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Audi Sport frame accessories kit. This official Audi Sport frame kit is made in the USA for Audi from superior quality 304 stainless steel. This kit includes one (1) brushed chrome frame and matching chrome screw covers, one set of four (4) valve stem caps, and a brushed stainless key fob all with matching Audi Sport logos for the ultimate look! Looking for stainless steel screws to complete the installation. Look no further, complete kits offered at a discount when ordered with a frame. Click here for details

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Lowers Vehicle 1.7\” – 2.3\” Race-Car Like Handling Extreme Performance Meets Extreme Style Progressive Spring Design Excellent Ride Quality Part of the Eibach Sport-System Million Mile Warranty Lowering Comparison: Sportline vs. Pro-Kit vs. Stock

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Test drive of MTM’s Amazing Supercharged B7 Audi RS4 Clubsport!

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Monaco Versus Dubai!

Awesome compilation of Expensive Cars in Monte Carlo & UAE, Only The Best!

You can see in Monaco (in order): Ferrari F430, SSC Aero, BMW M6 Hamann, Gemballa Mirage GT, Mercedes SLR, Dodge Viper Srt-10, Ferrari F430 Novitec, Carrera Gt Techart, Mosler MT900, Ferrari 575 & Aston Martin Vanquish S, Gemballa Mirage GT, Mv Agusta F4, Brabus Widestar, TVR Sagaris, Gumpert Apollo, Porsche 356 SpeedSter, Ferrari 550 SuperAmerica, Ferrari Enzo, Bugatti Veyron, Leblanc Mirabeau, Gemballa Avalanche, Bentley Continental GT by Monaco Elite, McLaren F1, Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 Stradale & Ferrari 288 GTO, Ferrari 360 Modena Spider & Rolls Royce Phantom, Austin Healey, Mercedes SLR 722, Aston Martin DB9 Volante by Mansory, Fiat 500, Bugatti Veyron, Gemballa GTR 600 Gullwing, Bentley Continental GT, Audi R8, Ford GT, Bugatti Veyron, Maserati Birdcage, Lamborghini Murcielago, Koenigsegg CCX, Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera, Lamborghini Murcielago Lp640, Mercedes SLR 722, Gemballa Avalanche, Porsche Cayenne by Gemballa GT750, Gemballa Mirage GT, Corvette Z06 & Lamborghini Gallardo, Ferrari Enzo, Porsche 911 GT1, Lamborghini Diablo GT, Maybach 62, Lamborghini Murcielago LP640, Ferrari, Lancia Stratos, BMW M5, Pagani Zonda, Ferrari 612 Scaglietti, Porsche 911 GT2, Porsche 911 Carrera 4S Aerokit, Nissan Skyline R34, Mercedes SLR, Porsche 911 GT3, Maserati Granturismo, Aston Martin V8 Vantage, Mercedes CLK DTM AMG Cabrio, Pagani Zonda, Ferrari’s & Gallardo, Bugatti Veron, Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder & Lp640, Mercedes CLK DTM AMG Cabrio, Morgan, Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano, Shelby Series 1, Pagani Zonda, Lmaborghini Miura Jota, Aston Martin DB5, Ferrari F40, Ferrari FXX.

You can see in Dubai (in order): Audi R8, Bugatti Veyron Pegaso, Rolls Royce Drophead, Range Rover Arden & BMW X5 Lumma, Bugatti Eb110, Bugatti Veyron, Lamborghini Murcielago Roadster, Porsche GT3 RS, Mercedes S65 AMG, Lamborghini Gallardo SE, Aston Martin DB9 by Mansory, Lamborghini Gallardo IMSA, Rolls Royce Phantom, Gemballa Mirage GT, Gemballa Avalanche, Ferrari 612 Scaglietti, BMW M5 Hamann by Lumma, Lamborghini Gallardo, Maybach 62S, Brabus G, Mercedes SLR 722, Ford GT & Range Rover, Mercedes CLK 63 AMG, Bentley Arnage Drophead Coupé, Audi S8 RRR, Porsche Cayman & Ferrari 612 Scaglietti & Porsche Carrera GT, Audi Q7 by ABT, Pagani Zonda, Rolls Royce Phantom, Bentley Continental GT, Alfa Romeo GT by Autodelta, Bugatti Veyron, Lamborghini Murcielago, Porsche 911 Carrera 4S Aerokit, Cadillac XLR, Lamborghini Gallardo SE, Maserati Granturismo, Mercedes SL 55 AMG whit Asanti rims, Alpina Z8, Porsche Turbo & Ferrari 599 GTB, Lamborghini Murcielago by Hamann, Porsche Cayenne by Gemballa, Bentley Continental GT by Mansory, Lamborghini Murcielago LP640, BMW M5 Hamann, Bmw M5 V10 Hurricane by G-Power, Bentley Continental Flying Spur, Porsche Carrera GT, Campagna T-Rex, Ford Mustang Eleanor, Mercedes SLR 722, Porsche 911 Turbo, Ferrari F430 Novitec Rosso, Ferrari 599GTB, Gemballa GT750, Pagani Zonda, Bugatti Veyron, Ferrari 575M by Novitec, Rolls Royce Phantom, Hummer H2 & Mercedes SLR 722, Bentley Continental by Project Kahn, Bugatti Veyron, Lamborghini Murcielago LP640, BMW M6 Hamann, Porsche Cayenne Cyclone by Hamann, Lamborghini Murcielago RGT, Audi R888 by MTM.

