26 Jun 2018

Rallycross: EKS Audi Sport Before “Magic Weekend”

[source: Audi Sport] Season highlight with 40,000 fans in the forests of central Sweden Level pegging: Audi drivers Ekström and Bakkerud both with two victories so far in Höljes Season highlight in the FIA World Rallycross Championship (World RX): the event in Swedish Höljes is held from June 29 to July 1. It is regarded as the craziest world championship round of the year and is simultaneously the home race for EKS Audi Sport and Mattias Ekström. ...
Tue, Jun 26 , 2018 Bill
25 Jun 2018

Audi customer teams dominate in Misano

[source: Audi Sport] Two wins in third round of the Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup Trophies for customers in GT3, GT4 and TCR Rahel Frey attends product experience day in Neckarsulm In the popular European sprint race series, the Belgian Audi Club Team WRT continued its winning streak, while other customers in America, Germany, Italy and Portugal also collected trophies. Audi R8 LMS GT3 Victory in Italy: The Belgian Audi Club Team WRT celebrated its...
Mon, Jun 25 , 2018 Bill
25 Jun 2018

Audi Supports Air-Taxi Project in Ingolstadt

[source: Audi AG] Air-taxi test operation by partners from the fields of politics and industry in the Ingolstadt region Audi CEO Bram Schot: “Vertical mobility saves time for customers and improves air quality” Audi is shaping mobility in the third dimension. A letter of intent was signed on this subject with partners from the fields of politics and industry in the Federal Chancellery in Berlin on Wednesday afternoon. Bram Schot, interim CEO and Member of the Board o...
Mon, Jun 25 , 2018 Bill
24 Jun 2018

Jean-Karl Vernay Best Audi Driver in FIA WTCR

[source: Audi Sport]  Jean-Karl Vernay remains most consistent points scorer in FIA WTCR Frédéric Vervisch best Audi driver in third race First pole position for Gordon Shedden Vila Real - At the halfway point of the WTCR – FIA World Touring Car Cup season, Jean-Karl Vernay has established a good position as the best driver of an Audi RS 3 LMS. The Frenchman from the Audi Sport Leopard Lukoil Team is fifth in the championship after the fifth race weekend in Vila Real. ...
Sun, Jun 24 , 2018 Bill
24 Jun 2018

DTM Norisring: Müller and Frijns score for Audi

[source: Audi Sport] Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline scores points with both cars on Sunday Jamie Green sets fastest race lap, René Rast has problems during his pit stop With two Audi RS 5 DTM in the points, Audi recorded a stronger result in Sunday’s DTM race at the Norisring than the day before. Nico Müller and Robin Frijns clinched seventh and eighth respectively for Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline. Defending DTM Champion René Rast suffered a bout of bad luck. ...
Sun, Jun 24 , 2018 Bill
24 Jun 2018

All-Time Record: Volkswagen Makes History With The I.D. R Pikes Peak

[source: Volkswagen Motorsport] 7m 57.148s minutes – Volkswagen’s electric racing car sets a new overall record Romain Dumas betters Sébastien Loeb’s record by 16 seconds I.D. R Pikes Peak: the sporty forerunner of the new, fully-electric I.D. family Wolfsburg - Volkswagen and the I.D. R Pikes Peak have made history at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. Driving the 500-kW (680 PS) I.D. R Pikes Peak, Romain Dumas (F) defeated a field including cars with conventional...
Sun, Jun 24 , 2018 Bill
23 Jun 2018

Road & Track: How One Iconic Rally Photo Helped Audi’s Quattro All-Wheel Drive Take Flight

[source: Road & Track] Rally driver Hannu Mikkola and navigator Arne Hertz couldn’t have known as they crested a hill that they were about to be frozen forever in an iconic and crucial moment. This image of the Audi Quattro World Rally Championship race car would sear itself into the consciousness of an entire generation... This is the story of a photo that existed on the wall of my childhood bedroom and I never knew or even thought about the origin of it. Now I know. Read the...
Sat, Jun 23 , 2018 Bill
23 Jun 2018

DTM Norisring: Audi Pointless on Saturday

[source: Audi Sport] Jamie Green best Audi driver in eleventh place in Saturday’s race Puncture costs Nico Müller possible points Fantastic backdrop, thrilling battles at the front, but a disappointing result for the many Audi fans at trackside: in the first of two DTM races at the Norisring, Jamie Green in eleventh place was the best placed driver of an Audi RS 5 DTM on Saturday. The sobering result for defending champion Audi was already evident d...
Sat, Jun 23 , 2018 Bill
22 Jun 2018

Facelift Audi R8 Spied Again, Rumored with 2.9-Biturbo from RS 5

AutoCar has published more photos of the upcoming Audi R8 facelift. What you see above is just one shot of nearly every angle of this red specimen spy photographers encountered testing in Europe. Beyond that, another very interesting detail is the reported on-again rumor of a V6 biturbo variant. A forced induction V6 of some sort has been a rumor that's surrounded the current R8 (Mk2) from the very beginning. Audi never bothered investing in the previous car's high-rev 4.2-liter V8 becau...
21 Jun 2018

Audi and Hyundai Intend Cooperation on the Development of Fuel Cell Technology

[source: Audi AG] Patent cross-licensing for accelerated development to volume production Audi Board Member for Technical Development Peter Mertens: “Want to achieve attractive cost structures for the breakthrough of the most systematic form of electric driving” Audi full-size SUV with fuel cell technology as first small series at the beginning of the next decade Ingolstadt/Seoul - AUDI AG and Hyundai Motor Group are driving the development of fuel cell technology....
Thu, Jun 21 , 2018 Bill
21 Jun 2018

