The new generation Audi R8 will be 100% electric

The new generation Audi R8 will be 100% electric

The Audi R8 supersport as we know it will probably end with this generation. The successor will be electric. – The Audi R8 will always have a special place in the brand’s history, as it was the first sports car with a motor in the middle to significantly influence the public’s view of the premium … Read more

Škoda Auto will lose its boss, Schäfer will lead the Volkswagen brand

Škoda Auto will lose its boss, Schäfer will lead the Volkswagen brand

“It’s a fresh thing, we’ll see what it brings,” Martin Jahn, a member of the Škoda Auto board of directors, responded to Schäfer’s departure from the domestic carmaker. He did not want to answer the question of whether he could succeed Schäfer. Schäfer should leave Škoda in July next year. As the chairman of the … Read more

Today is to bring big changes in the VW Group. It’s a pity a new boss can have a year

Today is to bring big changes in the VW Group.  It’s a pity a new boss can have a year

A press conference of the Volkswagen Group’s Supervisory Board is to be held today, on the afternoon of 9 December. Among other things, she is expected to resolve disagreements between the group’s leader, Herbert Diess, and the powerful unions. The result can be significant changes in management, which would also affect Czech Škoda. Despite the … Read more

Audi confirms the arrival of the Q8 e-tron. The current SUV will be replaced in 2026 by an electric car

Audi confirms the arrival of the Q8 e-tron.  The current SUV will be replaced in 2026 by an electric car

Since 2026, the four circles intend to represent only purely electric cars. Perhaps the first model ever created by this strategy will be the new Audi Q8 e-tron. – Audi is one of those carmakers that has already announced a gradual transition exclusively to electric cars. The strategy also covers the future of the big … Read more

Porsche and Piech families continue to support German Volkswagen Group CEO – News from sources

Porsche and Piech families continue to support German Volkswagen Group CEO – News from sources

The Porsche and Piech families, which control Porsche SE, Volkswagen AG’s largest shareholder, continue to support German group CEO Herbert Diess, a Porsche spokesman said on Friday. “Families continue to support Mr Diess. There is no change in their position,” he said. The statement comes after the deteriorating relations between the head of Volkswagen and … Read more

The new Audi RS 3 is probably much more agile than the manufacturer claims. He will give a hundred faster than Ferrari Enzo

The new Audi RS 3 is probably much more agile than the manufacturer claims.  He will give a hundred faster than Ferrari Enzo

The new Audi RS 3 attracts with a supercharged five-cylinder with an output of 294 kW. So it is clear that this is a very fast car. – The manufacturer also claims that the compact sedan, whose 2.5-liter engine delivers 500 Nm in addition to 294 kW, will accelerate from standstill to 100 thanks to … Read more

Martin Vaculík about the Audi Q5 40 TDI quattro: Good, but it would like a six-cylinder

Martin Vaculík about the Audi Q5 40 TDI quattro: Good, but it would like a six-cylinder

Colleague Martin Vaculík from the World of Engines briefly tried “our” long-tested Audi Q5 40 TDI. The shorter his experience was, the more he wrote down, he insulted half of the discussants and all the inhabitants of Brno. If you want to have a good night’s sleep, you better not read on! – With the … Read more

Ken Block has signed up for Audi, together to push the boundaries of electric mobility

Ken Block has signed up for Audi, together to push the boundaries of electric mobility

After cooperating with the Subaru and Ford brands, another block from Ken Block becomes Audi, with which he is to cooperate in the field of electromobility. – Earlier this year, Ken Block announced the end of its 11-year partnership with Ford. The breakup was supposed to be in a friendly spirit and Block became a … Read more