During this transition, production was also moved from Düsseldorf to Ingolstadt where the successor company Audi still has its production.

Audi has built the largest engine manufacturing plant of Europe ( third largest in the world ) in Győr becoming Hungary's largest exporter with total investments reaching over € 3, 300 million until 2007.

He lives in Islington and drives an Audi, is a supporter of English Premiership football team Tottenham Hotspur and has appeared on fellow comedian Phil Cornwell's Spurs Show podcast.

The company has always had a close relationship with, initially, the Volkswagen ( VW ) marque, and later, the Volkswagen Group ( which also owns Audi AG ), because the first Volkswagen Beetle was designed by Ferdinand Porsche.

However Prost has also stated that he has no intention of racing at the famous Le Mans 24 Hours sportscar race held annually near Le Mans, France due to concerns about the skill and experience of other drivers along the nature of the multiple class racing that occurs at Le Mans, a factor that was supported by Scotsman and two time LeMans winner Allan McNish's horror crash in the Audi R18 in the 2011 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Nuvolari has had four cars named after him-the Cisitalia 202 spider " Nuvolari ", the Alfa Romeo Nuvola, the EAM Nuvolari S1, and the Audi Nuvolari Quattro.

The series has survived this hurdle and remained popular with 18 Audi A4 and Mercedes-Benz C-Class contesting the present series.

The site has also attracted serious interest from automakers Audi, Nissan, and Hyundai.

Within the Volkswagen Group and under the Audi Brand Group, the SEAT brand itself has been developed as a group with subsidiary companies ( SEAT Group ) and ' SEAT, S. A .' as the parent company.

Audi has yet to produce a hardtop convertible as of 2011, since they include quattro as standard equipment in their convertibles ( after the discontinuation of the 2007 Audi A4 2. 0T cabriolet ) which already adds extra weight.

Audi used a retractable steering wheel and seat belt tensioning system called procon-ten, but it has since been discontinued in favor of airbags and pyrotechnic seat belt pre-tensioners.

Since 1988, the French-Lebanese theatre director Pierre Audi has been artistic director of DNO.

As of the year 2002, Yanase has the rights of exclusive retailer of Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen, Audi, BMW, Volvo, Saab, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge and Smart vehicles to Japanese consumers.

The body style has been varied through the life of the car, originally as a hatchback which derived from the Audi 50.

The highway or Hosur Road, also has some buildings of some major IT players like BOSCH, Sasken, Convergys etc., along with showrooms of major auto manufacturers like Volvo, Audi, BMW, Toyota, Honda, Volkswagen etc.

Although the Volkswagen group already has a direct competitor in the full-sized luxury segment, the Audi A8, the Phaeton is intended to be more of a comfort-oriented limousine like the Mercedes-Benz S-Class and Lexus LS, while the Audi A8 and BMW 7 Series are more sport-oriented.

The W8 was used in the B5. 5 Volkswagen Passat and the W12 is used in the Volkswagen Phaeton, the Volkswagen Touareg, the Audi A8, and the Bentley Continental GT — though in the latter application, the engine has been highly modified by Bentley, and fitted with twin turbochargers.

Use of mineral oil has thus spread beyond Citroën, Rolls-Royce, Peugeot, and Mercedes-Benz, to include Jaguar, Audi, and BMW.

The 1. 8 litre petrol engine in the Passat and Audi A4 has a lower oil capacity than transverse applications of the same engine ( 4. 6 quarts in transverse, 4. 3 quarts longitudinal ), and may suffer from oil sludge problems as a result, if not changed at regular intervals with fully synthetic oils.

The Audi TT has been produced in two generations.

As a result of this platform-sharing, the Audi TT has identical powertrain and suspension layouts as its related platform-mates ; this includes a front-mounted transversely oriented engine, front-wheel drive or quattro four-wheel drive system, and fully independent front suspension using MacPherson struts.

