Audi New Car Reviews

Audi Goes Soft Top With A5
Audi rolled the dice when they designed the new A5 Cabriolet. They equipped it with a conventional ragtop roof, instead of a retractable hardtop, like the one on BMW’s 335i. They may lose points with some potential buyers now, but the honchos at Audi decided that the additional weight and [...]

Audi Takes On the BMW X3
The new Audi Q5 faces some fierce competition in the luxury-car marketplace. Established compact crossovers, like the BMW X3 have dominated this segment for years. But I had a chance to put on 600 miles on Q5 over a long weekend, and I think this car is up to the [...]

A6 Gets Supercharged
Audi redesigned and enlarged its compact A4 sedan for 2009, which brought it closer in size and appearance to its midsize sibling, the Audi A6. But one significant difference between the two has remained, their power plants. Although they both share the 3.2-liter V-6, the midsize A6 also has an optional V-8, and [...]

New A4 is Bigger and Better
The new Audi A4 and I got off to a shaky start. I tried to play the radio the first time I drove it, and couldn’t find the controls. On most cars, they are right there above the air conditioning knobs on the dash, but not on the A4. Audi [...]

A5 Is A Strong Competitor In Its Own Right
“The Audi A5 is the most beautiful car I’ve ever designed,” says Walter de’Silva, head of Volkswagen Group Design. And there is no argument that it is a gorgeous sports coupe. It drew a lot of admiring glances while I had it. My gray test car looked [...]

Audi Challenges BMW With S5
With the introduction of its high-performance S5 coupe, Audi has announced that it is ready to take on the BMW M3. Like the M3, the S5 offers outstanding power, superb handling and a muscular body.
The S5 is the kind of car that turns heads. The week that I had it, other [...]

Audi S4 Cabriolet Offers Style and Performance
Looks can be deceiving. The Audi S4 Cabriolet looks a lot like its sibling, the A4 convertible, but instead of a four or six-cylinder engine under the hood, this Audi has a fire-breathing V-8. The A4 Cabriolets, with the smaller engines, are fun to drive, but the S4 gives [...]

Audi Updates an Icon
What do you do when it comes time to redesign an icon, like the Audi TT? You sure don’t want to screw up a winning formula. Audi gave it a lot of thought, and chose to update the styling (but not drastically), make the car larger, and reduce the weight. As before, [...]

Audi Builds A Super Sedan
Traditionally, BMW and Mercedes have led the way with high-performance German sedans. BMW has had its M-series cars, and Mercedes has had its AMG models. Now Audi has produced a sport sedan that should make its German rivals sit up and take notice. It’s a road rocket called the RS 4.
The [...]