Audi

Audi recalls over 52,000 cars

Detroit - Muslimchronicle

Audi is recalling more than 52,000 luxury cars in the US and Canada to fix fuel lines that can leak and increase the risk of a fire. The recall covers certain A6 and A7 cars from the 2012 through 2014 model years. The Volkswagen luxury brand said in government documents that the fuel lines have a compression point to makeRead more

VW's dieselgate bill jumps on 'complex' US recalls

Frankfurt am Main - AFP

Volkswagen on Friday said it was setting aside another 2.5 billion euros to deal with the fallout from the "dieselgate" scandal in the United States as its efforts to recall tainted cars there proved to be more "complex" than expected. The latest provisions bring the total sum set aside by Volkswagen to deal with fines and costs over the dieselRead more

police arrest another Audi employee

Frankfurt am Main - Muslimchronicle

German prosecutors on Thursday said they had arrested a second employee of luxury carmaker Audi as part of a probe into parent company Volkswagen's emissions cheating scandal. The arrest on Wednesday came after investigators searched two premises, a spokeswoman for the prosecution's office in the southern city of Munich told AFP. She added that prosecutors had also widened their investigationRead more

Volkswagen to electrify entire range by 2030

Berlin - Muslimchronicle

German carmaker Volkswagen doubled down Monday on efforts to clean up its image tarnished by the dieselgate scandal, vowing ahead of the IAA auto industry show to electrify its entire range by 2030. By the end of next decade, VW vows to offer "at least one electrified version of each of the 300 or so group models", the firm saidRead more

Saudi market accounts for 13%

Ryiadh - Muslimchrnicle

The Saudi market accounts for 13 percent of regional Audi sales, and premium Audi models such as the Q7 and the A8 are best sellers in the market, according to Enrico Atanasio, regional Audi director. In an exclusive interview with Arab News, Atanasio disclosed that the regional markets have been challenging this year but new models by the company hadRead more

Audi reveals flagship ‘A8’

Berlin - Muslimchronicle

A glitzy presentation in Barcelona dubbed the “Audi Summit” unveiled the fourth-generation Audi A8, a flagship sedan that takes autonomous driving technology one step further. The piloted driving functions will be rolled out in 2018 when the car is launched in world markets, subject to local rules and regulations. It is the first production automobile to have been developed especiallyRead more

Audi is first German company

Berlin - Muslimchronicle

Audi will be the first German automobile manufacturer to race in Formula E. Audi is taking over ABT Sportsline’s place on the grid. The Allgäu-based team has been successfully present in Formula E since the electric racing series’ inception and in the future will be taking care of the Audi race cars as the fielding team. Audi Sport ABT SchaefflerRead more

Four Audi directors to leave

Frankfurt am Main - Muslimchronicle

Four board members at Volkswagen subsidiary Audi are set to step down, a German magazine reported Friday, saying the firm feels under pressure to react to diesel emissions scandals. Volkswagen chief executive Matthias Mueller has told Audi finance director Axel Strotbeck, production chief Hubert Waltl, human resources director Thomas Sigi and sales boss Dietmar Voggenreiter they will soon be askedRead more

Audi reveals flagship ‘A8’ for self-driving era

Barcelona - Muslimchronicle

Audi pulls 'sexist' China ad

Shanghai - Muslimchronicle

German automaker Audi apologised on Thursday over an advertisement it aired in China that was slammed as sexist for showing a bride-to-be being roughly examined like a piece of livestock. The Chinese-language spot for Audi's used-car division, which appeared online and also reportedly in movie theatres, was criticised on social media for depicting an anxious mother-in-law crashing the wedding toRead more