The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has granted its second-tier safety award to a midsize luxury car.
Volkswagen Group of America is recalling nine 2018 Audi luxury sedans and two 2017 models for a possible defect involving the air bags, according to federal records.
Volkswagon Group of America, Inc. is recalling an estimated 342,867 Audi sedans and SUVs for electric coolant pump problems.
The Audi A4 Allroad, A5 Sportback and A5 Coupe all qualify for the 2017 safety award given by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
Some 2017-MY Audi vehicles are equipped to receive real-time signal information from the advanced traffic management system that monitors traffic lights.
Redesigned for 2017, the Audi A4 is completely features a revamped cabin, a more powerful and fuel-efficient base engine, and enough new technology and safety measures to shine alongside competitors such as the BMW 3 Series, Mercedes-Benz C-Class, and Lexus IS
The recall covers nearly 80,000 cars in need of revised software to control the side marker lights.
Audi will offer a redesigned manual transmission with its 2017 A4 Quattro all-wheel-drive sedan that it says would be the only luxury sedan with that particular pairing.
Audi of America and Traffic Technology Services plan to launch this fall a form of vehicle-to-infrastructure technology -- involving traffic light information -- on select 2017 model-year Audi Q7, A4 and A4 allroad models. Video courtesy of Audi via YouTube. For the full story, click here.
Audi will offer the 2017 A4 Ultra as a higher-efficiency model that improves highway fuel economy by more than 19% over the outgoing A4 entry luxury sedan.
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