Audi's 2019 A6 will enter its eighth generation with a revamped MMI infotainment system that offers haptic feedback and a new powertrain with a mild-hybrid system.
More than 90 fleet managers and suppliers attended the two-day fleet preview, which included product demonstrations and ride-and-drives.
Technology bubbles to the surface of Audi's redesign of its entry luxury A4 for 2017 for a vehicle whose use in sales fleets has been mostly concentrated in the pharmaceutical industry.
The agreement means that this safety technology will become widely available on passenger cars and Class 1-2 trucks without a protracted regulatory process.
Audi entered the plug-in hybrid market with its 2016 A3 Sportback e-tron, a Euro-styled, roomy hatchback the automaker has been selling in the U.S. since late 2015.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will implement additional testing of diesel vehicles designed to uncover potential software algorithms used to evade federal emissions standards, the agency announced Sept. 25.
The 2016 model-year fleet preview for Volkswagen and Audi was held May 18-20, 2015, at the newly opened $100-million Porsche headquarters in Atlanta.
Audi has brought back its A3 TDI sedan for the 2015 model year with a redesigned 2.0-liter diesel that provides impressive range in an entry luxury sedan that won't crack open a fleet budget.
After 20 years cooperating, the Volkswagen Group and its Chinese joint venture partner First Automotive Works (FAW) are extending their present partnership for a further 25 years, until 2041.
The automakers take their first joint event to Indiana, where fleet managers had the opportunity to drive at the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway.