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Back to basics for VW, says Walter de Silva

By Adam Towler Motor Industry 25 June 2008 13:01 It was an odd place for an inside line into what future Volkswagens will look like, but when head of VW Group design Walter de Silva invited CAR to the old Fiat Lingotto factory in Turin - now a conference and shopping centre – we could hardly say no. De Silva described VW as being immersed in a 'process of defining their design language' which could be read as ‘we’re still sucking our designer thumbs to see what happens’. Audi, De Silva said, had already been through that process and its design DNA was ‘understood by everyone in the company, right down to the smallest details'.

Audi Q5 Custom Concept

Audi has revealed the Audi Q5 Custom Concept at The Wörthersee Tour in Austria So why, you may ask, has Audi gone all ‘Pimp My Ride’ on us with the otherwise sensible Q5? The answer is simple – The Wörthersee Tour. The Wörthersee Tour is an annual gathering of VW and Audi fans in Wörthersee, Austria, where GTI tuners and modders gather to show and seek the best in customising for their beloved Audis and Volkswagens.

2011 Audi A6: Official

Auid reveals the Audi A6 2011 Yesterday we brought you the first official photo of the 2011 Audi A6 which had leaked out ahead of the planned reveal of the new A6 today. Bang on schedule Audi released all the bumph at midnight last night so we thought we ought to update the story, add in the press release and a gallery full of 2011 Audi A6 photo goodness for your perusal. The 2011 Audi A6 is very much a replay of the 2010 A8 – evolution, not revolution – and a very strong Audi family theme going on.