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Audi R8 from Instagram

Audi R8; an excellent car, outstanding performance, state-of-art technology. But I never liked you, never considered you as a substitute of a Porsche 911. I know, I am the minority who thinks like this.

Here are some photos of Audi R8 from Instagram.

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£148 Million Lottery Winner from UK Bought A Ford Kuga!

Which car would you buy if you win £148 million ($238 million, €185 million) from lottery? Many of you will start the list with Bugatti, Bentley, or more down-to-earth with Maserati or Mercedes AMG or Audi. For many people winning lottery is the short-cut to buy a super luxury car, without thinking the consequence of ownership of a super luxury car.
During August, a family in UK won £148 million from lottery and I was expecting them to buy a Range Rover or BMW 7-Series or something similar to these. Because, they have lots of money to buy any car on the planet and most probably the interest income will be enough to cover the maintenance and other costs.
What did British lottery winner buy? They bought something very very down-to-earth, Ford Kuga! Ford Kuga only cost to them around £25,000. I don’t convert to other currencies, because it is nothing when you compare with £148 million!
On the other hand, Ford Kuga is not a bad despite the fact that it is end of its product lifecycle. And unfortunately Kuga does not offer any downsized engines, the engine range is 2-lt diesel with 140 PS or 163 PS and 2.5-lt 200 PS petrol engine. You may have double clutch automatic gearbox, and I highly recommend it. Despite limited engine range, Kuga is not that bad at all, you still have lots of electronic gadgets and safety systems. And it looks really good! If it was branded as Range Rover, many people would definitely buy it!
I hope lottery winner family with their Ford Kuga and it seems like they bought the full spec, Titanium X model. Honestly, they should have waited for the new model :(

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Paris Motor Show: Audi Crosslane Coupe Concept

Audi revealed Crosslane Coupe Concept SUV in Paris Motor Show. It is very clear that Audi is looking forward to enter Range Rover Evoque’s market. And Crosslane Coupe will be a very strong competitor, it is very obvious from the distinctive design.
Crosslane Coupe might be named as Q2 when hits to production line and will be powered by 1.5-lt TFSi petrol engine coupled with two electric motors (17.4 kWh li-ion battery), and achieve 1.1 lt/km consumption level. The combined power will be 177 PS and only needs 8.6 seconds to reach 100 kph with the top speed of 180 kph. As usual, Crosslane Coupe will be made from aluminium with CFPR and glass fibre reinforced polymer.
Q2 or Crosslane Coupe will be a very tough competitor for Range Rover Evoque!

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New Audi S3

New Audi S3 is here! I always had a different perception to Audi S3, it is not like the ordinary Audi A3 that can be seen all over the world. The S3 is totally something different! The enormous power of its engine is coupled with Quattro all-wheel drive system and result is a great harmony.
This new Audi S3 is powered by a 2-lt TFSI petrol engine with 300 PS of power and 380 Nm of torque. You can have either a manual or S Tronic double clutch automatic gearbox. My opinion, ignore the pre-historic technology manual and go for the S Tronic! Audi S3 needs only 5.1 seconds to reach 100 kph (62 mph) with 7lt/km average consumption and 162 g/km CO2. And as usual, Audi S3 is limited to 250 kph (155 mph) top speed. Moreover, the Audi S3 is only 1395 kg and 28 kg lighter than the previous model!
You can have all Audi gadgets with the new S3. I really don’t know whether you can order the Active Sport Differential or not. If it is available, S3 will be more fun to drive.

For more photos: Cars & Life Facebook Page

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Vogue Online Department Store !?!

Vogue Magazine and online shopping, they don’t sound that different. Vogue Magazine is the leading fashion magazine for decades, I think most of the people on earth heard of this magazine! On each issue of Vogue Magazine, they place many fashion items. And Vogue mentions where to buy them.
However, Vogue does not offer an online department store to sell these fashion items. I really don’t understand Vogue never introduced an online department store. There is a huge potential for that, and I am sure they have enough financial strength for this investment.
Vogue should take in consideration the Audi’s new business model! Manufacture cars and produce fuel! Vogue can do the same, promote the produce and sell the product.

To subscribe Vogue UK and Vogue USA.

