30 Nov 2023

Audi RS Q e-tron for 2024: Innovative Prototype With Many New Details

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="93690"] source: Audi AG Audi improves the RS Q e-tron once again: Ahead of its third outing in the Dakar Rally, the rally prototype with its pioneering electric drivetrain with a high-voltage battery and an energy converter receives innovations in many areas. The Audi driver crews of Mattias Ekström/Emil Bergkvist, Stéphane Peterhansel/Edouard Boulanger and Carlos Sainz/Lucas Cruz benefits from numerous detail improvements in Janu...
Thu, Nov 30 , 2023 Bill
30 Nov 2023

2024 Audi RS Q8 – Exterior, Interior, and Performance by ABT Sportsline

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="93705"] source: ABT Sportsline As the top-of-the-line SUV from Audi, the 2024 model year RS Q8 gets the best treatment from ABT Sportsline The ABT RSQ8-S package impresses with aerodynamic parts made of visible carbon fiber that highlights the sporty character of the SUV The exterior upgrades come with a front lip with red RSQ8-S lettering, front and rear side skirt add-ons and a two-part roof spoiler. Behind the quartet of 4-inch (102 mm) end ...
Thu, Nov 30 , 2023 Bill
30 Nov 2023

Audi Club Auction Watch: 11.30.2023

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="93647"] Words: Steve Johnson Greetings 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.  So let us do some of the work for you.  Auction Watch monitors online auction sites for Audi models worthy of your bids.  Each Thursday we post those listings calling out a car’s highlights, and include a ...
29 Nov 2023

Quadruple Victory for NSU Type 6/60 PS Racing Car at the German Grand Prix on the AVUS Circuit

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="93642"] source: Audi AG Each month during the year of NSU’s 150th anniversary, Audi Tradition presents a different NSU model, including brand classics on both two and four-wheels, prototypes, and one-of-a-kind models. If you want to delve deeper into the complex product history of the traditional NSU brand, we recommend the Audi Tradition Edition book “NSU-Automobile. Typen – Technik – Modelle”, written by Klaus Arth and published by De...
Wed, Nov 29 , 2023 Bill
29 Nov 2023

Francesco Bagnaia and Ducati 2023 MotoGP World Champions

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="93629"] source: Audi AG For the second consecutive year the Ducati Lenovo Team rider confirms himself as World Champion thanks to a win in the Valencia GP History repeats itself: Francesco Bagnaia is the 2023 MotoGP World Champion. Thanks to a win in the Valencia GP season finale, held this afternoon at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Cheste, the Ducati Lenovo Team rider secured his second world title in the premier class. Having made his...
Wed, Nov 29 , 2023 Bill
28 Nov 2023

Lamborghini Unveils the Huracán STO SC 10° Anniversario at the Lamborghini World Finals 2023 in Vallelunga

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="93185"] source: Automobili Lamborghini An exemplary Lamborghini Ad Personam Opera Unica celebrating 10 years of Squadra Corse with an SC63-inspired livery and an original performance kit At the World Finals 2023, Lamborghini is unveiling the Huracán STO SC 10° Anniversario, an exemplary Lamborghini Ad Personam Opera Unica celebrating a decade of Squadra Corse and the bond between the road range and world of Lamborghini motorsport with an orig...
Tue, Nov 28 , 2023 Bill
28 Nov 2023

Support Audi Club on Giving Tuesday

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="92509"] Today is Giving Tuesday! This is a global day of giving which takes place on the first Tuesday in December – and Audi Club North America is participating. We’re humbly asking for your support.  As a 501(c)3 non-profit organization with 32 affiliate chapters across North America, Audi Club North America’s purpose is to enhance the Audi ownership experience through educational activities and events focusing on driver safet...
Tue, Nov 28 , 2023 Bill
28 Nov 2023

Feature Car: Audi RS 6+ by ABT Sportsline

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="93197"] by: George Achorn Editor’s Note: This article originally ran in the Q1_2023 issue of quattro Magazine. If you would like to subscribe to quattro Magazine, please join Audi Club here. It may seem counterintuitive to go all the way to Germany to take a closer look at a U.S.-specific Audi RS 6 special edition from ABT Sportsline, but that’s precisely what we found ourselves doing in the peak of autumn. While in German...
Tue, Nov 28 , 2023 Bill
27 Nov 2023

Eighth Australian GT Title for Audi

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="93588"] source: Audi AG   Liam Talbot wins in the Audi R8 LMS at the finale in Adelaide Class title for the Audi R8 LMS GT4 in Portugal First win of the season for the Audi RS 3 LMS in TCR Japan After winning the Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS Sprint Cup by Mattia Drudi/Ricardo Feller, an Audi driver, Liam Talbot, has now also prevailed in the Australian counterpart of this international series. Successes fo...
Mon, Nov 27 , 2023 Bill
27 Nov 2023

Final Test Run for the Audi RS Q e-tronRS Q e-tron

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="93563"] source: Audi AG Test run in southern France concludes Dakar preparations All three driver crews took part Further extension of the endurance of components was the focus The last big test before the 2024 Dakar Rally: Team Audi Sport has put the Audi RS Q e-tron through its final test in the south of France. The three Audi driver crews of Mattias Ekström/Emil Bergkvist, Stéphane Peterhansel/Edouard Boulanger and Carlos Sainz/Lu...
Mon, Nov 27 , 2023 Bill
27 Nov 2023

