17 Aug 2020

Four Victories for the Audi RS 3 LMS

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="50613"] source: Audi Sport Audi Sport celebrates touring car victories in Canada and Europe Second place for Audi RS 3 LMS at the season oepener of TCR Scandinavia Two more podium results for the Audi R8 LMS After five consecutive calendar weeks during which the GT3 sports car Audi R8 LMS celebrated 17 victories worldwide, the Audi RS 3 LMS enjoyed a great third weekend in August. The entry-level touring car from Audi Sport customer racing c...
Mon, Aug 17 , 2020 Bill
16 Aug 2020

DTM Thriller: Rast and Müller Cross the Finish Line Side-By-Side

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="50570"] source: Audi Sport Sunday’s race at the Lausitzring ends with spectacular photo finish Audi drivers separated by only 0.089 seconds Champion René Rast is back DTM thriller at the Lausitzring: In a spectacular Sunday’s race, title defender René Rast from Audi Sport Team Rosberg and championship leader Nico Müller from Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline crossed the finish line side-by-side in their Audi RS 5 DTM cars. 0.089 seconds ...
Sun, Aug 16 , 2020 Bill
16 Aug 2020

Audi Driver Nico Müller Also Wins at the Lausitzring

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="50554"] source: Audi Sport Fourth victory in a row for the Swiss in DTM Pole position und third in the race for teammate Robin Frijns Ferdinand Habsburg impresses with sixth place in customer car Three races, three victories: Nico Müller is the man of the hour in the DTM. After his double victory at the season opener at Spa, the Swiss driver also won Saturday’s race at the Lausitzring for Audi. Teammate Robin Frijns completed Audi Sport T...
Sun, Aug 16 , 2020 Bill
14 Aug 2020

Strong End to the Season for Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler in Formula E

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="50537"] source: Audi Sport DTM champion René Rast just misses out on another podium Lucas di Grassi drives from tenth on the grid to sixth place Sam Bird in customer car finishes fifth after comeback drive Fourth place for René Rast, sixth for Lucas di Grassi: Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler finished the last Formula E race of the season with both cars in the top six. After his first podium on Wednesday, René Rast achieved the best qualif...
Fri, Aug 14 , 2020 Bill
14 Aug 2020

Find of the Day: 1983 Audi Ur-quattro

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="50529"] words: Bill, photos: Angie Lang This floated my way the other day but yesterday's 1986 Audi Sport quattro S1 E2 Tribute took priority as the next Find of the Day. That doesn't diminished though what this car is: a 1983 Audi Ur-quattro in Mars Red. These cars are getting harder to find and this one looks like it's in pretty good condition. Here's the ad: 1983 Audi UR Quattro Miles: 77,000 Color: Red/cream leather Second owner at 27K mi. C...
Fri, Aug 14 , 2020 Bill
13 Aug 2020

Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes (Nogaro) Blue: Chapter Three: The Avant Life

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="50496"] by: Tara and Nishant Pillai Editor’s Note: Welcome to a new monthly Audi Club North America series called Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes (Nogaro) Blue. Nishant Pillai is a 10-year Audi Club North America (Audi Club Florida) member. He and his wife, Tara, are buying a 25th Anniversary Nogaro Edition RS 6 Avant. This is his long and winding road to making his brown eyes Nogaro Blue. You can find Chapter One HERE and Chapter Two HERE....
Thu, Aug 13 , 2020 Bill
13 Aug 2020

Limited ABT RSQ8-R With Carbon Aero Package, Power Upgrade & More

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="50482"] source: ABT America In 2021 ABT Sportsline will celebrate its 125th birthday. To increase the anticipation of the anniversary even more, there is now exactly one ABT RSQ8-R available for each of these years. This strictly limited model is the ultimate expansion stage of a vehicle that has already set a Nordschleife record for SUVs. The ABT RSQ8-R firmly establishes its special status by displaying various exterior and interior upgrades. T...
Thu, Aug 13 , 2020 Bill
13 Aug 2020

Find of the Day: 1986 Audi Sport quattro S1 E2 Tribute

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="50457"] words: Bill, photos: Alex Zajac I was feeling ill the last couple of days and have been on and off social media (mostly off) so when I woke up this morning, I had several messages about this car. Oh baby...someone's feeling better already. What you see here is a 1986 Audi Sport quattro S1 E2 tribute. I've seen several for sale over in Europe; can't remember seeing one here. Here's the ad: Here we have amazing example of 1986 Audi S1 e2- T...
Thu, Aug 13 , 2020 Bill
12 Aug 2020

Audi TechFocus Newsletter #03: Audi quattro Sets Standards in the Age of Electric Mobility

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="50424"] source: Audi AG Fundamentally new quattro drive architecture for electric models Optimized drive torque distribution in longitudinal and transverse direction Benefits: variable, dynamic, precise and powerful with maximum efficiency For four decades, Audi has been setting the pace with permanent quattro all-wheel drive and thus initiated a paradigm shift in powertrain technology in the automotive world and in motorsport. The brand is now...
Wed, Aug 12 , 2020 Bill
12 Aug 2020

Video of the Day: Audi RS Q8 vs Audi R8 V10

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="50418"] words: Bill, photo: carwow Mat is up to it again and this time, it's an Audi Sport family feud. He puts the RS Q8 up against an Audi V10. It's not a V10 plus but it's had some work on it to put out the power of a plus. How will twin turbo go against naturally aspirated? I think you may know the answer but do you? Watch the video below and see. [embed]https://youtu.be/rucp4fyIKuU[/embed]
Wed, Aug 12 , 2020 Bill
11 Aug 2020

