28 Dec 2023

Concept Corner: Audi TT offroad concept

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="94721"] source: Audi AG Editor’s note: Occasionally, we feature a concept vehicle on the site. Most don’t make it into production but sometimes we wish they did.  With the 25th birthday of the Audi TT and its final run, we decided to have this and the next few Concept Corners focused on this design icon. Originally published on April 19, 2014 The Audi TT offroad concept show car Study combines the sportiness of a coupe with the utility of a...
Thu, Dec 28 , 2023 Bill
11 Dec 2023

Concept Corner: Audi TT Sportback concept

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="93974"] source: Audi AG Editor’s note: Occasionally, we feature a concept vehicle on the site. Most don’t make it into production but sometimes we wish they did.  With the 25th birthday of the Audi TT and its final run, we decided to have this and the next few Concept Corners focused on this design icon. Originally published on October 1, 2014 The sportiness of the Audi TT redesigned: The Audi TT Sportback concept show car Sporty elonga...
Mon, Dec 11 , 2023 Bill
26 Oct 2023

Concept Corner: Autonomous Audi TTS Pikes Peak

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="92138"] source: Audi AG Editor’s note: Occasionally, we feature a concept vehicle on the site. Most don’t make it into production but sometimes we wish they did.  With the 25th birthday of the Audi TT and its final run, we decided to have this and the next few Concept Corners focused on this design icon. Originally published on July 14, 2010 Autonomous Audi TTS with new exterior design on Pikes Peak Audi is launching a new design for the Au...
Thu, Oct 26 , 2023 Bill
12 Oct 2023

Further Details of Modern ItalDesign Asso di Picche Revealed

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="91274"] We’ve known Audi-owned ItalDesign has been working up to launch of a modern Asso di Picche concept car, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first Audi Asso di Picche designed by ItalDesign Giugiaro and built by Karmann as a design proposal to Audi of what might be. That concept influenced Audi design for more than a decade, including the original quattro. It also marks the beginning of the geometric design era that ItalDesign and Gi...
Thu, Oct 12 , 2023 Bill
2 Oct 2023

ItalDesign Plans Modern Asso di Picche

[gallery columns="1" size="full" link="file" ids="17329"] 2023 marks 50 years since ItalDesign shared the Asso di Picche in 1973, a harbinger of the era of boxy cars and wedge cars. It inspired a whole generation of design at Audi and beyond, and today continues to inspire the more recent Geometric design trend. The name "Asso di Picche" in Italian means "Ace of Spades", and as you might surmise, Asso di Picche wasn't the only one in the series. There was the Asso di Picche meaning Ace ...
30 Aug 2023

Concept Corner: The Audi TT Clubsport quattro

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="89422"] source: Audi AG Editor’s note: Occasionally, we feature a concept vehicle on the site. Most don’t make it into production but sometimes we wish they did.  With the 25th birthday of the Audi TT and its final run, we decided to have this and the next few Concept Corners focused on this design icon. Originally published on May 21, 2008 Audi presents its showcar at the Wörthersee Tour Speedster-like body with dynamic accents Racing...
Wed, Aug 30 , 2023 Bill
10 Jul 2023

EP4: NSU Prinz 4 with e-tron Power, Trainee Project at Audi Neckarsulm

[gallery columns="1" link="file" size="full" ids="87694"] To mark the 150th anniversary at Audi's Neckarsulm site, twelve apprentices electrified a classic car made in Neckarsulm An NSU Prinz 4L built in 1971 received a powertrain using components from the Audi e-tron and the Audi Q7 TFSI e quattro Audi Board Member for Human Resources Xavier Ros: "Projects like this show that our company has a strong future thanks to our young talent." [source: Audi AG] Family Day debut: To mark the...
31 May 2023

Audi RS e-tron GT ice race concept

[gallery columns="1" link="file" size="full" ids="86620"] Audi has revealed images of what they're calling the RS e-tron GT ice race concept. Said to be "influenced by the legendary GP Ice Race and inspired by the quattro", this design study appears to be primarily a cosmetic upgrade for a production RS e-tron GT. We're now decidedly past the era of big international auto shows where concepts such as this would typically make their mark. In more recent years, Audi has taken to showing off ...
13 Sep 2022

Volkswagen Presents All-Electric ID. XTREME Off-Road Concept Car in Locarno

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="76179"] source: Volkswagen AG ID. XTREME concept car is based on the performance-enhanced ID.4 GTX All-electric off-road vehicle with all-wheel drive is the most powerful ID. model yet ID. XTREME shows the performance potential and versatility of the modular electric drive matrix Volkswagen is supporting the international ID. Treffen in Ticino as a partner Electrifying surprise at the ID. Treffen in Locarno: Volkswagen presents the ID. XTRE...
Tue, Sep 13 , 2022 Bill
30 Oct 2019

Bentley EXP 100 GT – Working In Partnership For A Future Of Sustainable Luxury Mobility

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="37198"] source: Bentley Bentley’s vision of the future sets the benchmark for sustainability Luxurious cabin includes finest intelligently curated materials All-electric concept car an environmental showcase Bentley partners with world’s leading experts in sustainable materials Sustainable future includes 5,000-year-old Copper Infused Riverwood 100% organic leather-like textile a bi-product of wine-making British Farmed Wool carpets and embr...
Wed, Oct 30 , 2019 Bill
9 Apr 2018

Audi e-tron Vision Gran Turismo: From the PlayStation To The Race Track

Virtuality turns into reality All-electric concept car to be used as race taxi in Formula E Audi’s Chief Development Officer Peter Mertens: “E-mobility is rapidly gaining importance” Neuburg a.d. Donau -  With the fully electric “Audi e-tron Vision Gran Turismo” concept car Audi is now turning electric mobility into a tangible experience in a unique way. Originally developed exclusively for virtual races on PlayStation 4, Audi is making the new race car reality i...
Mon, Apr 09 , 2018 Bill