Audi expose the new Audi A7 dressed with S-Line package that will launch at 2010 Paris Auto Show.

At the exterior, there is a sportier front spoiler, rear diffuser that shaped stylishly with chrome exhausts. The S-Line package comes with 19 inches wheels. The new Audi A7 looks sporty as a 4 door coupe and the car lowers slightly with a set of sports suspension.

S-Line package is design for individual that wants sportier ride. The interior of S-Line offers a new steering wheel, sports seats and more modern finishing. This model will be available immediately after the official release. So far, there aren’t any price details for European market yet.

Photo Gallery: Audi A7 with S-Line Package

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Lately, there is a report by Edmunds’ Auto Observer from United States of America correctly points out that the rest of the sports car market isn’t faring nearly so well even for the Japanese Line-up. It shows that sports cars like the once hot Nissan GT-R, with only 106 sales in April, are now struggling for sales. Porsche 911 sales are down 18 percent from a poor 2009, only 428 Mazda RX-8s have been sold in 2010 and Nissan failed to sell 1,000 copies of the fun to drive 370Z.

Therefore, let’s share your thoughts and take the poll below.

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Putting an Audi R8 5.2 FSI with 518hp against the 239hp FN2 Mugen Honda Civic Type R into review over a typical European country road, Autocar UK did the review right and sensible. Putting both cars into Malaysia road to test, I can’t imagine for now.

Do you think the Hatch FN2 Civic Type R Mugen able to keep up with the mid-engine V10 monster through the twists and down the straights? Do find out yourself with no surprise although I am one of the proud owners of Civic Type R. Check out the video, is cool!

For those motoring fans out there, like me – if you can’t own on Audi R8 GT yet , get the wallpaper at least. This post here is intended to for Audi R8 lovers to at least visually taste the awesomeness of the Audi R8 GT version. Just a reminder, it’s a 5.20 liter V10 engine with 220 pound weight lost. This Audi tuned version of R8 GT, produces 560 horsepower and mange to get from 0-100km/h in 3.6 seconds.

Enjoy the Audi R8 GT Wallpaper.

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Audi has revealed the R8 GT. The most extreme version of its four-wheel-drive supercar yet from Ingolstadt will be produced in a exclusive limited to 333 units. The Audi R8 GT cost $255,000 (€193,000) per unit.

The car is design and built on R8 V10 Coupe with weight reduction. The Audi engineers have managed to cut 100kg of weight of R8 by changing rear spoiler and by substitution of rear hatch, rear spoiler and side blades with lightweight elements made by reinforced plastic with carbon fibre. As results, the total weight of the Audi R8 GT left 1,525kg.

The exterior changes are worthy of a performance version of a sports model and include a front grille colour matte black, a carbon fibre rear splitter mounted under the bumper, side blades which receive the same treatment matte black and 19-inch wheels in exclusive five twin-spoke Y design in a titanium-look finish with tyres size of 235/35 front and 295/30 on the back.

Comparing the R8 GT and conventional R8, the engine is special. While talking about the same V10 5.2-liter engine available with Quattro traction, the German engineering have modified the central unit parameters to go from 525 to 560 HP, the torque of R8 GT now reaching at 398 lb-ft/6500 rpm. In these conditions, the R8 GT reaches from 0-100 km/h in 3.6 seconds and the maximum speed is 320km/h.

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While Tony Stark in Iron Man 2 drives a Audi R8 Spyder, we get to see a real Audi R8 V10 closely in Malaysia. The Audi R8 V10 is previously displayed in the Audi Showroom right at the corner of Jalan Imbi has shifted to the entrance of Pavilion KL.

Audi R8 can be distinguish easily on the road when you see the headlights day LED on. Although most of the time you would see it’s from the new A4.

The Audi R8 V10 we are looking here it’s 5.2 liter 10-cylinder which is able to produce 525bhp at 8000 rpm and a maximum 530Nm of torque at 6500 rpm with a 6-speed R-tronic – this angry beast  can reach 0-100 in 3.9 seconds. That’s quicker than you trying to read the above sentence.

Don’t think this automatic version of Audi R8 it’s slow when it comes to pickup. This beast here is also equipped with “Launch Control”.  The launch control functions as when you would want to the car to pick up in the fastest manner.

Click here to Read More about Audi R8 V10 and Photos!

Audi released the first official pictures of the B8 series A4 in August 2007, and unveiled the car to the public at the September 2007 Frankfurt Motor Show. In Malaysia, Euromobil brought in the A4 B8-series in 2008. Audi A4 1.8 TFSI and A4 2.0 TSFI Quattro S line are the two available options with the price range from RM235,000 to RM309,800 before optional equipments like Bang & Olufsen sound system, styling package, satellite navigation system.

The A4 B8 Series is a head-turner, for sure! The car looks sleek, sporty and attractive with its LED daytime running lights. Trust me, the car looks even better with its aftermarket tuning aerokit. Therefore, I will feature one of the aerokit for Audi A4 from Rieger Tuning in this post.

