Motor Vehicle Engineering

Audi is hoping to make traffic jams,
parking and city centre navigation
much easier with a new suite of
technology called Audi Urban
Intelligent Assist (AUIA), while Audi
traffic Light Online helps you avoid
red traffic lights.
Combining the work of its own
Electronics Research Laboratory in
Silicon Valley with four leading US
research universities, the eventual
aim is that this new technology will
essentially be able to predict the
future.

Audi is planning to return the Quattro to its lineup some 30 years after the original model first appeared, Autoweek sources say. September's Frankfurt motor show is shaping up as the likely backdrop for the reveal; the car looks like it could be one of the German automaker's most exciting cars in quite some time. Word is sales will start in 2014.

The modern-day Quattro aims to revive the 1984 Sport Quattro's spirit and performance potential. The new car will be limited production and priced well above any existing Audi. It will be built on a dedicated line at the company's Quattro division in Neckarsulm, Germany.

Audi hasn't confirmed it is readying a production version, but sources said the company's Frankfurt activities will focus on four-wheel drive. “We have a great history with quattro four-wheel drive, and this will be reflected by what we have in store for the Frankfurt auto show,” a source said.

Details remain scarce, but word is the car will ride on a modified A5 platform to help Audi keep costs down and gain production efficiencies. However, the Quattro will be about 8 inches shorter overall.

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