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Audi A7 Sportback Revealed

The highly anticipated Audi A7 Sportback is readying the end of its pre-production phase, and may soon be available at North American Audi dealerships like Fred Lavery Company in Birmingham, MI.

The A7 Sportback was first unveiled in concept form at the 2009 Detroit Auto Show - also known as The North American International Auto Show.

Since then, fans of Audi have clamored for the A7 to come to life - and now their patience has been rewarded.

Foreign auto magazine Autocar reported that an official unveiling of A7 will take place at this year's Paris Motor Show in September. It…

Porsche 918 Spyder in High Demand

Porsche has teased their 918 Spyder supercar at foreign auto shows since last year. Now the German luxury auto maker is considering the Spyder for mass production to fans.

This decision came after more than 900 Porsche lovers requested more information on whether or not they can purchase the 918 Spyder. Potential buyers are not only obsessed with the Porsche 918 Spyder for its 708 horse power, but also because it's a hybrid.

918 Spyder is one of the first cars produced by Porsche. The two-seater 918 hybrid was unveiled at the Geneva auto show last month.

The vehicle…

Audi R8 GT Coupe

Audi has announced the availability of an R8 GT, a limited-production madhouse on four wheels. The engine remains a 5.2-liter V10 and quattro AWD is standard. In normal driving conditions, 85% of torque is sent to the rear wheels.

After tweaking its ECU, engineers were able to up power from the standard 386 kW (518 bhp/ 525 PS) up to 412 kW (553 bhp / 560 PS). Maximum torque is now 540 Nm (398 lb-ft) at 6,500rpm. Audi's 6-speed R Tronic sequential manual transmission is fitted. The 0 - 100 km/h sprint, when engaged through the car's…

A Porsche Hybrid, at the 2010 New York Auto Show

At the 2010 New York International Auto Show, Porsche unveiled a hybrid 911 GT3.  Porsche wasn't the only auto maker to reveil hybrid vehicles, most other brands did as well.

But when a classic race car and luxury performance maker like Porsche shows up with their 911 GT3 R Hybrid, and parks it in a public lot, it's going to get gawked at. Maybe that was the plan.

Porsche's "racing lab" came up with their 40,000-RPM electric hybrid engine, which kicks the butt of most other gas-electric rides. The lucky driver of this Porsche can direct…