Archive for October, 2009
Audi A4 Or BMW 3-Series?
In the ever so popular entry-level luxury car segment, the BMW 3-series is a huge seller, and the benchmark. Audi’s A4 has been no sitting duck either though, selling a crazy number of units as well. So which one is really better?
Well, I wasn’t big on Audis previously. I saw them as glorified Volkswagens, partly, [...]
Used Audi – My Audi RS4 Obsession
For a long time it was regarded that to drive a BMW you had to be an idiot. That’s why whenever you saw one they were either tailgating you, speeding past you whilst the driver was chatting on their mobile phone or using their discretion and deciding never to indicate during any maneuvers. Yet times they are [...]
BMW X1 – Compact, Economical Sport-Utility Vehicle
BMW is leaving nothing to chance when it comes to its line of sport/utility vehicles. Unlike other manufacturers who are cutting back even abandoning this once popular and highly profitable vehicle segment, BMW is introducing its fourth line, the X1, an SUV that is smaller, lighter and much more fuel efficient than most SUVs in [...]
How Fast Will Your New Second-Hand Car Run?
When I was younger, and more sophisticated, I bought a 55 Ford Fairlane. It was 8 years old!
I couldn’t wait to get it out onto the highway, I wanted to see just how fast it would run…it had 120 on the speedometer.
Well, I didn’t get it to top-end, but it was at 110 mph when [...]
History of the Audi Automobile Sold by Car Dealers in Audi Oakland
The company that manufactures the cars sold by Audi Oakland and other Audi dealerships can be traced to August Horch, whose company produced the first Horch car in 1901 in Zwickau, Germany.
Horch was forced out of the company in 1909 by his partners but he established a new company in Zwickau and continued to sell [...]
