Upper medium goalposts have shifted a little further if the Audi A4 can be considered the sector's standards referee. The latest version dumps the previous entry 1.8-litre non-turbo engine in favour of a 2.0-litre unit, replacing 125bhp with 130bhp from £18,640.
BMW has revised the 3 Series, Britain's best-selling junior executive car. Prices are up by around 1.5%, but it has new sportier suspension and faster steering, and a new grille and headlights for saloon and Touring models. Aircon is standard and all six-cylinder cars have dynamic stability control. The 318i has a new engine and power is boosted by 25bhp to 143bhp. It costs £19,930, compared with Audi's £18,640 A4 2.0 and the Mercedes C180 Classic (£21,140). The entry level 316i costs £18,070.
Audi UK will launch the A4 Avant on October 4 as it enters the final quarter of a predicted recordbreaking year in the UK.
The RAC is developing an accident repair inspections audit programme designed to reinforce the strength of its brand and ensure uniform standards of quality at its 100 authorised bodyshops.
A £3.5m redevelopment of the Aston Green Audi Centre in Reading is nearing completion. The site will become the new headquarters of Reading Audi and will be the largest and best equipped Audi Centre in the UK.
The Passat W8 is the first vehicle in Volkswagen's ambitious assault on German luxury marques. Badge snobbery aside, Steve Moody wonders if being very good is enough to compete against Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz
A total of 58 different versions of the 2002 model year Audi A6 saloon and Avant are now available, of which 28 are equipped with quattro four-wheel-drive.
Shropshire-based Mitsubishi and Honda dealer JT Hughes is a relative latecomer to the internet, launching its website last month. Designers Webcraft and Positive Advertising followed a precise brief from managing director John Hughes who wanted the site to appeal to dealership's local audience.
Two Audi Centres have been opened in Yorkshire and the manufacturer has announced a bespoke option programme to help build the brand.
The new Audi A4 and Land Rover Freelander have been launched into the used market at sales held by BCA.
The Audi TT sports car is to gain a collection of new optional extras for both Coupé and Roadster quattro models as part of a new options programme also to be offered throughout the Audi range.
Audi has revealed the Audi A4 Avant (pictured left) which it says is the first of an extended family of variants based on its compact saloon. The estate will reach UK dealers in September.
Image is important to online buyers, says Auto Trader, judging by vehicles that increased in popularity over the past 12 months. Those showing the largest rise in demand have been launched since 1998 and received critical acclaim reflected by their popularity second-hand.
A longer, wider Audi A4 Avant will go on sale in the UK in September, the first of a new extended family of variants based on the compact executive saloon.
Audi will increase the number of company-owned, independently run dealerships from 20 to 35 during the next three years, according to UK director Kevin Rose.
Audi UK forecasts that new tax rules would generate around 2,000 extra corporate car sales for the company this year.
Bates Motor Group has acquired the Veritas Volkswagen and Audi dealerships in Southend in a “multi-million pound” deal.
##A8 quattro(2)--left## Audi has unveiled what it claims is the most powerful production saloon in the world – a 12-cylinder, 6.0-litre range-topping A8 L 6.0 quattro.
Once upon a time having a Mercedes-Benz C-class or BMW 3-series showed you had made it in the junior executive ranks and were on your way up the corporate ladder.
Insurance giant Royal & SunAlliance is to speed up the authorisation process by adopting AudaAudit, an automated estimate review system from Audatex.