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For many years I have supplied music for and played in bands that
provide music for corporate entertainment. Clients have included Audi,
The Evening Standard, Sainsburys, P.C. World, Safeways, Large corporate
clients at Henley and Ascot, I.T.V. and H.M. Treasury. Because of this
experience I felt it would be relevant in putting down some pointers in
helping clients choose the right kind of music for their particular
corporate entertainment.

Interestingly enough, most corporate hospitality entertainment work
tends to require music as an ingredient to a larger recipe. What I mean
by this is a great deal of corporate events are offering a multi
service package. Typically an organization may be putting on an
evenings entertainment to thank its workforce for a particularly
successful year. They may be offering music, food, comedy, a close up
magician, a casino and a caricaturist. The corporate client organizing
needs to decide what part the music has to play in the days/evenings
entertainment.

Questions he or she needs to ask are:

Is the music specifically for entertainment or is the music for background listening?

Do we need one style of music early on in the proceedings and then a change of style later in the days/ evenings entertainment?

Do you expect the corporate clients to be networking and discussing business or are they just there for a good time?

What overall atmosphere do you want to project with the event?

Is there going to be a change of location for the music as the entertainment event unfolds?

Different styles of music bands lend themselves to different
corporate hospitality situations. Below are a number of typical
corporate hospitality events with music suggestions for suitable music
entertainment.

Corporate entertainment model 1.
Evening reception with dinner and speeches.
In a situation such as this you will typically need music from the
outset as part of the meet and greet of the corporate evening. A
four-piece swing or Latin group is ideal with a larger ensemble for
particularly large gatherings. A professional outfit can pitch the
music at just the right decibel level so your guests can talk and enjoy
the entertainment without it encroaching on conversations. The
musicians would typically be dressed in Lounge Suits or Tuxedos (or the
female equivalent) to mirror what the guests are wearing themselves.
The music portrays an atmosphere of sophistication, which again
hopefully reflects the evenings overall ambience.

It is rare for corporate clients to want to dance especially as
clients there relationship is business not pleasure! In most cases it
is more important that the band is flexible in when it is needed over
the course of the evening i.e. At the top of the night for the
reception, a smaller version of the band (The pianist maybe for the
dinner), stopping for speeches and then after the speeches to play
until other entertainment is put on for the corporate clients. In this
situation give the band a clear idea of how you expect the evening to
go. What to wear, when they will be needed, when they need to get their
instruments in the building and be set up, when breaks will be
required, let them know if it is convenient or not to feed them and
then finally how they can leave when finished so as not to disrupt the
rest of the entertainment.

Corporate entertainment model 2.
Company Party.
Still corporate entertainment, still corporate hospitality but a
totally different set of requirements for the music. Ask yourself these
questions: Are your work force the type of workforce who will want to
dance at some point in the proceedings? If they are, then a
professional band with flexibility is essential. My experience is that
people of all ages will join together to dance to music from the
sixties and seventies. Whatever background music you require earlier in
the day/evening be it Latin, Swing, Rat Pack or Lounge, if you are
hoping to provide entertainment that will get people dancing remember
this fact. Sixties and Seventies. For some inexplicable reason this is
the music that gets people up on their feet.

When choosing your music ask the band if they can cover this part of
the corporate entertainment requirement. Get samples of their music if
need be. There is nothing worse than an ill equipped band struggling
through alien repertoire. However good the band is, if they do not play
the right repertoire, the right style of music then the corporate
entertainment will fall on deaf ears.