Rieger Tuning Kfz-Kunststoffteile Design und Tuning GmbH, are a German based tuning and bodykit manufacturer. They are based in Eggenfelden. The tuning firm was founded by Toni Rieger twenty years ago. Rieger Tuning specializes in the development, production, and distribution of sport vehicle accessories.

Here you go is a Full Rieger Aerokit Audi A4 Demo Car by Hankoku in Japan. Hankoku fitted with 20-inch wheels and Full Aerokit from Reiger.

Rieger front lip spoiler made from ABS materials

Rieger Front Splitter with Carbon Look, front fog lamp is fitted with HID kit.

Hyper Forged HF-27S 20-inch wheels with Front 8 pot Brembo calipers and 380mm drilled rotors.

Rieger side skirting with Carbon Look

Rieger Rear Diffuser with Carbon Look Diffuser and 4-pipe muffler

Apart from there, this Audi A4 also fitted with Rieger Trunk Spoiler and Roof Spoiler with Carbon Look as well.

Click here to view the Gallery of Rieger Tuning Aerokit Audi A4 (B8 Series) Demo Car

Audi has step up closer to reaching its goal of becoming the World’s leading Luxury Car brand after overtaking Mercedes-Benz for the first time in quarterly global sales.

The company sold 264,100 vehicles in the first three months of 2010, a 26% year-on-year increase that surpassed Mercedes-Benz with 248,500 sales for the same period.

The Chinese market has contributed to Audi’s success, accounting for nearly a fifth of the company’s sales. The Volkswagen Group premium brand’s 51,449 quarterly sales compared with 24,100 and 34,179 respectively for Mercedes and BMW.

Audi has openly declared its ambition to become the World’s No.1 Luxury Car Maker by 2015, with plans of selling 1.5 million cars a year.

BMW AG remains the luxury car leader after announce global sales for the first quarter increased 13.8 percent from the previous year to 315,614 vehicles, with particularly strong sales in China as well.

Overall, the China emerged as its strongest market, which contributes the largest sales to the Car Maker which not only limited to the German’s Car Makers.

When the talks turns to saving fuel during fuel price crisis, the hybrid engine powered car naturally rise to the surface. In the other hand, a lot of people didn’t know that diesel powered car are also as efficient or even more efficient than hybrid car. Unfortunately, this rarely gets mentioned and discuss in Malaysia. In general, a lot of people here are not aware and secondly are due to poor quality of diesel in Malaysia. Therefore, there wasn’t many range of Diesel powered vehicles in Malaysia except for trucks and commercial vehicles.

In fact, the modern diesel engine is designed to be even more efficient, powerful, low emission and low fuel consumptions.

Consider this which tested in USA: Combined city and highway fuel economy for Lexus HS250h hybrid car is 35 miles per gallon. For Audi A3 TDI diesel car, it is 34 miles per gallon. Furthermore, in highway driving, the Audi considerably even tempting with 42 miles per gallon over 34 miles per gallon on Lexus HS250h.

Back in 2008, Volkswagen AG has extended their low emission Bluemotion range in UK across Golf, Jetta, Passat and soon to Scirocco Sports Coupe.

Putting a side of the price tag of Hybrid Car. Both type of power plant designs still required fuels to be powered and both produce emissions as well. For the hybird, it still required battery cells to be in-placed. From here, I would say that Diesel powered will be even more Eco-friendly and Greener. Lastly, I hope Malaysia will be able to upgrade and supply higher quality Diesel in very near future.

Every year journalist all over the world gather to test-drives and choose their favourite World Car of the Year (WCOTY). The 2010 World Car of the Year Nominees list is out. And the Nominees for the Overall World Car of the Year: 2010 are,

• Audi Q5
• BMW 5 Series Gran Turismo
• BMW X1
• BMW Z4
• Buick LaCrosse / Allure
• Cadillac SRX
• Chevrolet Camaro
• Chevrolet Cruze
• Citroën C3 Picasso
• Honda Insight
• Hyundai Genesis Coupe
• Hyundai i20
• Infiniti QX
• Jaguar XJ
• Kia Cerato Koup / Forte
• Kia Sorento
• Kia Soul
• Lexus HS250h
• Lexus RX
• Mazda3
• Mercedes-Benz E-Class
• Mitsubishi Outlander
• Nissan 370Z / 370Z Roadster
• Nissan Cube
• Nissan Patrol
• Peugeot 3008
• Porsche Boxster / Cayman
• Porsche Panamera
• Renault Scénic
• Subaru Legacy / Outback
• Toyota Prius

The voting and test-drive process will take place from now until the April 1, 2010 for the annoucement of All World Car award winners at New York International Auto Show.

For more info, you may refer the official World Car of the Year 2010 awards website.