Audi launches innovative new A6, including hybrid model
Audi A6 3,0 TDI Quattro Audi A6 Hybrid Audi A6 3,0 TFSI Quattro S-Line Audi A6 interior Audi has launched its new-generation A6 saloon, arriving at dealerships in 2011. With sales internationally—including the mainland Chinese market where Audi has sold many long-wheelbase C6-generation A6s—Audi can claim that its entrant is the world’s top selling […]
Christchurch readies itself for its busiest week in fashion
Angela Stone Consulting Jack Yan Above, from top Scenes from last year’s Addington races: organizer Angela Stone on the far left with some of the supporters of the 2009 event. Lynne Robertson, Miss Lindauer, representing one of the sponsors, with one of the 2009 Best Dressed winners. Carly Flynn, TV3 anchor. Lucire had marvellous fun […]
Audi launches A8 at Cape Kidnappers
July 12: press launch for the Audi A8 in New Zealand. We’ve been lunched, wined and dined by the folks at Audi at Cape Kidnappers, but it’s not all fun and games. Taking the A8 on some of the windy roads around this part of the country, I’ve found that it has excellent grip, and […]
Audi releases first official video of A1
Audi has released its first official video, along with accompanying photographs, of its A1 model, to début at next month’s Salon de Genève car show. The emphasis of the new model is on quality, which Audi says its young buyers want in a compact package. The A1 model is aimed squarely at the BMW […]
Ronan Keating, other Boyzone members, in Majorca after Stephen Gately’s death
We do not think anyone can blame Ronan Keating if he does not appear at the Audi Centre opening in West London tonight. After the death of his colleague and former fellow bandmate, Stephen Gately, 33, in Majorca on Saturday, Keating has rushed to the Spanish town along with surviving Boyzone members Keith Duffy, Shane […]
Keeley Hawes, Ronan Keating, Sir Jackie Stewart among celebs at Audi Centre opening
Above The world’s largest Audi Centre—West London Audi—officially opens its doors on October 19. Philip Glenister, the actor behind DCI Gene Hunt, the most famous fictional Audi driver, and Ashes to Ashes co-star Keeley Hawes, join Bryan Ferry, Gordon Ramsay, Dominic Cooper, Jamie and Louise Rednapp, Rupert Penry Jones, James Cordon, Ronan Keating, Beverley Knight, […]
I know Lucire is not a car magazine, but I thought I should clarify my statements about the A-pillar area on the Peugeot 308 SW being messy. At left is a photograph I took on my old cell illustrating what I meant. Some people might like all these lines that go nowhere and everywhere—I don’t. […]
They could have been Car to Be Seen in ’09
We are a bit late this year announcing our Car to Be Seen in finalists. But I can tell you which new models have been taken off the final shortlist. Our honourable mentions are, for 2009, the following. Audi A4 The Quattro models are fine but the front-wheel-drive model struggles with grip. We like […]
Audi to celebrate centenary at Goodwood
The company which is now Audi was founded in 1909 by August Horch, and its centenary will be celebrated at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in July. As the ‘featured marque’ at the event, those attending will see historical Audi models, including the famous Auto Union C and D Type racers, and the rally-conquering Audi […]