Let me at this point provide a caveat. Your workforce work together
They are not always going to be the best of friends however
professional their relationships are at work. Answer truthfully, will
they really want to dance together or is it asking too much? I would
say that in all the years of providing music for this kind of corporate
entertainment / hospitality , as long as the music is right, the
workforce tended to dance 30 or 40% of the time. It could be said that
a workforce who will enjoy each others company in this way is a
reflection on the talent of senior management to create a happy team!

Corporate entertainment model 3.
Company Fun Day.
These come in two types. The type to entertain your own workforce or
the type to entertain prospective clients. Both types of corporate
entertainment require music that is fun. This means that the music must
be perceived as fun and the band must be perceived as fun. In both
cases Jolly Dixieland Jazz or the summer sounds of Latin music are most
suitable.

Ask yourself these questions: does the band need to be mobile?
Meaning do you want the music to move around the site at various points
in the proceedings? If so then the jolly jazz route is most suitable. A
good professional outfit of four or five players can play acoustically
and move around a site as directed.

If the band can be static and close to electrical power then either Jolly Jazz or Latin Music is suitable.

Is the event outdoors or indoors and do you have provision for bad
weather? This is England, never trust to luck, assume the worst! Any
band that needs power cannot play in the rain for health and safety
reasons. At the first hint of inclement weather a band will have to
breakdown their equipment. Build this situation into your corporate
entertainment music decisions.

How do you want the band to dress? It is a fun day after all! In the
past I and my musicians have dressed as Elvis, Cavemen, Circus Clowns,
in fact all manner of characters in the name of corporate entertainment
and corporate hospitality. Good bands will have suitable outfits for
most situations but don`t hesitate in providing something off the wall
for a special event. Most professional players have a strange urge to
jump into such costumes at the earliest possibility! As someone who has
played at a nudist camp and for a toga party, both dressed accordingly,
take my word for it!

To draw this article together let me say this. Choose the right kind
of music for the event. Brief the band accordingly but make sure you
have a professional and flexible outfit, things can change over the
course of the event and you want to make sure the band are both
co-operative and able to fulfill your needs. Don`t hesitate to ask the
band for any special requirements you have. Do it in plenty of time so
they have time to prepare.

The corporate entertainment and hospitality you offer to your guests
reflects directly onto your company. The music and musicians must be
the type who are aware of this. Dont go for second best just to save a
small amount of money. You need a well prepared, well dressed band who
are both polite and charming to your guests. They need to play the
right kind of music for the event in order to help make the day or
evenings corporate entertainment a resounding success!

About the author
Jeff Williams is a London based trombonist and vocalist who has worked
all over the world in most areas of the business. He also runs a
successful, specialist, live music agency using the best of London
musicians, servicing both private and corporate clients playing all
over the country. He would be happy to advise you with your own event
or party and offers bespoke solutions for the perfect occasion.

J Williams
http://www.articlesbase.com/music-articles/music-for-corporate-entertainment-2597.html

In the news: Audi and Volkswagen have recently opened their central depot, the Audi Volkswagen Middle East parts centre at the Jebel Ali Free Zone or Jafza for short. The warehouse facility was worth $10 million contain an initial stock of 40,000 parts including of course the popular lines of auto parts sold by the automaker like the Volkswagen radiator hose and others. The total worth of all these parts is $7 million and is tracked through a dedicated on-site management team.

The opening of the Audi Volkswagen Middle East Parts Centre was celebrated in a grand ceremony at the Jafza site and was attended by prominent personalities like Sheik Majid Bin Saeed bin Rashid Al Nuaimi, Chief of Amiri Court of Ajman Jamal Majid Bin Thaniyah, Vice-Chairman Dubai World and Group CEO Ports and Free Zones World and Salma Hareb, CEO of Jafza and Economic Zones World. Also present at the ceremony were Ernst Hasbach who is the managing director of Audi Volkswagen Middle East FZE and Klaus Hellmann, Board Member, Hellmann Worldwide Logistics.

Bin Thaniyah at his speech during the ceremony has congratulated the effort of the Volkswagen group for their successful endeavors and wished them all more success in their latest venture. Here are excerpts from Bin Thaniyah’s speech:

“Dubai World and Audi Volkswagen Middle East have shared a unique partnership with each other and we are all working in tandem with similar strategies in mind. “

“A part of Jafza’s strategy has been to add value to our customers operations and today we are proud to be associated with this project.”

“Once again, I am delighted to be here with you today on the launch of this prestigious project and wish you all the success for the future.”

Last April 2006 the bid for the construction of the Audi Volkswagen Middle East Parts Centre was awarded to Rudolph Hellmann Logistics. And through their cooperation, Audi and Volkswagen will further aim to improve their service level across the region as well as promote the use of genuine parts to ensure vehicle safety.

