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Audi A6 e-tron Avant Performance Review – The Future of Fast Family Estates 

THERE’S something quietly brilliant about a fast estate. Forget SUVs with more horsepower than sense; the real connoisseur’s choice has always been a big, low-slung wagon with room for the dog, the kids, and enough luggage for a long weekend.  Now Audi has taken that formula into the electric age with the A6 e-tron Avant. […]

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A Saloon to savour – Audi’s S3 gets serious

What is it and How much?  The Audi S3 Saloon is a rather understated but incredibly quick saloon, designed for those drivers who enjoy performance – but don’t want to shout about it too loudly – but still want space and practicality for the family.  It’s had a mild(ish) update recently with some body and […]

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Audi RS 7 Sportback 4.0 TFSI V8 Quattro – Review

THE new Audi RS 7 Sportback is a true beast of a 5-door coupe – a sophisticated beast, but a beast nonetheless.  With a powerful 4-litre TFSI, V8 twin-turbo under the bonnet, its 600PS and 800Nm of torque can hurl you to 62mph in just 3.6 seconds while the hugely powerful brake system will ensure you have plenty of […]

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Audi A6 Avant 50 TDI Quattro S Line – Review

FAMILY estate cars have taken a bit of a beating in recent years with the ever-growing number of family-sized SUVs available – however, business users have tended to stick with the more traditional estate for sheer practicality and motorway-cruising refinement.  Among the best of them has always been Audi’s A6 Avant. As a premium estate […]

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News

Audi e-tron now available for ordering

e-tron and e-tron Launch Edition models now available to order priced at £71,490 OTR and £82,240 OTR respectively (excluding £3,500 plug-in-car grant applicable to both models) – UK deliveries to begin in April 30 additional Edition 1 versions with unique specification initially offered exclusively to depositors – all currently reserved THE spark for the transition […]

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Audi R8 Coupe 5.2 FSI V10 Plus – Video Review

IT’S big, it’s blue and it’s very beautiful. More importantly it’s an Audi super-car which was mine to do with as I wish for a week – although Tony forced me to drive it up and down the Goyt Valley in Derbyshire so he could take some “pics and footage”. Oh well, anything to oblige […]

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Audi Q5 2.0 TFSI Quattro – Car Review

THE new Audi Q5, in true Audi fashion, doesn’t look a great deal different from the old Audi Q5 which I’m sure doesn’t worry the Audi accountants very much as the Q5 has always sold well for Audi. It is different though – for a start it’s lighter than the older version by around 90kg, […]

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Audi A4 Saloon Ultra 2.0 TDI 190PS – Review

Still the best executive cruiser – but more stylish rivals are catching the new Audi A4 Saloon THE Audi A4 often gets mentioned in the same sentence as the BMW 3-Series and the Mercedes-Benz C-Class because, like its German siblings, it is now established as among the very best when it comes to aspirational executive […]

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Events

SMMT Test Day, May 25, 2017 – Millbrook Proving Ground, Bedfordshire – Part 2

Click here for Part 1 On the minute-or-so drive to the Hill Route you have to keep your speed down because there are so many pedestrians about (mostly with their heads buried in the car-list and so not really paying attention to traffic) and other vehicles either coming out or being parked up again. During that […]

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SMMT Test Day, May 25, 2017 – Millbrook Proving Ground, Bedfordshire – Part 1

Even kids let loose in sweet shops don’t have it as good as this. Oh, I forgot to mention that we had sweets too. I know, I know . . . ALL in the name of journalism of course. Mrs. B and I sacrificed Wednesday night sat in front of the TV with a bottle of wine and […]