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Audi Q7 Is Top Safety Pick for 2008
Audi Q7 earns IIHS Top Safety Pick award for 2008, Audi leads luxury automakers in number of 2008 Top Safety Pick awards , Audi’s commitment to safety goes beyond crash test safety ratings, includes range of preventive safety features HERNDON, VA — The Audi Q7, a luxury performance SUV, earned the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s (IIHS) Top Safety Pick award for 2008. The 2008 Q7 received a “good” rating in all three crash tests: side impact, offset frontal and rear impact seat tests. In addition to the Q7, three Audi car models — the A3, A4 and A6 — have also been recognized as Top Safety Picks in 2008, earning Audi the most Top Safety Pick designations for 2008 models of any luxury automaker this year. The Q7’s 2008 rating applies to models built after December 2007 and will carry over to the 2009 model year. “For Audi, safety and performance have always gone hand in hand: our cars are engineered to offer the best not just in crash protection, but in preventing traffic accidents altogether,” said Johan de Nysschen, executive vice president, Audi of America. “With the launch of the Audi Q7 TDI clean diesel in 2009, American SUV buyers will have even more options from which to choose for safety as well as fuel economy, convenience and performance.”
To qualify for the IIHS’s Top Safety Pick award, a vehicle must earn the highest rating of good in the Institute’s front, side, and rear tests and be equipped with electronic stability control, which Audi has standard on every model it produces. Audi’s commitment to safety goes beyond crash test safety ratings to include a comprehensive list of active and passive safety features. Every Audi sold in the U.S. has standard four-wheel disc brakes with anti-lock braking system (ABS), an electronic stability program, daytime running lights (DRL) and a standard tire pressure monitoring system. The Q7 also features Audi’s quattro permanent all-wheel standard on all models, providing high levels of active safety and traction on virtually any surface. All of these features are designed to help reduce the chances of a collision.
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Audi S5 Sportback
The S5 is powered by a 3-liter supercharged V6 engine that’s good for 329bhp and 325lb-ft of torque that’s available between 2,900 and 5,300rpm. So expect power to be typically punchy. Audi claims a 0-100 time of 5.4-seconds with an electronically limited top speed of 250km/h and boasts a combined fuel economy figure that’s best in its class.
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Audi S3 now with 7-speed twin clutch S-Tronic
The 2.0 liter TFSI engine in the Audi S3 producing 265 PS at 6,000rpm and 350Nm of torque between 2,500 to 5,000rpm finally gets the 7-speed version of the S-Tronic dual clutch transmission. This means there is now a 7-speed version of the DSG that can take this levels of torque, so it should appear on a Volkswagen (Golf GTI?)soon enough.
The Audi S3 equipped with the S-Tronic gearbox goes from 0 to 100km/h faster than the manual transmission version, and has lower emissions and better fuel economy too. The acceleration time drops by 0.2 seconds to 5.5 seconds, while the combined fuel economy goes from 33.2mpg to 34mpg. CO2 output falls by 5g/km from 198g/km to 183g.km. The S-Tronic gearbox is a £1,450 option over the base S3.
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