Jafza or Jebel Ali Free Zone was chosen by Volkswagen since its one of the world’s fastest and largest growing free zones. Jafza was first established in 1985 and since then have grown into a community of about 6,000 companies from 120 countries across the world and leading the rapidly growing UAE economy. Jafza is also one of the popular brands in the region and known for its excellence, innovation and its power of partnership.

Jafza is also the leading business hub in the Middle East and focuses in developing a long term relationship with its customers. It also foster alliances with global investors by offering them world class infrastructure which are supported by quality driven value added services and incentives, giving them all the opportunities to engage in huge business ventures in the region in the most efficient way possible.

The Dubai World is established in March 2006 and is one of the world’s leading hold companies with more than 50,000 employees spread across 100 cities around the world. The Dubai World also manages and supervises the portfolio of businesses and projects for Dubai Government and works to make Dubai the leading center for both commerce and trading industry.

Natalie Anderson
http://www.articlesbase.com/automotive-articles/audivolkswagen-middle-east-parts-centre-opens-in-jafza-108750.html

Introduction:

In the case Audi AG v. Shokan Coachworks Inc., 2008 WL 4911730, No. 1:07-CV-00173 (N.D.N.Y. 2008), the federal district court grappled with a slew of trademark claims, combining into one opinion many of the issues raised by a number of other previous courts. Specifically, the court could not grant summary judgment in Audi’s favor on one issue because it did not properly authenticate archive.org website printouts. The court also joined the ranks of many federal district courts that chose the 9th Circuit test for nominative fair use over the 3rd Circuit court’s test. The parties’ previous settlement agreement, in which certain limited uses were allow, played a major role in the outcome of the cross-motions for summary judgment.

Background:

Automobile manufacturer Audi AG (“Audi”) had previously sued Shokan Coachworks Inc. (“Shokan”), a vehicle recycler and used-parts retailer specializing in Audi parts, for trademark infringement in 1990 over Shokan’s use of the AUDI mark and logo on its letterhead, business cards and advertisements. The parties settled that lawsuit, with Shokan agreeing to change its logo and refrain from using the AUDI mark except as an adjective to describe its repair services.  The settlement also specifically approved a Shokan ad that used the phrase “AUDI USED PARTS” and the phone number “1-800-ALL-AUDI.”

In 2003, Audi again sued Shokan for trademark and trade dress infringement, dilution, false designation of origin, false advertising, and cybersquatting. At issue were Shokan’s use of the phone number 1-800-ALL-AUDI; answering the Shokan business line “all Audi;” using the phrases “Audi Used Parts” or “Used Audi Parts” in ads; using the email address “allaudi.shokan@verizon.net;” (”email address”) using the phrase “Shokan Audi Parts” in the signature block of 38,000 emails sent by Shokan; the doman name “800allaudi.com;” and the phrases “Audi Parts Warehouse” amd “1-800-ALL-AUDI” inside Shokan’s business premises. Audi also alleged that Shokan used Audi’s ring logo on its website and on a sign inside the business premises.

The parties filed cross-motions for summary judgment, with each party winning some and losing some. The opinion on all cross-motions is Audi v. Shokan Coachworks, Inc., 2008 WL 4911730, No. 1:07-CV-00173 (N.D.N.Y. 2008).

The doctrine of laches protected Shokan on previously-decided claims

Shokan asserted a laches defense regarding its use of 1-800-ALL-AUDI and in using “Audi Used Parts” in advertisements, on the grounds that both were permitted in the parties’ previous settlement agreement and had been used by Shokan for 20 years.

The court agreed with Shokan, finding that Audi had failed to show that Shokan exceeded the scope of usage contemplated by the original settlement agreement. The court rejected Audi’s argument that its prosecution delay was excusable, as Shokan had been using the phone number and advertising for so long that the delay prejudiced Shokan. 2008 WL 4911730, *10-13.

Improper authentication prevented summary judgment on email address

The court granted summary judgment in favor of Shokan on the email address due to Audi’s failure to properly authenticate supporting documents. Audi submitted copies of Shokan’s website, which included the email address as contact information. However, Audi used the archive.org website to generate the submitted images supported by declaration of an Audi witness. Courts have held that printouts from archive.org can only be authenticated by a knowledgeable representative of that website. Audi’s failure to produce such a representative meant Audi failed to properly authenticate the printouts, which means the Court could not consider those printouts in support of Audi’s motion for summary judgment. 2008 WL 4911730, *24.