More Dynamic, More Power, More Driving Pleasure: The Audi S3 Sportback and the Audi S3 Sedan

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="50376"] source: Audi AG Powerful 2.0 TFSI engine with 228 kW (310 PS)2 of output and 400 Nm (295.0 lb-ft) of torque Seven-speed S tronic, S-specific sport suspension, and quattro all-wheel driveas standard Driver-focused cockpit, technology from the full-size class Limited-edition model in Python Yellow or Tango Red A good 20 years ago, Audi opened up the sporty premium compact market segment with the first S3. Now the brand is presenti...
Tue, Aug 11 , 2020 Bill
10 Aug 2020

Audi R8 LMS Continues Winning Streak in Top European Racing

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="50345"] source: Audi Sport Six trophies for Audi R8 LMS in GT World Challenge Sprint Cup Tim Reiter dominates the season opener of the Audi Sport Seyffarth R8 LMS Cup Podium finishes for Audi RS 3 LMS After Audi Sport’s customers had already celebrated four major victories in Europe’s most important GT3 racing series in Germany, Italy and at European level over the past few weeks, two further significant victories in the GT World Challen...
Mon, Aug 10 , 2020 Bill
10 Aug 2020

Nine Victories in a Row: Audi RS 5 DTM on Record Run

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="50312"] source: Audi Sport Audi unbeaten in the DTM for a year Lausitzring next venue with four races on two weekends Jamie Green most successful DTM driver at the Lausitzring with three wins Since August 11, 2019, Audi has been unbeaten in the DTM. After the impressive performance of the Audi RS 5 DTM at the season opener at Spa, the touring car racing series continues with four races at the Lausitzring, where Audi has already won nine time...
Mon, Aug 10 , 2020 Bill
10 Aug 2020

Half-Time in Berlin: Audi Driver di Grassi Third in the Championship

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="50298"] source: Audi Sport Lucas di Grassi also scores points in third race of Formula E finale Robin Frijns misses victory in photo finish by only 0.128 seconds Third consecutive podium for the Audi e-tron FE06 Half-time at the marathon season finale of Formula E in Berlin. After three of the six races in the German capital, Lucas di Grassi from the Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler team is third with 61 points in the drivers’ champions...
Mon, Aug 10 , 2020 Bill
7 Aug 2020

Hardware Meets Software: From Classic Mechanical Systems to a Fully Interlinked High-End Control Unit

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="50281"] source: Audi AG Electronic Chassis Platform interlinks mechanical chassis components Brake energy recuperation turns efficiency into a new chassis dimension Future fusion of chassis and powertrain control in an integrated vehicle dynamics computer New high-end control unit clearly more powerful and about ten times as fast as current systems Exactly 40 years ago, Audi revolutionized the automotive world. With its permanent quattro all...
Fri, Aug 07 , 2020 Bill
7 Aug 2020

Lucas di Grassi Takes Podium for Audi in Berlin

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="50224"] source: Audi Sport Brazilian goes from sixth on the grid to third on Thursday evening René Rast makes up ten positions after starting from pit lane Three Audi e-tron FE06 cars among the top six Second race of Formula E in Berlin, first podium for Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler. From sixth on the grid, Lucas di Grassi moved up to third place on Thursday evening. With 13th place, René Rast only narrowly missed out on points desp...
Fri, Aug 07 , 2020 Bill
5 Aug 2020

The 2020 SEMA Show is now a No-Go

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="45906"] words: Bill Back in June, the SEMA Show declared that they were still going to go on with the show. Today? Word came out that they will not be going on with the show. Here's the release: Statement from SEMA about the 2020 SEMA Show: Due to Covid-19 and concerns that event facilities and services will be unavailable, the SEMA Show will not be taking place in 2020. While both event organizers and industry members have been wor...
Wed, Aug 05 , 2020 Bill
5 Aug 2020

Find of the Day: 2017 ESS Tuning Supercharged Audi R8 V10 plus Prior Design Widebody

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="50185"] words: Bill, photos: Prior Design NA, found: Armen...from Kansas City Wow. That's all I have to say. Someone took a 2017 Audi R8 V10 plus and figured it wasn't enough so they dropped over $80k in parts and labor...and created this beauty here. Normally, I'm just content with a 'regular' V10 plus but then I've been told I'm not normal. Here's the ad: 2017 Audi R8 V10 Plus.  Over $80k of parts and labor spent on this build. Currently 3150 ...
Wed, Aug 05 , 2020 Bill
5 Aug 2020

The Enigma: The Ultimate RS Models – The Automotive Version of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="50169"] by: James McRory for Audi Australia, photos: Mark Bramley Thundering twin-turbo soundtrack, extraordinary balance and handling – and you can take the whole family along for the ride – the RS 6 Avant and RS 7 Sportback just keep getting better. They’re big and incredibly luxurious. They each sport absolute state-of-the-art automotive technology and they each deliver supercar performance and handling. In many ways both the&n...
Wed, Aug 05 , 2020 Bill
4 Aug 2020

Choice Gear: RS Grill Masks

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="50146"] words: Bill, photo: Audi Club North America These days, wearing masks is the norm so why not wear a grill on your grill? Audi Club's TeePublic store has some new designs including these: the RS 5 grill, R8 grill, and RS 6 Avant grill. As usual with TeePublic, you can get this design on a t-shirt, phone cover, mug, etc. When TeePublic offered masks several months ago, they were pleated. These new masks are not. They measure 7" wide and 4...
Tue, Aug 04 , 2020 Bill