16 Jan 2024

Choice Gear: Hot Wheels Elite 64 Series 2021 Audi RS 7 Sportback

[gallery columns="1" link="file" size="full" ids="95809"] If you’re a Hot Wheels nerd like us, you probably can already point out that all RS 6 Hot Wheels thus far haven’t been current generation. So, while it’s not an Avant, it’s noteworthy for collectors that Hot Wheels is readying a C8 in the form of a 2021 RS 7 as part of their Elite 64 series. [gallery columns="1" link="file" size="full" ids="95804"] That’s apparently a premium part of the Hot Wheels range, because when y...
15 Jan 2024

1–2 Lead for Audi at the Halfway Point of the 2024 Dakar Rally

[gallery columns="1" size="full" ids="95788"] Carlos Sainz/Lucas Cruz lead ahead of Mattias Ekström/Emil Bergkvist Excitement, variety and a balanced field characterize the rally Terrain, distances and navigation place the highest demands [source: Audi Sport] At the halfway point of the Dakar Rally, Team Audi Sport can look back on its best performance to date: In its third participation in the desert classic, Audi with the Spaniards Carlos Sainz/Lucas Cruz ahead of the Swedes Matt...
12 Jan 2024

Putting the New PPE-Based Porsche Macan through its Paces in Name of Performance and Efficiency

[gallery link="file" columns="1" size="full" ids="95649"] All-electric SUV heads onto the home straight Testing under extreme conditions More than three and a half million test kilometres to date Validation of characteristic Porsche E-Performance Balance between design DNA and optimised aerodynamics [source: Porsche AG] Porsche is putting the prototype of the all-electric Macan through an exacting and gruelling test programme to prepare the follow-up to the successful SUV for its upc...
12 Jan 2024

2024 Welcomes First North American Built ABT RS 7 Legacy Edition

[gallery columns="1" link="file" size="full" ids="95634"] [source: ABT Sportsline North America] The RS 7 is undoubtedly one of Audi’s most extravagant vehicles. The comparatively small production number has made it predestined for individualists and fans of a particularly sporty appearance. The RS7 Legacy Edition, limited to 200 units worldwide, is even more powerful and characteristic. The very first ABT RS7-LE in North America was just finished by ABT partner Masterpiece Auto in Mi...
12 Jan 2024

Audi Tradition to Celebrate Multiple Anniversaries in 2024

[gallery columns="1" link="file" size="full" ids="95615"] As a service for the media and fans, the “Anniversary Dates 2024” booklet details over 30 anniversaries across Audi’s history It highlights various aspects of Audi’s history, including products, the company, and motorsports [source: Audi AG] The most notable anniversaries at a glance: In the “Anniversary Dates 2024” digital booklet Audi Tradition details this year’s anniversary highlights and summarizes over 3...
12 Jan 2024

Spotlight: 1974 Audi Coupe Speciale Mittelmotor Concept by Frua

[gallery columns="1" size="full" link="file" ids="95605"] There’s no question the 60s and 70s was a golden era of iconic sportscar design, particularly with coupes and roadsters that came out of European marques at the time. Long before Audi ever considered an R8, there were the legends from Ferrari and Lamborghini, not to mention countless others from marques like Jaguar, Maserati and even Mercedes-Benz. Unfortunately, Audi hadn’t yet made its pre-war return during most of this time. By ...
11 Jan 2024

Find of the Day: Merlin Purple SQ5 at Audi North Miami

[gallery link="file" columns="1" size="full" ids="95598"] In the B9 era, SQ5s with custom Audi exclusive paint aren’t especially common. So, when we find one for sale, it’s usually worth a mention. In this case, a Merlin Purple example has popped up in used inventory at Audi North Miami. [gallery columns="1" size="full" ids="95601"] As Audi prepared for B9 production, all world production of Q5 and SQ5 derivatives moved to their then new San Jose Chiapa plant in Mexico. Audi exclusi...
11 Jan 2024

