Audi Q3 gets a tick

Audi will add the Q3 alongside the giant Q7 and just-launched Q5 as it goes all-out to fill every opportunity in the prestige SUV business.
The Q3 will also go up against the upcoming BMW X1, which should be in showrooms around the same time.
No firm details of the Q3 have been released by Audi, although [...]

Off-road training to model on legend

Land Rover Australia spokesman Guido Schenken said they had offered some courses in NSW last year as a “prospecting tool for new and existing owners to get to know their vehicles”.
“The Land Rover Experience is a franchise and we’re not up to that level yet,” he said.
“The current plan is to relocate and develop this [...]

Can the Tesla Model S be profitable at $57,400? Not according to these calculations…

Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative, Sedans/Saloons, Green, Plants/Manufacturing

Tesla Model S – Click above for high-res image gallery
Tesla Motors’ charismatic frontman, Elon Musk, will be showing up on the Late Show with David Letterman tonight to dazzle America’s TV audience with his gorgeous all-electric sedan. Tesla says that when the Model S goes on sale at an undefined [...]

UK may force Top Gear to diversify cast

Filed under: Etc., UK, Celebrities

This past Monday, the UK’s Labour deputy leader, Harriet Harman, unveiled the so-called “Equity Bill” which requires state-funded organizations (like the BBC) to increase the amount of female, black and gay staff to better reflect the diversified population of the island. If the reforms go through, everyone’s favorite motoring show might [...]

Daily U-Turn: What you missed on 4.29.09

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