In the world of cars, people have gotten used to describing vehicular power via how many cylinders it has: four, six, eight, etc. Audi is looking to change that by supplementing cylinder power with an electric turbocharger. This is like saying that instead of loading up on a big Thanksgiving meal, you’ll have a regular […]
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Fun Summer Event: NC Museum of History State Exhibit
The North Carolina Museum of History is hosting its largest exhibit ever, The Story of North Carolina. As the title suggests, this exhibit is all about North Carolina: how it started, who started it, what changes it has gone through, and what its distinguishing features are. The result is a massive series of artifacts, multimedia […]
New Audis to Use Cutting-Edge Glass Suspension Coils
Potholes can be killer. You do your best to avoid them, but sometimes sinking a front tire into a broken asphalt chasm in unavoidable and you wince in anticipation of the impact to your tire and suspension. Audi is looking to improve that suspension using a new material to replace the dated technology of the […]
What Does the Car of the Future Look Like? Google Googles It
Google released some footage this week of people in the company’s self-driving car in a cutesy video reminiscent of how a toy company would show newborns engaging with mobiles, colorful blocks and stuffed animals. The reason this video merits our attention is that Google is not an automotive company. Many companies that make cars are […]
Our Review of the 2014 Audi A6 TDI Prestige Trim
Let’s dispense with the fluff. We took one of our 2014 Audi A6s for a test-drive. It was a red one, with the 3.0-liter TDI clean diesel engine and Audi’s quattro all-wheel drive system. The car defies fluff. There was nothing fluffy about John Marble, our guide and sales consultant, either. He’s been working at […]