Kevin Rose, who has overseen spectacular 85% growth in Audi’s UK sales volume and consolidated the brand’s premium status since becoming director in 1999, is being courted about taking a senior role within the company’s rapidly expanding Chinese operation.
The Hyundai Coupe, which is now outselling the Toyota Celica and Audi TT in the UK, is to receive a facelift, with the new look version in showrooms early in the new year.
The A6 offers used buyers a real alternative to the BMW 5-series and Mercedes E-class.
AUDI has revealed details of the new A4, available soon in saloon, Avant and high-performance S4 variants, offering two new-to-the-range FSI petrol engines.
The UK has overtaken the USA as Audi's biggest export market.
Hatchbacks always look better in three-door guise than five-door. Three doors says sporty coupe whereas five says practical family. With the new A3 Sportback, Audi is attempting to “redefine the sector” but can the creator of the premium compact really make a five-door as appealing as a coupe?
Audi has recorded its best sales result in company history, with 389,970 cars sold worldwide, an increase of 0.6% on the same period last year.
European Motor Holdings has completed its first step towards expanding with Audi in the West of England with the £1.7m acquisition of Swindon Audi.
Audi and BMW have been forced to defend their products after slipping down among the poorest performers in terms of car reliability, according to the latest findings published by consumer magazine Which?.
Fast-fit chain Hi-Q is looking to expand its network of 503 locations following the appointment of Mike Garwood as its new dealer/franchise operations manager.
A dealer from the Isle of Wight has received a two-year suspended prison sentence for defrauding the Inland Revenue.
Audi is pre-empting BMW’s new 3- series by bringing a “massively revised” A4 to market this November as part of a drive objective to get ahead of its rival by 2008.
The head of Audi has reaffirmed its 2004 forecast for flat profits despite rising car sales and revenues.
The new Audi A3, available to order now for its September release will start at £16,010 on-the-road to £24,625.
Phoenix Venture Holdings Limited has appointed Nigel Petrie as a non- executive director. In this new role, Petrie will establish and chair an audit committee and a remuneration committee. He will also serve as a non- executive director on the board of MG Rover Group Limited.
The new Audi A6 saloon, which Audi says is “the most driver-focused version to date”, will be arriving in the UK this month.
The new Audi TT Coupé is offering a Tiptronic automatic option for the first time. The new TT Coupé 178bhp is now available to order priced at £20,725 OTR, or £22,125 OTR in automatic form.
The future, according to most European car manufacturers, is diesel. Audi, BMW, Mercedes and even Jaguar sell growing numbers of increasingly powerful diesel-engine models. However, Porsche will not be joining them
Dealers tempted to sign big contracts to service vehicles operated by major fleets run the risk of upsetting smaller company car operators, says Stewart Whyte, managing director of Fleet Audits
BMW dealers may not be eating their hearts out, but many will be chewing their fingernails. Audi’s all-new, snub-nosed A6 is good – good enough to present a very real choice to buyers who have a 5-series at the top of their shopping list.
