 75.900 automobiles in February. The sales tally for the month is thus 19.9 percent up on February 2009. For the first two months of the year combined, unit sales by the Ingolstadt-based brand showed a rise of 28.7 percent on the prior-year period.
Read newsquattro technology from Audi has an anniversary to celebrate: The spotlights homed in on the first Audi quattro at the Geneva Motor Show on March 3, 1980. Its appearance signaled the start of a winning streak in motor sport and on ordinary roads that still continues today. Now, 30 years on, Audi is taking the wraps off the next generation of its successful technology.
Read news* Following their return from Vancouver, the German Olympic athletes received an enthusiastic welcome today with a car parade in downtown Munich. The participation in the first national welcoming celebration of the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) marks another element of the close collaboration between the DOSB and AUDI AG.
Read newsPower like a big V6, fuel economy like a modest four-cylinder unit – Audi presents the A8 hybrid as a technology concept at the Geneva Motor Show.
Read newsThe new e-tron model series from Audi will gain another new member at the Geneva Motor Show: The Audi A1 e-tron is a Mega City Vehicle (MCV) with an innovative drive technology. It comes equipped with a powerful electric motor for zero-emission driving in the city.
Read newsThe 80th Geneva Motor Show will serve as the backdrop for several spectacular Audi premieres. International star Justin Timberlake will be unveiling the new Audi A1 during the press conference starting at 1:30 p.m. (CET) at the Audi stand.
Read newsThe urban life of the future will inevitably necessitate a careful examination of sustainable energy management and adapted forms of mobility. As a globally active automobile manufacturer, AUDI AG is aware of the responsibility it carries with respect to this development. With the Audi Urban Future Award, Audi is promoting architectural and urban planning visions.
Read newsAudi is the first carmaker to make a home for itself within the PlayStation Home platform. Known as Audi Space, it’s a virtual world that architects and designers have given a futuristic look.
Read newsThe German Design Council presented the “Design Prize of the Federal Republic of Germany 2010” to AUDI AG today in Frankfurt. The Audi A5 Coupé was the winner of Germany’s highest official design prize in the category “Design Award – Product Design Gold.”
Read newsWith some 77,800 cars delivered worldwide, AUDI AG achieved sales growth of around 39 percent in January (2009: 56,138). In the past month, 16,798 Chinese customers chose an Audi – more than twice as many as in January 2009 (2009: 7,816). Sales in the United States rose by 37.9 percent to 6,510 cars (2009: 4,722). Sales in Europe outside Germany grew by 23 percent, with 33,300 cars sold (2009: 27,020).
Read newsAudi SUVs are collecting top honors: readers of OFF ROAD magazine have selected the Audi Q5 as the off-road vehicle of the year in the SUV category. The Audi Q7 took third place in the luxury SUV category. The awards were presented last night in Munich.
Read newsAUDI AG will be the first carmaker ever to present a selection of its products at the 61st International Toy Fair in Nuremberg. The exhibit booth for the car brand with the four rings will present visitors with a selected range of toy models and new products from the Audi children’s world. The 61st International Toy Fair takes place from February 4-9 in Nuremberg.
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