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LeSueur Car Company is proud to announce our sponsorship of AZAudi.org! This is Rob O’Brien in the Service Department. You might be more familiar with my username, Type44. I wanted to take a second to tell you a bit about LeSueur: We specialize in sales and service of used/pre-owned Audis and Volkswagens. We have been in business since 1975. Currently, we have about 30 Audis including the A6, A4, A3, and TT, to say nothing of the over 200 VWs in stock including the Jetta, Passat, GTI, Golf, Rabbit, Beetle, TDI, Touareg, Jetta Wagon, and Passat Wagon. (Read the full post about ‘LeSueur Car Company becomes an AZAUDI sponsor!’…)

The Audi S5’s 4.2 liter V8 engine that produces 354 horsepower is more than adequate to lead the coupe segment with BMW’s 335i coupe and Infiniti’s G37 following behind. But what does Audi have planned to rival the new 2008 BMW M3 coupe? Most would jump to the conclusion that the next Audi RS 4 with a rumored 450 horsepower engine would be the perfect competitor. However, the RS 4 is a sedan and will be a great competitor for the M3 Sedan rather than the M3 Coupe. (Read the full post about ‘Audi RS 5 could get Lambo’s 500hp V10′…)

Our friends over at CarMagazine have caught the Audi RS6 doing high-speed testing at the Nurburgring. The Audi RS6 is expected to be powered by a 5.2 liter V10 engine that produces 530 horsepower, well over BMW M5’s 500 horses and Mercedes E63 estate’s 514 horsepower. The Audi RS6 Avant will have ability to do 0-62 mph in 4.5 seconds with a top speed of 155mph. The car is made fully by Audi’s Quattro division and, according to CarMagazine, should cost somewhere around £67,000. (Read the full post about ‘Spy Shots: Audi RS6 Avant at the Nurburgring’…)

When demand exceeds supply for a hot model, eBay can be the only way to get your hands on one. Audi is trying to keep those limited-edition numbers out of the hands of those who only want to pad their pockets from the highest bidder. Audi’s interest? Its limited-edition R8 that goes on sale this fall with a 420-horsepower V-8 and a $110,000 price tag. In an attempt to keep tabs on what promises to be a hot little number, Audi spokesman Jeff Kuhlman said customers will be asked to sign a paper giving the dealer first right to buy the R8 back when the buyer’s done with it. (Read the full post about ‘Audi wants first crack at used R8s’…)

From mid-2008 Audi will be putting the cleanest diesel technology in the world into series production. The new TDI engines with their ultra-low emission system combine the spontaneous performance and superior pulling power of today’s TDI power units with outstanding fuel consumption figures and incomparably low emissions. Indeed, they will already undercut the most stringent emissions limits that are to be applied in the future in Europe as soon as production starts. (Read the full post about ‘Audi to Launch The Cleanest Diesel In The World’…)

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Luxury automaker Audi AG sold more than 500,000 cars in the first half of this year, its best performance to date, the company said Thursday.

The Ingolstadt-based unit of Volkswagen AG said it sold 509,000 cars between January and June, up 9.8 percent from 463,508 a year earlier.

June sales totaled 88,000, 11 percent more than the same month last year.

Six-month sales rose 76.3 percent in Russia, where Audi sold 7,272 vehicles.

They were up 13 percent in the United States, where the company sold 45,711 cars, although U.S. (Read the full post about ‘Audi Says 6-Month Auto Sales Rise Above 500,000 for 1st Time’…)

Drivers bored with the way their motor handles will one day be able to change it - and all at the touch of a button. Scientists at the German firm have created the ultimate real-life car simulator, and while the gadgetry behind it is some way off production, it gives a taste of what motoring might be like in the future. Taking a standard A8 limo, engineers have (edited)d hydraulic actuators, active steering and rear-steering capability to create the Handling Online Research and Simulation Tool (HORST). (Read the full post about ‘An Audi A8 That Can Imitate a Lotus?’…)

The new Audi R8 Spider comes with removable targa panels rather than a space-gobbling removable fabric roof or folding hard-top.It will be powered by the same 4.2 litre V8 delivering 414 bhp that is currently powering the RS4 and the R8 coupe.Audi also plans to equip the R8 will the V10 engine from Lamborghini Gallardo delivering 500bhp+. (Read the full post about ‘Official Audi R8 Spider sketches’…)

Iron Man drives an Audi. In a rare case of a superhero owning a car that can also be bought by mere mortals, the German automaker has partnered with Marvel Studios and Paramount Pictures to tie in with the bigscreen adaptation of “Iron Man.” Pic is now in production under the helm of Jon Favreau and stars Robert Downey Jr. Deal calls for Audi’s R8 supercar to be the vehicle of choice for billionaire industrialist Tony Stark when he’s not wearing his high-tech suit of armor as the title character. (Read the full post about ”Iron Man’ rides with Audi’…)

We’ve seen the prototypes testing at the Nurburgring and read about the Lambo-sourced V10 engine. Now, we finally get a glimpse of what the final production version of the RS-prepped Audi R8 should look like. The current V8 model is already impressive enough to compete with Porsche’s best and can even give its Gallardo cousin a run for its money, but with a V10 powerplant on board developing around 500hp, the new RS version of the R8 will be in another league altogether. (Read the full post about ‘Preview: 2009 Audi RS-R8′…)