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Audi RS5 (2010) first official video

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Ben Pulman, 12 March 2010 10:21

brightcove.createExperiences(); The Audi RS5 has been a long time coming. It was nearly two years ago that CAR’s Georg Kacher first scooped Audi's 21st century Quattro but now it's finally here and Ingolstadt has just released a video of the RS5 in action. The video is 11 minutes and 21 seconds long so make yourself comfortable, sit back and watch Audi’s new ...

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Audi RS5 (2010) first official video

Rated 5 out of 5

Ben Pulman, 12 March 2010 10:21

brightcove.createExperiences(); The Audi RS5 has been a long time coming. It was nearly two years ago that CAR’s Georg Kacher first scooped Audi's 21st century Quattro but now it's finally here and Ingolstadt has just released a video of the RS5 in action. The video is 11 minutes and 21 seconds long so make yourself comfortable, sit back and watch Audi’s new ...

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News watch March 2010: today's auto industry news

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Tim Pollard, Ben Pulman and Sam Burnett, 11 March 2010 10:41

Welcome to CAR's news aggregator as we round up the seismic change in the auto industry. Top tip: news summaries are added from the top hour-by-hourThursday 11 March 2010• Toyota expects US sales in March to rise 30% on the back of incentives introduced to convince waivering buyers at the beginning of the month. Sales dropped 10% in February after ...

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Lamborghini reports drop in profits

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Sam Burnett, 10 March 2010 15:00

Lamborghini has announced a pre-tax loss of £32m for 2009 as the world recession led to a slump in supercar sales. Lambo delivered 1515 supercars last year, down 38% from 2008's 2430.  Turnover dropped 41% to £215m. It's a far cry from the dizzy heights of the boom years. World sales reached 2580 in 2007 but have been in descent ...

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CAR interviews the retiring Bob Lutz

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Tim Pollard, 09 March 2010 15:34

General Motors' 78-year-old product chief Bob Lutz (insert 'car tsar', 'car guy', 'Maximum Bob' cliché here) announced his retirement shortly after the 2010 Geneva motor show. CAR Online caught up with Maximum Bob to hear of his thoughts on the new GM, future products and exactly what happened behind the scenes during GM's collapse into Chapter 11 bankruptcy. CAR: GM's ...

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Mercedes’ AMG division unveils new twin-turbo V8

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Ben Pulman, 09 March 2010 14:14

Those obsessed with torque bemoaned Mercedes’ high-revving 6.2-litre V8 when it was launched in 2005, but just as the world has come to accept the naturally aspirated engine, the company has now unveiled a new twin-turbo 5.5-litre V8. Power and torque. Power and torque. How much grunt has this new engine got? Up to 563bhp – which is the same ...

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Geneva motor show 2010 summary by Mark Hamilton

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Mark hamilton, 09 March 2010 11:16

Geneva 2009 was the first motor show I had the opportunity to cover for CAR Online. One year later I returned to the Palexpo Arena and after two days roaming the exhibition these were the impressions that endured. New toys galore Geneva 2010 was full of new vehicles, incremental updates, special editions and concept cars – you could almost think ...

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Audi updates the R8 LMS racer for 2010

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Sam Burnett, 09 March 2010 11:02

Audi has started delivering updated R8 LMS cars to racing teams across Europe ahead of the new season. Built to FIA GT3 spec, the ‘evolution’ cars will be delivered by mid-April 2010. Introduced in 2009, the the R8 LMS won three championship titles and 23 wins out of 73 races in its first year.What has Audi changed on the updated ...

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British EV prototype competes for $10m prize

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Sam Burnett, 08 March 2010 16:05

A Silverstone-based company has emerged as the only British (and European) contender for the $10m Automotive X-Prize, a competition to find the most environmentally friendly car on the planet. Delta Motorsport’s E-4 Coupe concept has been accepted into the next stage of the X-Prize competition and the company now has to prepare a fully functioning prototype. What’s the Automotive X-Prize ...

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Hispano Suiza V10 Supercharged (2010) at Geneva motor show

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Ben Pulman, 08 March 2010 09:55

This is the Hispano Suiza V10 Supercharged, a coachbuilt version of the R8 V10 with a twin-supercharged engine. I can see the R8’s sideblades, but I can’t see any other Audi R8 in there. That’s because the Hispano Suiza has a completely new carbonfibre body, but you can’t ignore the power outputs either. Two electrically powered superchargers boost the 5.2-litre ...

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BMW Z4 GT3 (2010) first official pictures

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Ben Pulman, 08 March 2010 09:30

Z4 M fans look away now – this is an officially sanctioned BMW Z-car with the 4.0-litre V8 engine from an M3. This is the BMW Z4 GT3. I thought BMW wasn’t going to build a V8 version of its new Z4? It isn’t, at least not for the road – the Bavarian company maintains that its sDrive 35iS Z4 ...

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