Pit Board: 6 trophies for Audi

MANILA, Philippines – The brand with the four rings was more successful than any other brand in this year’s “AutoTrophy” competition held in Germany. The Audi A1, A3 and A6 each took 1st place in their respective categories. Audi also won the titles “Best Design Worldwide” and “Best Brand Worldwide” as well as the “Quality Trophy” for the quality and reliability of the AudiA1.

A total of 75,810 readers of Autozeitung and its sister publications took part in the survey, which for the first time was conducted internationally in ten countries. This was the 27th time that Autozeitung readers selected the best cars in all classes. There were a total of 205 models in 12 categories to choose from. In the “Subcompact” category, 19.6 percent of the voters selected the Audi A1. The Audi A3 won the “Compact” category with 19 percent of the vote. In the full-size class, the Audi A6 outpaced the competition with 27.3 percent of the votes. Audi also won the “Quality Trophy” for the Audi A1 and took top honors in the special categories “Best Brand Worldwide” and “Best Design Worldwide.” Audi has now won 63 titles since the awards were introduced.

Rupert Stadler, Chairman of the Board of Management of AUDI AG: “We are extremely pleased about all of these trophies. This shower of awards motivates our team and shows that we’re on the right track.” Prof. Dr. Ulrich Hackenberg, AUDI AG Board Member for Technical Development, added: “The coveted award confirms our capabilities in the area of design and quality.”

Save data in style

It’s a car enthusiast dream USB, a diecast scale model of your favorite car that functions as a data storage device.

Autodrive, the world’s best USB flash drive manufacturer and designer of miniature cars, is now in the country. In cooperation with different car manufacturers, including Volkswagen, Lamborghini, Peugeot, Volvo, BMW, Porsche, Land Rover, Lotus, and many others famous marques, Autodrive’s line of USB car designs are 1:64 diecast cars and has a flash drive storage capacity of 8GB which can hold approximately 7,000 3-megapixel pictures, over a thousand songs, or whatever other files you may want to carry around.

Just pop the AutoDrive into your computer’s USB port, sync the files you want, and pop it back into your pocket. Plug it into your USB-equipped car stereo to hear your favorite music and more. Each Autodrive miniature car USB has flashing lights whenever you plug it to store or transfer data.

Autodrive Company Limited was founded in late 2006 by Welly Die Casting Fty. Ltd. & Wellitec Development Ltd. In the Philippines, Autodrive is exclusively distributed by WAIDO Corporation and is available at the following outlets: Apple resellers, Astrovision, Outdoors Club, Rustan’s Dept Store, SM Appliance Centers.