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Audi will Produce Fuel: E-Ethanol and E-Diesel

Audi is working on synthetic fuel, in other words non-organic fuel. As we, all know that Audi is a car manufacturer like other car companies. However, with the recent decision of Audi, car manufacturing will be completed with fuel production.
In my opinion, Audi is going to be the most profitable company in near future. Producing fuel and selling cars under the same brand is an excellent business model. And I really don’t know why no one ever thought about this. If petrol starts to manufacture cars, it may not be that good.
Audi is going to produce e-ethanol for petrol car and e-diesel. The process of manufacturing is very complicated and involves with genetically modified bacteria and CO2.
You may find out more from the video footage.
Well done Audi!

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Audi Quattro Models with Active Sport Differential

Audi’s Quattro system is a four-wheel drive system that I complained about for many years. Quattro system is a four-wheel drive but it has a tendency to force vehicle to understeer in corners. Therefore, I could not like the Quattro for ages. 
I have just checked the Audi’s website and noticed that Audi models with Quattro system can have Active Sport Differential that transfers power individually to rear-wheel and reduces the understeer effect.
If you will buy an Audi with Quattro, select Active Sport Differential too.

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Audi S8 US Commercial “Suspect”

Audi S8; if you are reading my blog for long time or know me personally you might have noticed that Audi is not my favourite brand. The only reason for this emotional disconnection is the Audi’s tendency to understeer even with four-wheel drive system Quattro, and most of the Audi’s are front-wheel drive. 
In my opinion, if you are buying a premium car rear-wheel drive is a better option. Therefore, Audi is not in my favourite list. However; Audis are really well made, ride is very comfortable and offers sportive character and Audis look really good.
Recently, Audi developed a new technology called ActiveSport Differential. This technology enables to transfer power to each rear-wheel independently and reduce the tendency to understeer. Unfortunately, Active Sport Differential is optional but worth to buy.
I recently found this Audi S8 advertisement in Audi’s US YouTube channel. Scenario is really original and you feel the excitement of the S8! What is Audi S8? Audi S8 is the powerful and more sporty version of A8. Audi brands their performance models with S instead of A, BMW does with m and Mercedes does with AMG.
Audi S8 is powered by a 4-lt TFSI petrol engine with 520 PS of power and coupled with 8-speed automatic gearbox. Audi S8’s competitors; Mercedes S-Class and BMW 7-Series do not offer this level of performance from 4-lt engine. Therefore, Audi deserve respect for its engineering achievement. Honestly, I may buy an Audi S8 ;)

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New Volkswagen Golf

New Volkswagen Golf. I know you might be thinking, this Golf new why there is a new Golf. Volkswagen decided to replace the existing model in five-year time, instead of seven-year and this is mainly due to fundamental changes in the manufacturing strategy of Volkswagen. With the new modular MQBplatform, new Golf saved 100 kg. And also manufacturing costs are lower.
Anyway, let’s go back to new Golf. New Golf looks much better than the existing one, offers more aggressive look. And get rid of the conservative family hatchback. That was the only thing, I never liked with the Golf, conservative family hatchback. However, Seat and Audi offer more aggressive looking cars and I wanted to see an aggressive looking Golf. Hopefully, Volkswagen achieved this with the new Golf. In terms of interior design, new Golf is improved and the gap between the Audi is now razor thin.
The new Golf also offers more technology. Now Golf features multi-collision brake (Brakes the car after the accident occurs and prevents vehicle to move unintentionally), PreCrash system (Detects a potential crash and pre-tensions the seatbelts, closes windows and sunroof), radar guided Adaptive Cruise Control, city emergency brake (Brakes the vehicles, if the collision is impossible to avoid), XDS electronic differential lock, traffic sign recognition, 360-degree camera view for parking, lane assistant, fatigue detection system and five different driving profiles (Eco, Sport, Normal, Individual and Comfort) only available with adaptive chassis control system.
Basically, new Volkswagen Golf offers every new German technology with reasonable price tag. You have chance to buy a super high-tech Golf with a reasonable price and you don’t have to bear very high costs of upper segment.
Engines are 1.2-lt TSi petrol (85 PS), 1.4-lt TSi (140 PS) and diesel engines are 105 PS and 150 PS. All engines offers six and seven-speed DSG double clutch automatic gearbox.
The new Volkswagen is going to set a new benchmark for family hatchback segment and definitely capture many potential Audi A3 customers.
For more photos: Cars & Life Facebook Page

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Audi City London Dealer Video

Audi City is a new concept from Audi for dealership network. I was thinking about the same technology and shared it with some British car companies and they said “no”. I assume, I should have spoken with Audi.
Audi City is a dealer where you can experience Audi vehicles and their technology in a state-of-art building. And Audi City is the new must see places in London.
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