May 18, 2002 The second round of the American Le Mans Series 2002 (ALMS) sees another all Audi front row – a familiar but on this occasion, somewhat unexpected picture: At Sears Point (US state of California), Audi is not racing the latest generation Infineon Audi R8 sportscars which stayed in Europe after the Le […] More »
By: admin | May 18, 2002
May 17, 2002 The third round of the DTM (Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters) demands not only a perfectly set up vehicle, but also a huge portion of courage from the drivers. The 4.023 kilometre circuit in Donington, with its flowing corners as well as its roller-coaster passages, is regarded as one of the fastest tracks on […] More »
By: admin | May 17, 2002
May 10, 2002 Auburn Hills, Mich. — The Audi drivers will face a difficult task for the second round of the American Le Mans Series, the team has made the decision to run a 2000 spec R8 at Sears Point. Audi “works” drivers Frank Biela, Rinaldo Capello, Tom Kristensen and defending champion Emanuele Pirro will […] More »
By: admin | May 10, 2002
May 5, 2002 Le Mans, France — Audi enjoyed a successful dress rehearsal for the Le Mans 24-hour race on coming up in June. During the pre-practice on Sunday, the three Infineon Audi R8 sports cars from Audi Sport Team Joest and Audi Sport North America once again ran like clockwork. During the eight available […] More »
By: admin | May 5, 2002
May 3, 2002 Auburn Hills, Mich. — On Sunday, May 5, the Le Mans pre-practice serves as a Le Mans dress rehearsal for Audi Sport Team Joest. To date, only a few car manufacturers have managed to win the legendary Le Mans 24 Hour race three times in succession. After netting victories in 2000 and […] More »
By: admin | May 3, 2002
May 2, 2002 April sales of 7,134, representing a 5.1 percent increase over April 2001 sales of 6,785. As a result of the strong sales month, Audi’s year-to-date sales are 27,186 up 3.5 percent over 2001 when sales were 26,264. The award winning, all-new A4 led the month with sales of 3,699 up 19.9 percent […] More »
By: admin | May 2, 2002
April 21, 2002 At the opening round of the DTM (Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters) in Hockenheim, in front of 56,000 spectators, the Team Abt Sportsline impressively proved that the Abt-Audi TT-Rs are able to race for the title in the 2002 season. Laurent Aiello and Mattias Ekström provided the team from the Allgäu with a dominant […] More »
By: admin | April 21, 2002
