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Audi A6 honored with the red dot award
DESIGN PRIZE Its design showcases the aesthetics of technology. Audi has received
the coveted red dot award (www.red-dot.org/2791.html) for the outstanding design
and styling of the Audi A6. Wolfgang Egger, Head of Audi Group Design: “The award
validates our design language and recognizes our pursuit of the ultimate craftsmanlike
quality and precision.”
Honors for
Rupert Stadler
RECOGNITION
The Association
of German
Magazine Pub-
lishers (VDZ)
pre sented
Prof. Rupert
Stadler,
Chairman of
the Board of Management
of AUDI AG, with the
“Golden Victoria for the
Entrepreneur of the Year”
(VDZ press release, October
19, 2012). Back in May,
WirtschaftsWoche had
named Stadler “CEO of the
Year” (issue 21/2012,
p. 72 .). The performance
of the CEOs of the 115
largest publically-traded
companies in Germany was
scrutinized.
Audi models
win prizes
AWARDS Audi models took
first place in two categories
in the voting for “The
best cars of 2012” by the
readers of auto motor
und sport magazine:
the A1 in the Small Car
category and the A4/A5 in
the Midsize Car category
(issue 4/2012, p. 128 .).
The readers of ADAC
Mo tor welt chose the Q3
as Germany’s favorite car
and thus the winner of the
“Gelber Engel” award in
the Automobile category
(issue 2/2012, p. 26 .).
And in the U.S. customer
satisfaction survey J. D.
Power APEAL, the A8
took top spot in the
Large Premium Car
segment (http://autos.
jdpower.com/ratings/
performance.htm).
Construction starts
on new driving
experience center
GROUNDBREAKING Audi is building
a driving experience center for
customers and the new Audi
Sport competence center in
Neuburg an der Donau. A dy-
na mic driving area, a handling
track and an o-road area for
traversing and steep-gradient driving are being created for
the Audi driving experience center on a 47-hectare site. In
the future, the Audi Sport engineers and mechanics will
develop race cars and organize race entries throughout the
world in Neuburg.
A1 Sportback
launched on the
market
SMALL CAR Audi expanded
its portfolio in 2012 with
the A1 Sportback. The five-
door version of the com-
pact Audi oers more
comfortable access to the
rear and somewhat more
headroom. The optional
contrasting paint for the
roof gives the Sportback an
eye-catching look.
The Audi 2.5 TFSI
engine has been named
“International Engine
of the Year” in the 2.0 to
2.5-liter category by a
jury of 76 international
motoring journalists
for the third year in a
row (www.ukipme.com/
engineoftheyear/2_25.
php#2).
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