Its PL45 platform was shared with the first-generation " Typ 8D " Audi A4, which was unveiled 2 years earlier, and saw a return to the Passat sharing its platform with Audi's equivalent model for the first time since the second-generation ( B2 ) Passat, which shared its platform with the second-generation " Typ 81 " Audi 80 / Audi 90 ( the A4 is the successor to the Audi 80 line ).

The Audi TT is a two-door sports car manufactured by the German automaker and Volkswagen Group subsidiary Audi since 1998.

Its name originally denoting a power output of, the Audi 100 was the company's largest car since the revival of the Audi brand by Volkswagen in 1965.

The millionth Audi 100 was a hatchback Audi 100 Avant assembled not at the company's main Ingolstadt plant but to the west, at the Neckarsulm factory which, since the demise of the mainstream volume models from the NSU range, had been concentrating on providing additional production capacity for the fast selling Audi range.

From 1989 to 1991 the 90 also offered the first 20-valve engine from Audi since the turbocharged engine used in the Audi Sport Quattro.

The Audi A3 is a small family car ( C-segment in Europe ) produced by the German automaker Audi since 1996.

The A2 was also notable for being the first Audi model since the 1970s Audi 50 not to be offered with its ' trademark ' quattro four-wheel drive option.

The Audi A8 is a four-door, full-size, luxury sedan car manufactured and marketed by the German automaker Audi since 1994.

The largest Volkswagen and Audi car show in Europe is held in the lakeside town of Reifnitz ( usually May ) every year since 1981.

In the U. S. the M6 had one of the largest residual value drops at 19 %, as it had little if any changes since its 2006 introduction, its $ 102, 350 base price which put it in Porsche territory, and as it has lost attention to flashier models like the Audi R8 .|| 2, 418

Waits found himself in a situation similar to his earlier one with Frito Lay in 2000 when Audi approached him, asking to use " Innocent When You Dream " ( from Franks Wild Years ) for a commercial broadcast in Spain.

More than 20 works-backed entries of Opel Astra, Audi TT and Mercedes-Benz CLK contested the revived 2000 DTM series but a serious issue developed for the series when Opel pulled out ahead of the 2006 season.

In 1992 the European and North American companies whose products were imported by Yanase wanted to directly import vehicles to Japan, and as of the year 2000, GM Volkswagen and Audi now directly import vehicles, but still allow their products to be sold at Yanase dealerships.

Audi reintroduced an improved version of the variomatic in 2000 under the name multitronic.

During 1998 & 1999 Johansson raced for various sports car teams ( like the unreliable Audi R8C Coupé at Le Mans ) but in 2000 he started Johansson-Matthews racing with an American businessman called Jim Matthews.

The Audi R8 is a sports-prototype race car introduced in 2000 for sports car racing as a redevelopment of their Audi R8R ( open top LMP ) and Audi R8C ( closed top LMGTP ) used in 1999.

Based on the experiences, Audi decided to regroup for 2000, and built a new R8 spyder together with Joest and Dallara.

The car was developed by Audi Motorsport and Joest Racing and first debuted in 2000, winning the 12 Hours of Sebring.

First time out in 2000, the team won a 1-2-3 finish, which was just a small preview of what this all-new Audi was capable of.

Unofficially, the works-team Audi R8 for Le Mans ( 2000, 2001 and 2002 ) is said to have had around instead of the quoted.

* Debut Audi R8 ( 2000 )

* Audi A4 Avant ( 2000 )

* Audi R8 Le Mans Racer ( 2000 )

* Audi A2 ( 2000 )

In 2000, 2001, and 2002 he won the 24 Hours at Le Mans race with the powerful Audi R8 along with Frank Biela and Emanuele Pirro, becoming the first three drivers since Jacky Ickx in 1977 to win the race on three straight occasions.

* Between 2000 and 2011 Audi Racing cars won the 24 hour race in 10 out of 12 appearances, including the 6 consecutive wins with Tom Kristensen at the wheel.

* Audi RS4 Avant ( Typ 8D, 2000 – 2001 )

The designation " B6 " is used to identify the " Typ 8E " Audi A4 / S4 produced from late 2000 to 2005.

* 2000, 2001, 2002 24 Hours of Le Mans with an Audi R8