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Orientation 2017

Motorsport at AUDI AG is getting a new line-up in 2017. Along with top-class touring car racing in the DTM, the portfolio will for the first time also include single-seater formula racing and rallycross. The coordination of all the programmes, including the Audi driving experience, will be based in Neuburg an der Donau.

DTM

The DTM will once again be a key element of the Audi Motorsport programme in 2017. Since 1990 the brand with the Four Rings has won the drivers’ championship nine times and the manufacturers’ championship three times in this highly prestigious touring car series. There are currently three German premium manufacturers involved in the DTM. In the 2016 season the Audi RS 5 DTM was the most successful car, as it had been the year before, with ten wins in 18 races. Audi won the brand rankings, with Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline taking the team title. The 2017 season will see the successor model to the RS 5 DTM, in which six Audi drivers will be lining up to fight once more for victories, points and the title.

Formel E

Formula E is the world’s first race series for purely electrically powered vehicles. Audi Sport has been the named sponsor of Team ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport since the first Formula E season in 2014/2015, providing one of its works drivers, Brazilian Lucas di Grassi. The team has also been able to make use of the Audi infrastructure in Neuburg. For the 2016/2017 season Audi is intensifying the existing partnership with financial and technical support. For the 2017/2018 season Audi is gradually starting development with the aim of a full works commitment, in close collaboration with technology partner Schaeffler.

FIA World Rallycross Championship

Audi is adding another new project to its works involvement in motorsport. From the 2017 season the FIA World Rallycross Championship (World RX) will form the third element of works competition, alongside Formula E and DTM. Audi will be integrating the EKS Team of World Rallycross Champion Mattias Ekström into the works motorsport programme with immediate effect.

The Swedish driver formed “EKS” at the start of 2014 and with great personal commitment he has taken it to world leadership in only three years. In the 2016 season, with the Audi S1 EKS RX quattro, “EKS” won both the world drivers’ championship and the world team championship against strong competition.

The specified fuel consumption and emission data have been determind according to the measurement procedures prescribed by law. Since 1st September 2017, certain new vehicles are already being type-approved according to the Worldwide Harmonized Light Vehicles Test Procedure (WLTP), a more realistic test procedure for measuring fuel consumption and CO2 emissions. Starting on September 1st 2018, the New European Driving Cycle (NEDC) will be replaced by the WLTP in stages. Owing to the more realistic test conditions, the fuel consumption and CO2 emissions measured according to the WLTP will, in many cases, be higher than those measured according to the NEDC. Therefore, the usage of CO2 emission values measured according to WLTP for vehicle taxation from 1st September 2018 on can cause changes in this regard as well. For further information on the differences between the WLTP and NEDC, please visit www.audi.de/wltp.

We are currently still required by law to state the NEDC figures. In the case of new vehicles which have been type-approved according to the WLTP, the NEDC figures are derived from the WLTP data. It is possible to specify the WLTP figures voluntarily in addition until such times as this is required by law. In cases where the NEDC figures are specified as value ranges, these do not refer to a particular individual vehicle and do not constitute part of the sales offering. They are intended exclusively as a means of comparison between different vehicle types. Additional equipment and accessories (e.g. add-on parts, different tyre formats, etc.) may change the relevant vehicle parameters, such as weight, rolling resistance and aerodynamics, and, in conjunction with weather and traffic conditions and individual driving style, may affect fuel consumption, electrical power consumption, CO2 emissions and the performance figures for the vehicle. Further information on official fuel consumption figures and the official specific CO₂ emissions of new passenger cars can be found in the guide “Information on the fuel consumption, CO₂ emissions and electricity consumption of new cars”, which is available free of charge at all sales dealerships and from DAT Deutsche Automobil Treuhand GmbH, Hellmuth-Hirth-Strasse 1, 73760 Ostfildern-Scharnhausen, Germany (www.dat.de).