Likelihood of confusion and dilution created in email signature block

The court did grant summary judgment in favor of Audi on its infringement and dilution claims regarding Shokan’s use of the AUDI mark in its email signature block., “Shokan Audi Parts.” The court found that the signature block created a likelihood of consumer confusion based on the parties’ competitive proximity, the strength of the AUDI mark, and Shokan’s use of the identical mark. 2008 WL 4911730, *19.

The court also agreed with Audi’s dilution argument regarding the signature block. The Audi mark was famous based on the length of time it had been registered, the high cost of Audi’s advertising campaigns, and the amount and geographic reach of Audi’s sales. The case was filed before enactment of the Trademark Dilution Revision Act, which establishes a “likelihood of dilution” standard, so the court applied the previously applicable “actual dilution” standard. Even with this higher standard, Audi established actual dilution as a matter of law because of Shokan’s use of the identical mark in its signature block. 2008 WL 4911730, *20

No nominative fair use by Shokan

The court rejected Shokan’s nominative fair use defense. The court followed the lead of many other district courts in the 2nd Circuit in following the 9th Circuit test – rather than the 3rd Circuit test — for nominative fair use (though the 2nd Circuit Court itself had not yet adopted any test for nominative fair use). The 9th Circuit’s three-part test for nominative fair use determines whether 1) the product or service in question is not readily identifiable without use of the trademark; 2) only so much of the marks are used as is reasonably necessary to identify the product or service; and 3) the user does nothing that would suggest sponsorship or endorsement by the trademark holder. 2008 WL 4911730, * 14-16.

The court determined that Shokan’s email signature block and its other uses of the “Audi” mark could not qualify as nominative fair use because Shokan’s use could “imply sponsorship” by Audi, thus failing the third prong of the test. 2008 WL 4911730, *16.

Question of good faith in cybersquatting claim is a question of fact

As to the domain name “800allaudi.com,” there was as genuine issue of fact as to whether the prior settlement covered those claims. The prior settlement, allowing Shokan to use the vanity phone number, prevented the court from being able to find, as a matter of law, that Shokan’s use of the phone number as a domain name constituted bad faith under the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act. The court specifically noted that issues such as good faith are “singularly inappropriate for determination on summary judgment.” 2008 WL 4911730, *21.

Conclusion

Shokan should serve as a sobering reminder for practitioners that printouts of historical websites from the archive.org website are not admissible without a supporting declaration from an archive.org representative. The case is also indicative of a trend of federal courts to adopt the 9th Circuit test for nominative fair use, as opposed to the 3rd Circuit’s different nominative fair use test.

Finally, the scope of the parties’ previous settlement agreement had a significant impact on the outcome of these cross-motions. While Audi likely believed it was allowing narrow uses, Audi’s previous allowance of those uses raised questions of fact as to whether similar uses would also be allowed. Practitioners should learn from this case and take care to craft settlement agreements very narrowly to avoid a similar situation.

D. Dennis La
http://www.articlesbase.com/intellectual-property-articles/audi-v-shokan-coachworks-trademark-infringement-in-email-signature-754992.html

I’m asking this because I saw an Audi commercial like a week ago or so and it showed a new Audi car, and a narrator said "Diesel. No longer a bad word." And the message came up on the screen. Is it true?

Depends what country. They already have models over in Europe that run on diesel, but in America I don’t think that they have any. Most likely you’ll see the A4 offered in a diesel model (TDI is what they brand them as).

Hello I just bought an Audi A6 2004 and the service light just came on to let me know its due for an Oil change. I am going to do it myself if I can, once I have finished how do I reset the light so it comes on again at the right time frame?

2 different methods seem to be working

1) Switch ignition off.
2) Press and hold down reset button for trip odometer in instrument cluster.
3) Switch ignition on while button is pressed down. "Service OIL" appears in the display of the trip odometer.
4) Release button.
5) Pull setting knob for time in instrument cluster until "Service OIL" indication is reset.
"- – -" appears in display.
6) Press reset button for trip odometer again, to advance to next service event.
7) Release button. "Service INSP" appears in display.
Pull setting knob for time -1- until "Service INSP" indication is reset. "- – -" appears in display.
9) Switch ignition off.

1. Leave the key in the off position.
2. Hold down the right button the guage cluster.
3. While you are still holding the right button turn the key to the on position
4. Quickly (it will say something on the guage cluster) push and hold the left button on the guage while still holding down the button on the right.

And for the VAG-COM comment…I HIGHLY agree with investing in one…very practical and helpful