Freeman Thomas & the Origin of the First Audi TT

[gallery link="file" columns="1" size="full" ids="95593"] By: George Achorn, photos: Audi AG Editor’s Note: This article originally ran in the Q4_2023 issue of quattro Magazine. It was accompanied by a podcast with Freeman Thomas that can be found HERE. The pitch meeting with Porsche had bombed. Freeman Thomas knew his former employer wasn’t fully on board with the idea, but Franz Josef Paefgen confirmed it. This time, Audi’s head of Technical Development traveled to Stuttgart t...
11 Jan 2024

Audi Delivered Around 1.9 Million Vehicles in 2023 and Is Starting a Challenging Year From a Position of Strength

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="95566"] source: Audi AG Good sales performance in Europe, the USA, and China Around 178,000 fully electric vehicles delivered Audi CEO Gernot Döllner: “Robust starting position for a challenging year in 2024” Audi delivered around 1.9 million cars in 2023. Deliveries of more than 178,000 fully electric vehicles resulted in an increase of 51 percent compared to 2022. The high demand serves as a robust foundation for a challenging year o...
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11 Jan 2024

Audi Club Auction Watch: 01.11.2024

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="95540"] Words: Steve Johnson Happy but cold New Year fellow Audi enthusiasts!  Do you find yourself searching through the internet’s multiple car auction sites looking for a specific model?  While it can be fun, it does consume valuable time you could spend planning all your Audi Club adventures for the coming year.  So let us do some of the work for you.  Auction Watch monitors online auction sites for Audi models worthy of your bids...
10 Jan 2024

Carrie Schreiner Joins Sauber F1 Academy Entry as Driver

[gallery columns="1" link="file" size="full" ids="95534"] The young German is the latest inductee in the Sauber Academy. [source: Sauber Group] Hinwil, Switzerland – There is a new addition to our roster of young, talented drivers, as Carrie Schreiner is announced as the team’s contender in the 2024 F1 Academy series. The 25-year-old German driver will be representing the team in the second season of the all-female series, racing one of the Campos Racing entries in our team’s colo...
10 Jan 2024

Audi Club ICE or EV Sweepstakes Winner & Promo Winners Announcement Plan

[gallery columns="1" link="file" size="full" ids="85600"] It’s the time participants in Audi Club’s ICE or EV Sweepstakes are waiting for. With the sweepstakes having ended on New Year’s Eve, it’s now time to give away the grand prize. We’ll also be naming the winners of several of our end-of-run promotions. Audi Club is planning a live choosing of the grand prize winner and will name the other promotion winners in a broadcast to Facebook at 12:00 PM Eastern Standard Time on Thur...
10 Jan 2024

Find of the Day: Illuminated Audi Dealer Sign on Bring a Trailer

[gallery columns="1" size="full" link="file" ids="95528"] No doubt a sought-after piece for the garage of any Audi enthusiast is a vintage Audi dealer sign. Dealer collateral such as this tends to be worn and possibly damaged over time, but in this case it appears to be practically brand new. Even better, it retains the original box framing and lighting. Near as we can tell, this is very early U.S. market signage, from the Porsche + Audi launch phase in the 1970s, but without any of the Po...
10 Jan 2024

Event Report: L’OE Show 2023

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="95483"] by: George Achorn Editor’s Note: This article originally ran in the Q4_2023 issue of quattro Magazine. If you would like to subscribe to quattro Magazine, please join Audi Club here. By their nature, parades are random things, typically special interest representing the local community. It seems fitting then that the L’OE Show began its day with a parade. No really, it was an actual parade, led by the local marchin...
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10 Jan 2024

Alanton Performance Carbon Fiber for Q8 Range

[gallery link="file" columns="1" size="full" ids="95512"] We’ve just come aware of another line of goods for upgrading some Audi models, and interestingly it’s from a part of the world we hadn’t expected. You see, Alanton Performance is from Kyiv, Ukraine. While most news of the area is dominated lately by war, it’s refreshing to see Ukrainians are still managing to carry on despite that, and this range of carbon fiber trim for interior and exterior is exemplary of that. [gallery c...