There’s a moment in the 1992 film “Sneakers” where Ben Kingsley says to Robert Redford, “The world isn’t run by weapons anymore, or energy, or money. It’s run by little ones and zeroes, little bits of data. It’s all just electrons.” Redfords responds, of course, with his trademark smirk, squinty eyed expression and a withering […]
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Audi Plans Fashionably Late Entrance for A4 and Q7
When we first saw that the top Audi news story for the day was that the next iterations of the A4 and Q7 have been delayed for a year, we hit the snooze button, rolled over, and smothered our smartphones in disappointment. As the day closes, however, and we take a closer look, we are […]
Listen to the throaty low-end snarl of the SQ5 TDI
In 2007, Audi unveiled a new SUV in Los Angeles that it had been working on for a few years. The Q5 would later take the shape that we now know and recognize when it was released a year later. In 2007, however, as was typical with most Audi concepts, it was pretty radical. (more…)
Audi says “Compact SUV,” we say “Lunar Rover”
Audi has made it known that it wants to offer 60 models by 2020, but the question of how it plans to get there from its current 49 has been kept behind the curtain. The German automaker inched one step closer to its goal this week by unveiling one of its planned vehicles, the Q1. […]