Audi is to progressively drop automatic transmissions from its entire model range. But those who like to take it easy behind the wheel needn't worry - the self-shifters are being replaced by Audi's new generation continuously variable transmissions (CVT).
New car user-chooser favourites Golf Mk 4 GTi and Audi A3 1.8 T Sport are top used choices, too.
European Motor Holdings is looking to make several acquisitions this year to strengthen its relationships with key partners including BMW, VW/Audi and Premier Automotive Group brands.It has built up a substantial war chest, which will be boosted this year by an estimated £4m territory release payment from Daimler-Chrysler for terminating EMH's London dealers.
VW Group has confirmed plans to restructure its seven car brands into two divisions centred on the Volkswagen and Audi marques.
Audi says it is considering taking legal action against Showroom4cars.com over allegations that the manufacturer is obstructing the supply of cars to its European dealers, ordered by UK customers through its website.
Audi has launched the first diesel version of the A3 with four-wheel-drive. The Audi A3 1.9 TDI quattro is available now for £20,040 OTR in three-door form and £20,660 for five-door.
Reading Audi, the new £3.5m Audi Centre, is open for business. It has been developed and funded by the Aston Green Group as a replacement for its previous Audi franchise in Reading.
Volkswagen is to divide its seven car brands into two new groups based around the VW and Audi marques.
When Mercedes-Benz launched the A-class, it seemed like a good idea (apart from the infamous elk test incident). With prices starting at less than £14,000 on-the-road it opened up a whole new audience who could now afford the coveted three-pointed star.
Audi has launched the first special edition of the Audi TT sports car. Only 200 of the quattro S-Line will be available in the UK.
Audatex has improved its AudaWorkstation estimating system enabling vehicle body repairers to track, view and compare versions of a damage repair estimate.
Volkswagen is expected to announce the departure next month of Franz-Josef Paefgen, the Audi chief executive amid criticism of his strategy for the premium brand by VW chairman Ferdinand Piech.
Aston Green Audi in Slough has been commended for its high standard of customer service. The Audi Centre has been awarded the certificate for Handbook Service Organisation (HSO), the Audi standard equivalent to the ISO 9002 quality standard.
Inchcape Retail has restructured its management structure in the light of its recent acquisition of Bates Motor Group.
Audi has gained its largest ever slice of the European market in the year to September and is heading for its sixth record year of growth in succession.
Volvo at last has a car to compete in the aspirational premium upper-medium sector against the likes of BMW and Audi, leaving the worthy-but-dull S40 and V40 to tackle offerings from the volume manufacturers.
Audi has launched a new website deliberately aimed at boosting its relationships with the corporate sector.
The new Polo will be the first VW to benefit from Audi's tax-beating FSI direct-injection petrol technology. A 1.4-litre version, developing 85bhp, will be launched next summer three months after the range goes on sale.
Audi pulled off one of the surprises of the show with the Avantissimo concept, said by insiders to be poised to form the pinnacle of the new A8 range to debut at the Paris show next autumn.
Conventional wisdom suggests that if you specify an automatic gearbox, you will get stung on carbon dioxide emissions, which in turn will push up your tax bill come the introduction of the emissions-based system in April.