Lia Block Meets Michèle Mouton in San Remo, Drives S1 e-tron Hoonitron

[gallery columns="1" link="file" size="full" ids="93597"] It’s been amazing to watch Lia Block’s trajectory in 2023. Of course nothing can make up for the passing of her father Ken Block in the earliest days of the year. However, Lia was already on her way to a promising racing career in her own right. As 2023 comes to a close, she’s accomplished so many things, from capturing the two-wheel championship in the American Rally Association, to landing a seat in the electric Extreme E rally se...
27 Nov 2023

Chance to Win a 1:18 scale Audi RS e-tron GT with Paid Entry to Audi Club’s ICE or EV Sweepstakes Plus Extras

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="93553"] For one week only, from November 27 through December 3, any paid entry to Audi Club North America’s 2023 ICE or EV sweepstakes will automatically enter you in a drawing to win this 1:18 scale Audi RS e-tron GT by NOREV. Winner will be chosen by electronic random drawing from all entries received during the entry period and will be notified by email for prize selection. Also, when you grab the Audi S1 Hoonitron decal for $35, your entri...
Mon, Nov 27 , 2023 Bill
24 Nov 2023

Updated e-tron GT Spied Testing

[gallery link="file" columns="1" size="full" ids="93528"] It appears that a test mule of the e-tron GT was spied cruising around in Ingolstadt traffic this week. The GT’s J1-chassis mate Porsche Taycan has already been seen testing a facelifted version, so it was probably only a matter of time before the GT followed suit. As you can see, the car’s got cladding in all the typical “soft” areas. While stampings for body panels tend not to change in mid-lifecycle updates, components such a...
23 Nov 2023

ABT XGT Configurator Reveals Heritage Edition and Other Key Details

[gallery columns="1" link="file" size="full" ids="93511"] Alongside ABT Sportsline's surprise Thanksgiving morning reveal of its XGT, effectively a limited edition R8 LMS GT2 for the road, ABT launched a dedicated microsite for the car that's full of further details and photos. Within that is a full configurator showing the "standard" colors and equipment for the car. [gallery columns="1" size="full" link="file" ids="93506"] Some of the details confirmed include a great-looking Heritage Editi...
23 Nov 2023

Spy Photo: Audi A5 Avant

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="93491"] We have some new photos showing the all new Audi A5 Avant. You likely also already know that next-generation internal combustion offerings will go for odd numbers (A3, A5, A7, etc.) while all-electric e-tron EV versions will go for even numbers (A2, A4, A6, etc.). These new photos are the most revealing up to date due to the lack of camouflage. There is some smaller amount of tape around the front lights, the logo in the grille up, and at...
Thu, Nov 23 , 2023 Bill
23 Nov 2023

The ABT XGT: The Road-Legal Racing Car, “The Quintessence of Our Heritage”

[gallery size="full" columns="1" link="file" ids="93469"] [Source: ABT Sportsline] Super sports cars are an exciting and highly emotional world of their own. Only racing cars can give you even more goose bumps. With the XGT, ABT Sportsline combines the two worlds into a total work of art: born as a thoroughbred GT2 vehicle, the DTM racing team and vehicle tuner created the most exclusive vehicle that has ever left the ABT factory in Kempten in a two-year, extremely complex development process. W...
23 Nov 2023

Tight Spaces: Stéphane Peterhansel Swaps his Audi RS Q e-tron Dakar Monster for the Audi R18 e-tron quattro

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="93049"] source: Audi Australia In the latest instalment of ‘e-tron on track’ 14-time Dakar winner, Stéphane Peterhansel, gets a chance to drive the Audi race car that launched the e-tron name in world motorsport. A hybrid-electric drive, similar in principle to the drive used in his Audi RS Q e-tron Dakar racer, the Audi R18 e-tron quattro wrote its own chapter in top-level international motorsport winning at Le Mans on debut in 2012 and the...
Thu, Nov 23 , 2023 Bill
23 Nov 2023

Audi Club Auction Watch: 11.23.2023

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="93436"] Words: Steve Johnson Happy Thanksgiving Audi enthusiasts!  We hope you’re all set with your holiday meal, after which you can enjoy the rest of the day because none of the auction listings below end today.  We saved you the time by already searching the internet’s multiple car auction sites for Audi models worth bidding on.  Auction Watch monitors online auction sites for Audi models of all types in the hopes you’re looking...
22 Nov 2023

Unitronic Performance Software for SQ7 and SQ8 (4M) 4.0TFSI EA825

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="93431"] source: Unitronic Unitronic® Stage 1, Stage 1+ and Stage 2 ECU Performance Software is now available for the Audi® SQ7® and SQ8® (4M) equipped with the 4.0TFSI EA825 (DWR/DCU) engine.* With testing and validations completed, power outputs are increased by up to +262HP / +168LB-FT with Unitronic Stage 2 (93octane/98ron) Performance Software for a maximum of 765HPHP / 764LB-FT.** In order to support this huge increase in ...
Wed, Nov 22 , 2023 Bill
22 Nov 2023

Find of the Day: An Uplifting 2013 Audi Q5

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="93400"] photos: Aaron Klimchuck A Q5 is just a Q5 unless it's a Q5 that Aaron got his hands on. We featured Aaron's cars before as previous Finds such as his 1939 DKW F8 Meisterklasse Cabriolet and his 1972 Audi 100 LS plus 1976 1.8T swapped Audi Fox (& rolling shell) plus 520hp 2015 A3 prestige so you know this Audi Q5 is some serious business. Here's the ad: [gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="93401"] 2013 Audi Q5 3.0 super...
Wed, Nov 22 , 2023 Bill