DTM In The City: Putting The Audi RS 5 DTM Through Its Paces

Stress on brakes at Norisring even greater than in previous years Additional water cooling to be used for brake calipers Season highlight and Audi home race at “Dutzendteich” lake The season’s highlight in the DTM: This weekend (June 23/24) the Norisring in Nuremberg, the only city street circuit in the popular touring car racing series, is coming up. The challenge posed to the drivers and the Audi RS 5 DTM is even greater this time than in previous years. ...
Thu, Jun 21 , 2018 Bill
21 Jun 2018

Power Like A Jetpack – The New ABT Audi RS3 Sedan With 500 HP

[source: ABT Sportsline] The normal version of the Audi RS3 sedan offers a boot capacity of 315 liters and 400 HP (294 kW) – both can be increased significantly: the luggage compartment by folding down the rear seats, the horsepower by paying a visit to ABT Sportsline. At the maximum "escalation stage" ABT Power R, a whopping 500 HP (368 kW) and 570 Nm are ready to launch. With this power, the sporty notchback can reach up to 186 mph and rockets from 0 to 62 mph in 3.7 seconds. ...
Thu, Jun 21 , 2018 Bill
20 Jun 2018

Volkswagen I.D. R Pikes Peak Sets Fastest Time In Qualifying

PIKES PEAK INTERNATIONAL HILL CLIMB Driver Romain Dumas clocks time of the day at Pikes Peak Volkswagen preparing meticulously for Sunday’s race Sven Smeets: “Compliments to the team, but that was only qualifying.” Wolfsburg - Romain Dumas and the Volkswagen I.D. R Pikes Peak made a clear statement of intent in qualifying ahead of the 2018 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in the US state of Colorado. The Frenchman, at the wheel of Volkswagen’s first fully-electric ra...
Wed, Jun 20 , 2018 Bill
20 Jun 2018

New Audi A1 Sportback – Ideal Companion For An Urban Lifestyle + Photo Gallery

[source: Audi AG] Eye-catching, masculine design with taut lines Infotainment concepts from the Audi full-size class New driver assistance systems for more safety and comfort In 2010, a brand-new Audi model line made its debut in the shape of the A1. And now the second generation of the successful compact car is rolling to the starting line. Its dynamic design characterizes the new Audi A1 Sportback. It is the ideal companion in the urban environment and is also very well s...
Wed, Jun 20 , 2018 Bill
19 Jun 2018

Abraham Schot Takes Over As Interim Chairman of the Board of Management of Audi With Immediate Effect

[source: Audi AG] The Supervisory Board of AUDI AG has decided to transfer the duties of the Board of Management Chairman to Abraham Schot on a temporary basis with immediate effect. As previously reported, Audi CEO Rupert Stadler was taken into custody at the request of the Munich II Public Prosecutor’s Office on June 18. Stadler has requested that the Supervisory Board release him from his position in the Board of Management of AUDI AG and in the Board of Manage...
Tue, Jun 19 , 2018 Bill
19 Jun 2018

Autotijd.be- The New A1 Plus Video Review By Autogefühl

[source: autotijd.be, video: Autogefühl] The new A1 has been teased by Audi for several weeks and has been presented to a small group of journalists. We now have photos thanks to Belgian website, Autotijd.be. Check out the photos HERE. We used Google Translate to..well...translate from Dutch to English. And while the general automotive press hasn't reviewed the new A1, Autogefühl has already driven it and put it on their YouTube channel. Enjoy! [embed]https://youtu.be/YD5c...
Tue, Jun 19 , 2018 Bill
18 Jun 2018

Lotterer’s Daily: 1984 Sport quattro (via Petrolicious)

We doubt the André Lotterer needs an introduction amongst our readers. As one of Audi's top factory drivers during the Le Mans years and one of the trio of drivers who's win was immortalized in the Truth in 24 II documentary, he'd already made quite a name for himself. Lotterer took it to Toyota in Le Mans last weekend at the wheel of a Rebellion LMP1, and he also remains a force in Formula E this season too... though none of that is for Audi any longer. Even still, André is the real dea...
Mon, Jun 18 , 2018 Bill
18 Jun 2018

Audi Sport Customers Celebrate Worldwide Victories

[source: Audi Sport] Audi factory driver Jamie Green successful together with Bar Baruch in Italy Trophies in Europe, Asia and Australia First victory of the Audi RS 3 LMS in the STCC In China, Italy, Poland, Portugal and Sweden, the cars from Audi Sport customer racing proved their international class by scoring victories. Audi R8 LMS GT3 From tenth place to second place: Bar Baruch with guest entrant Jamie Green has achieved his most successful we...
Mon, Jun 18 , 2018 Bill
18 Jun 2018

Audi exclusive Ipanema Brown A5 Sportback

There's a reason Ipanema Brown has been a subtle player in the Audi exclusive business for years. It's not a color that screams look at me like a Lime Green or even a Nogaro Blue. While understated in its medium brown tone, it is like nothing else out there. In as much, it's an excellent choice for a customer seeking something unique, but without needing to scream it. What you see here is a European market Audi A5 Sportback. The Sportback variant of the Audi A5 lineup is quickly becoming ...
18 Jun 2018

Lotterer’s Daily: 1984 Sport quattro (via Petrolicious)

We doubt the André Lotterer needs an introduction amongst our readers. As one of Audi's top factory drivers during the Le Mans years and one of the trio of drivers who's win was immortalized in the Truth in 24 II documentary, he'd already made quite a name for himself. Lotterer took it to Toyota in Le Mans last weekend at the wheel of a Rebellion LMP1, and he also remains a force in Formula E this season too... though none of that is for Audi any longer. Even still, André is the real dea...