2012 takes the fireworks twelve months. About 100 new products premiered, from economical Vauxhall Junior to the BMW M6, from the Gulf to the Mercedes diesel hybrids. AUTO BILD provides a preview of an exciting automotive year
Audi has an ambitious goal – BMW and to overtake
Mercedes – and a
high impact rate: 16 new models want to introduce the Ingolstadt in
2012,
most notably the new A3 . The
compact three-door appears to be in
June, before the golf , which also underneath the new chassis carries. A major advance? The promises Audi at least in terms of comfort, safety and
driving dynamics, while in the interior of the operating
concept of the larger models to redeem the
precious right.
Overview: News and tests for the Audi A3
Its doors hiding the A1 Sportback under the same roof
line as the
three-door. So no trace of
more value.
End of
2012 following the Sportback. The five-door version of the small A1 is already at dealerships
from February, then also with the 140 -hp 1.4-liter
gasoline engine that is barely noticeable save the shutdown of two cylinders of
fuel. Significantly
more technical effort to
drive the larger eco-Stars at
Audi. The A6
hybrid (
from January) and the
A8 hybrid, with both the two-
engine technology of the
Q5 contact with us miser-recognized in competition with the good and TDI
diesel engines are
more likely to score in export markets like the U.S. and
China.
All Car News 2012 Audi to Mazda , see the picture gallery
The RS-5 could hunters are good for
Porsche. Unfavorable center of gravity and heavy 4×4
drive but act as a
brake.
These are also the markets in which a fleet of new
sports models is eagerly awaited. The S6 and the S7 with a new
four-liter twin-turbo V8 making 420 hp, set But at the same partners as the little trick A1: When the driver releases the gas (push mode), switch off individual cylinders. For the same displacement
brings the S8
from May 520 horsepower – as much distance needs to be. To keep the RS 5 and the
RS 4 Avant: You make 450 hp, exactly as much as the last S8 – then with V10, but without forced ventilation. Turbocharger to waive the two RS-brothers get their just
power from the
high speeds of the 4.2-liter V8. This
Audi is
still on the old doctrine of athletic sucker. The R8 e-tron is pretty much at the opposite end of the
drive-scale: This
electric athlete with 313 hp studied
from November its customers – but who will access for 150,000 €?
From Mercedes to VW: The second part of the preview “All New 2012″‘s on first January!