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Audi Gets Nod As World’s Most Expensive Car, $80 million

audispy submitted on 1/17/2010 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 9:21:39 PM

Deusenberg, Ferrari and Buggati are all fine automobiles, and all might logically hold the label as the World’s Most Expensive Car. However, the most expensive car in the world might not be the classic that readily comes to mind. According to a featu...

14 user comments | Category: Spy News

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Own the Audi R8 V10 for $469.99

audispy submitted on 9/23/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 10:58:10 PM

Audi and Lowe Roche have given Audi enthusiasts the opportunity to purchase a poster of the R8 that, when placed on a consumer’s garage door, creates the appearance that the vehicle is parked inside. The posters can be purchased for $469.99 from the ...

10 user comments | Category: Spy News

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Chief Audi Designer Talks About Inspiration And The Audi Design Language

audispy submitted on 5/27/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 12:42:18 AM

Audi vehicle interiors are widely considered to be among the best, if not the best, but chief Audi designer Stefan Sielaff isn't entirely satisfied. Tapping his fingernails hard on a curved strip on the dashboard of an R8 coupe, he says, "This I...

24 user comments | Category: Misc News

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GM CEO Wagoner To Step Down Immediately

audispy submitted on 3/29/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 5:27:00 PM

A person with knowledge of General Motors' plans says Rick Wagoner will step down immediately as chairman and chief executive of the struggling Detroit automaker. The person asked not to be identified because Wagoner's plans have not been formally...

4 user comments | Category: Spy News

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Audi 2008 Profit Rises 30% On New Models

audispy submitted on 3/10/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 10:02:20 AM

Volkswagen AG’s Audi luxury division said profit jumped 30 percent last year because of new models and sales growth in China and Eastern Europe. Net income increased to 2.21 billion euros ($2.81 billion) from 1.69 billion euros in 2007, the Ingols...

2 user comments | Category: Report Cards

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Worldwide Sales: Mercedes Falls 28%, BMW Falls 24%, Audi Falls 11%

audispy submitted on 3/9/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 4:59:46 PM

BMW has finally released it's worldwide sales for February, which means the comparisons between the German three can begin. So how did things go? Mercedes handled the recession worse than both Audi and BMW, having it's sales fall by 28% from 88...

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Audi Looks To Score Big With Super Bowl Spot

audispy submitted on 1/21/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 12:12:15 PM

While most of its luxury rivals retrench, Audi is looking to grab more market share with a stunt-filled Super Bowl spot. After generating buzz with its "Godfather" spoof last year, the German brand is back with an action-packed ad that ...

20 user comments | Category: Spy News

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Audi Sponsors Inaugural Coverage, Begins Huge Advertising Campaign

audispy submitted on 1/18/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 1:38:45 AM

Audi is making possible limited advertising on ABC, CBS, and NBC evening newscasts during Obama's inauguration next Tuesday. They're also doing an 8-page (!) "Progress is Beautiful" newspaper insert in the USA Today, The Wall Street Journal...

11 user comments | Category: Spy News

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Audi U.S. Plant Decision Coming By Mid-2009

audispy submitted on 1/10/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 5:53:54 PM

Audi AG will make a decision on a U.S. plant by mid-2009, said Peter Schwarzenbauer, board member in charge of marketing and sales. The German automaker is weighing whether to build a stand alone assembly plant or to share the $1 billion plant tha...

5 user comments | Category: Spy News

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BMW Taking Notes From GM!

audispy submitted on 1/9/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 7:42:04 PM

German automaker BMW said it would install sensors in most of its 2009 cars that tell rescue operators the potential severity of crash injuries. On board sensors will calculate the angle of impact, the speed of deceleration, and whether the crash ...

26 user comments | Category: Spy News

10 Votes

Audi Won't Reveal R15 Until March

audispy submitted on 1/9/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 5:02:21 PM

Audi say they will not unveil their all-new turbodiesel R15 LMP1 car until it makes its competitive debut at the Sebring 12 Hours in March. The successor to the multi-title-winning R10 TDi completed what Audi described as a 'roll-out' at an undisc...

3 user comments | Category: Spy Shots

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Audi to Boost U.S. Marketing as Much as 20% in 2009

audispy submitted on 1/9/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 4:58:16 PM

Volkswagen AG’s Audi luxury-auto unit will increase its U.S. marketing spending by 15 percent to 20 percent this year in an effort to extend market-share gains, a member of its management board said. “We are going to invest more in marketing than ...

6 user comments | Category: Spy News

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No One Wants To Buy Saab

audispy submitted on 1/8/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 7:52:54 PM

Looks like Saab is joining Hummer and Saturn on the list of brands GM is trying to sell, but can't find buyers for. According to a report today from Automotive News, “GM has found no interested buyers for Saab.” Saab sold just 21,368 cars in th...

15 user comments | Category: Spy News

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Audiovox, MediaFLO To Bring Mobile TV To The Automobile

audispy submitted on 1/8/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 7:46:24 PM

Put away the DVDs for the kids in the back seat on those long road trips: Audiovox Corp. and MediaFLO USA Inc. are teaming up to bring television to cars in the United States. "Live, in-vehicle mobile TV has long been a challenge for the auto...

0 user comments | Category: Spy News

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Is Chrysler A Lost Cause?

audispy submitted on 1/8/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 7:34:15 PM

Even by the standards of battered automakers, Chrysler is in dire shape. Its sales in December were down a stunning 53 percent, far worse than Ford or General Motors, and analysts say it probably won't survive the year as an independent company — des...

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