SPECIAL EDITION TTS COMPETITION CELEBRATES 500,000 AUDI TT CARS

Audi TTS competition - Roadster

• 220 kW (272 hp), 19-inch wheels and a particularly sporty appearance
• Exclusive interior in Steel gray leather with Imola yellow accents
• Production milestone documents model series’ success

Half a million Audi TT cars have been built. Audi is celebrating this production milestone for its compact sports car with an exclusive special edition model. Coupé and Roadster versions of the 200 kW (272 hp) Audi TTS competition will begin rolling off the assembly line in October. Total production is limited to 500 units.

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THE NEW MERCEDES-BENZ GLA

Mercedes-Benz GLA 250 4MATIC

STUTTGART. Progressive in design, serene in day-to-day motoring and with an off-road capability: as a wanderer between automotive applications, the Mercedes-Benz GLA impressively reinterprets the compact SUV segment. It lightfootedly masters all day-to-day challenges and is also robust enough for off-road excursions.

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FIRST GLIMPSE OF THE NEW HONDA CIVIC TOURER

2014 Honda CIVIC Tourer

Honda has provided more information about the new Civic Tourer ahead of its official unveiling at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September 2013.

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DRAMATIC NEW CONCEPT FROM KIA AT FRANKFURT MOTOR SHOW

New KIA Concept - Teaser image

Playful but gutsy, sturdy yet impish - Kia's dramatic new European concept to be unveiled at the IAA in Frankfurt on 10 September hints at a possible future B-segment contender ready to take on the urban environment with style and tenacity.

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INFINITI SET TO REVEAL Q30 CONCEPT AT IAA FRANKFURT MOTOR SHOW

Infiniti Q30 Concept - Teaser image

• Q30 Concept signals Infiniti's next step in its portfolio expansion into new premium segments

Hong Kong : August 8, 2013 – Infiniti will stage the world premiere of its Q30 Concept at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September.

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BMW i8

BMW i8

The BMW i brand is synonymous with visionary mobility concepts and a new definition of premium quality that is strongly focused on sustainability. Following the world debut of the first production model, the BMW i3, the BMW Group’s next step will be to extend this revolutionary answer to the future challenges facing personal mobility to the sports car segment. At a driving event at the BMW Group’s Miramas test track in France, the BMW i brand is now presenting a prototype of its second production vehicle, the BMW i8. This plug-in hybrid model is the most progressive sports car of our time, extending the basic BMW i philosophy of sustainability to a new vehicle segment.

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2013 DTM : MIKE ROCKENFELLER WINS SUCCESSFUL DTM PREMIERE IN RUSSIA

2013 DTM - Moscow Raceway Champion : Mike Rockenfeller (DEU) : #19 Audi Sport Team Phoenix : Schaeffler Audi RS 5 DTM

With his second victory of the season, Rockenfeller extended his championship lead from defending champion Bruno Spengler (BMW), who remained without points for the first time this year after his 19th place finish. Now, 29-year old Rockenfeller has 94 points, 27 more than Spengler (67). Gary Paffett (57) is third. “When you want to become champion, you have to score many points. That is what we did today. At Norisring, I was too slow, but today, everything was spot-on. A weekend couldn’t be better. First pole, then the race win,” ‘Rocky’ said about the third victory of his DTM
career.

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2013 WRC : OGIER WINS RALLY FINLAND

2013 Neste Oil Rally Finland WRC Champion : Sébastien Ogier/Julien Ingrassia (F/F) - 

VW Polo R WRC - Volkswagen Motorsport

Sébastien Ogier/Julien Ingrassia (F/F) claimed their fifth win of the season with Volkswagen in the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) – and took a big step towards the World Championship title in the process. 180 km/h through the Finnish forests, jumps of up to 60 metres in length, and all between the ubiquitous trees: the WRC put on a thrilling show for hundreds of thousands of enthusiastic fans in Finland, who saw the overall lead constantly change hands on the first two days of the rally. 

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THE ABT SQ5 - THE Q STANDS FOR “QUICK”

ABT SQ5

Who says that diesel SUVs have to be clumsy? Since the first Touareg edition, and now with the various Q7, Tiguan, Q3 and Q5 variants, ABT Sportsline has shown that this does indeed not have to be so. The Bavarian art of engineering has rendered these best selling models not only very individual but also very dynamic, especially the new ABT SQ5, based upon the Audi SQ5. This car guarantees high-end sportiness and huge power reserves with which it also becomes an ideal towing vehicle. To put it in figures: The serial 313 hp (230 kW) have been “ABT Sportslined” to 360 hp or 265 kW. Torque has been increased from 650 to an enormous 700 Nm. The 3 liter V6’s performance curve is particularly impressive: In the ABT SQ5 it evenly unfolds its power at all revs and pushes the car, which weighs almost 2 tons, ahead with much aplomb.

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LAMBORGHINI GALLARDO LP 570-4 SQUADRA CORSE - RACE TRACK EMOTION DIRECT TO THE ROAD

Lamborghini Gallardo LP 570-4 Squadra Corse

With the new Gallardo LP 570-4 Squadra Corse, Automobili Lamborghini brings race track emotion directly to the road. It delivers high performance and brings the fascination of motor racing to the street-legal world. This new and most extreme model in the Gallardo line-up is based on the Gallardo Super Trofeo, the successful race car from the Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo, the world’s fastest one-make series. The car will have its world premiere at the 2013 Frankfurt Motor Show.

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