World Imports USA Announces an Audi Award

In our last post, we discussed how Audi scored well in the APEAL study, and, as you can imagine, the recognition for the luxury brand doesn't stop there. The most recent accolade goes specifically to the Audi A5.

AutoPacific, a marketing research and product-consulting firm around all things auto, holds Ideal Vehicle Awards every year. The IVA results are based on a survey of over 52,000 car and light truck owners who reflect…

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Volkswagen Passat, Among Others, Score Well on APEAL Study

The Volkswagen Passat. It's classy, it's stylish, and it's a driving dynamic champ. It's also rather APPEALing. That's the word from J.D. Power and Associates. The company released the results of its Automotive Performance Execution and Layout (APPEAL) study which is conducted every year with consumer results. The Passat ranked the highest in the Midsize Car category (14 total vehicles) in the study.

The APPEAL study is based on…

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Veterans to Technician Program to Help with Future Audi Production Goals

We take pride in the care that's put into making the Audi models that we share here at World Imports USA. The Audi company's proven to please, especially with last year's sales record of 139,310 units. This can only mean that Audi needs skilled technicians to keep up the work. That's how the Veterans to Technicians program began.

Audi developed the program with CALIBRE Systems Inc. which is aimed to…

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Infiniti President and Nissan CEO Claim Q50 is a Mark of the Brand's Future

When there's cause for celebration, you can count on us here at World Imports USA to come and report to you right here on the blog. Today's news comes from Infiniti with the production launch of the new Q50 in Japan. What's even more exciting is that we're not just talking about a press conference or the specs; we're talking about the Infiniti President and Nissan CEO taking an actual…

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Reflection of the Lotus Esprit

Today's age is always looking for what's new. We at World Imports USA are taking a moment to remember one of Lotus history's finest inventions: the Lotus Esprit, but we're also here to tell you that we're excited for it to be making an epic return as a 2014 model.

The first time the world laid eyes on the Lotus Esprit was in 1976, and prior to that--as a prototype…

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BMW Brings Minds Together at Sustainability Hackathon

When great minds come together, something great is bound to happen. That was the case for BMW and its end-of-April event, the Sustainability Hackathon. These great minds were none other than software developers and programmers working to improve an issue on the electric car front.

Specifically, participants were to look into a current problem at electric charging stations. Many vehicles enter the station, and stay for a much longer period of time than necessary for…

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Brazilian GT Championship ( Campeonato Brasileiro de GT4 )

BRAZILIAN GT CHAMPIONSHIP ( CAMPEONATO BRASILEIRO DE GT4 ) Thursday, May 9, 2013 - 16:45 Success in Sao Paolo It was a dream start to 2013 season for the Lotus Evora GT4 and Brazilian based race team Dragao Motorsport who entered the first race of the season on the streets of Sao Paolo (Anhembi). Race 1 saw the duo of Valter Pinheiro and young newcomer Renan War come home 3rd in class after some good on-track battles. After some overnight set-up changes to improve the car for the tricky street circuit conditions, the team made a good start to race 2.  They…
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