words and photos: George Achorn
Editor’s Note: This story originally ran in the Fall 2017 issue of the Audi Club North America quattro quarterly print magazine. If you don’t receive quattro quarterly and wish to subscribe, join the Audi Club North America HERE.
There is no doubt that the Audi Q7 is one of Ingolstadt’s hottest selling models in North America. With awards such as Consumer Reports’ 2016 Top-Rated SUV and IIHS’ 2017 Top Safety Pick + under its belt, there are a...
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The Audi Q5 has been awarded the best premium mid-size SUV in the annual CAR Magazine’s Top 12 Best Buys Awards for 2017. Officially launched into the South African market in July 2017, the all-new iteration of Audi’s best-selling SUV was considered as having the best overall package in terms of personality, performance and price.
The vehicles which are considered in the premium mid-size SUV category come from aspirational brands and are seen to be offerin...
Award based on safety, value, handling, design and comfort, and technology
Winners determined by Good Housekeeping and Car and Driver
Third consecutive “Best New Car" award for Audi
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The 2018 Audi Q7 has earned the Good Housekeeping 2018 "Best New Car" awardin the luxury mid-size SUV category.
The annual Good Housekeeping “Best New Car” Awards are determined by experts at the Good Housekeeping Institute, in partnership with Car and Driver, and are based ...
source: Audi of America
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“Best Cars 2018”: Audi A5 Sportback best midsize model
The Audi A5 Sportback (fuel consumption combined in l/100 km: 6.5 - 4.1*; CO2 emissions combined in g/km: 149 - 106*) won the “Midsize” category in the 42nd “Best Cars” readers survey conducted by the trade journal auto motor und sport. The five-door coupé topped its segment with the majority of votes. The prize was accepted by Peter Mertens, Member of the Board of Management for Technical D...
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Stationary home battery as energy buffer for electric car and grid management
Unique: interaction with the power grid
Ingolstadt - Automobile, home and power supply combined to form an intelligent energy network: In a pilot project the Audi Smart Energy Network for the first time interacts with the power grid. This marks a major advance for grid stability.
As part of a research project, Audi is running a pilot project with households in the...
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Audi flagship SUV wins Car and Driver “10 Best Truck & SUV of the Year” award in the mid-size luxury category for second year in a row
Car and Driver editors recognize the Audi Q7 for its practicality, driving dynamics and innovative suite of technologies and connectivity features
Award contenders are evaluated based on engineering excellence, performance and overall value
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For the second consecutive year, the Audi Q7, based o...
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2018 Audi Q5 received double safety honors in 2017, making it the most awarded Audi SUV of the year
5-Star Safety Rating program evaluates how vehicles perform in crash tests, with 5 stars as the highest rating a vehicle can earn
NHTSA assessment includes frontal, side and rollover testing to account for the majority of crashes on U.S. roads
HERNDON, Virginia – The 2018 Audi Q5 and Audi Q7 have been awarded 5-Star Safety Ratings – the highest possibl...
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Amazon Music is now accessible through the Audi MMI® infotainment system via the Audi MMI connect® mobile application
With Amazon’s Prime Music and Amazon Music Unlimited, Audi owners can access millions of songs and thousands of playlists and stations right from the road
Integration of Amazon Music into the MMI offers customers access to more features including browsing or searching the music library
HERNDON, VA – Audi today announced an integrati...
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Traffic Light Information is the first true Vehicle-to-Infrastructure (V2I) service by an automobile brand
The service starts up with variations on the Audi A4 and Q7 in Las Vegas
Networking is essential for autonomous driving in cities
Las Vegas - If you know in advance when a traffic light will switch from red to green, your driving is more relaxed and efficient. Audi is the first automobile brand to connect the car to the city infrastructure – an important ...
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Q7 sales rose 26 percent; Q5 increased sales by 31 percent
Sales of the new A5 Sportback totaled 1,130
SUV sales increased 23 percent
HERNDON, Virginia – Audi of America reported a November sales increase of 12 percent to 19,195 deliveries, as the Q7, new Q5 and the new-to-the U.S. A5 Sportback, lead consumer demand.
November was the 83rd straight record sales month for Audi of America. The previous November record was set last year with 17,118...
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HERNDON, VA – Audi of America reported an October sales increase of 9.6 percent to 19,425 deliveries, as the Q7, new Q5, and the new-to-the U.S. A5 Sportback, drove consumer demand.
October was the 82nd straight record sales month for Audi of America. The previous October record was set last year with 17,721 deliveries. Audi has now sold 180,339 vehicles in the U.S. this year. Year-to-date, Audi sales have increased 6.1 percent.
Deliveries of the Q7 were up...
