12 Jan 2023

Audi Club Auction Watch: 01.12.2023

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="81763"] Words: Steve Johnson Fellow Audi fans: make a New Year’s resolution to stop spending countless hours searching the internet for your favorite car(s) and simply check out this post every week.  Auction Watch is monitoring numerous auction sites for Audi models worthy of bidding on, then posting a short description with key data points and a few pictures to, hopefully, help you find the car you’re looking for in time to bid. I...
11 Jan 2023

New Car, New Season and Renewed Championship Desire Powers Unitronic JDC into 2023

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="81735"] source: Unitronic Cutting their 2022 campaign short after finishing on the top step of the podium at Lime Rock Park wasn’t the season ending the Unitronic JDC-Miller MotorSports pairing of Mikey Taylor and Chris Miller had in mind, but it allowed the team to regroup and shift their focus on the 2023 season with the new generation RS 3 LMS TCR! The 2021 and 2022 seasons featured several frustrating race-ending mechanical failures for the...
Wed, Jan 11 , 2023 Bill
11 Jan 2023

Find of the Day: 1939 DKW F8 Meisterklasse Cabriolet

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="81725"] words: Bill, photos: Aaron Klimchuck via Bring A Trailer Ok...this 1939 DKW is in MUCH better condition than our last 1939 Find of the Day. I've actually seen this one run and drive and it's in phenomenal condition. Here's the ad: [gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="81722"] This 1939 DKW F8 Meisterklasse cabriolet was refurbished in Zwickau, Germany, before it was imported to the US under previous ownership. It was purchased...
Wed, Jan 11 , 2023 Bill
10 Jan 2023

Audi Delivers Over 100,000 Electric Models in 2022 – Despite Challenging Environment

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="81619"] source: Audi AG Over 44 percent more fully electric cars handed over than in 2021 Total volume of 1.61 million vehicles just below the previous year’s figure Hildegard Wortmann, Member of the Board of Management for Sales and Marketing: “Focusing on electric mobility is the right strategy; positive outlook, thanks to an attractive portfolio and large number of orders” In 2022, Audi was once again able to significantly increase ...
Tue, Jan 10 , 2023 Bill
9 Jan 2023

The Winner of the Audi Club RS 3 Sweepstakes is…

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="74010"] This afternoon, we picked the winner of the Audi Club RS 3 Sweepstakes and it was...Chris Hamburger from Texas! He is a member of the Lone Star chapter and obviously was very excited to win. Thank you to everyone who donated to our Sweepstakes. The Audi Club quattro Sweepstakes supports Audi Club North America, a 501(c)(3) educational organization. Your purchase is a donation that allows Audi Club to operate 32 chapters across North...
Mon, Jan 09 , 2023 Bill
9 Jan 2023

Event Report: 2022 Carlisle Import Nationals

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="81886"] words and photos: George Achorn Editor’s Note: This article originally ran in the Q3_2022 issue of quattro Magazine. If you would like to subscribe to quattro Magazine, please join Audi Club here. For East Coast owners of vintage Audi models, the Carlisle Import Nationals is a bit of an institution. This small-town fairground plays home to car shows over various ilks throughout the summer, and it’s mid-May cat...
Mon, Jan 09 , 2023 Bill
9 Jan 2023

Team Audi Sport Remains Motivated for Second Half of Dakar Rally

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="81593"] source: Audi AG Strong contrast of competitiveness and severe disappointments High motivation in the team despite setbacks for all driver teams Tough second half of rally expected after rest day For Team Audi Sport, the first half of the 2023 Dakar Rally was an emotionally intense mix: Two stage victories and the Audi RS Q e-tron’s first three days in the lead at the world’s toughest rally were offset by setbacks for all three d...
Mon, Jan 09 , 2023 Bill
6 Jan 2023

Two Incidents for Audi at the Dakar Rally

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="81581"] source: Audi AG The seventh day of the 2023 Dakar Rally was a black Friday for Audi: On the stage from Ha’il to Riyadh,Carlos Sainz/Lucas Cruz and Stéphane Peterhansel/Edouard Boulanger were separately very unlucky going over a dune after 212 kilometers. Peterhansel was in the lead when his co-driver complained of back pain after a hard landing. A helicopter took Edouard Boulanger to hospital, where doctors diagnosed an injur...
Fri, Jan 06 , 2023 Bill
6 Jan 2023

FCP Euro – Audi Supercharger Intercooler – Mahle Behr

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="81566"] source: FCP Euro Good news for all 3.0T SC owners - FCP Euro has received a shipment hard to find Mahle- Behr (OEM manufacturer) charge coolers (the units inside the supercharger). Best part of this? They are only priced at $107.99 each which is less than 1/3 the price of the OEM part. Each application takes two. Fitments include pretty much every common 3.0t SC application including B8/8.5 S4, B8.5 S5, C7/7.5 A6/A7, D4 A8, 8R Q5/SQ5, and...
Fri, Jan 06 , 2023 Bill
5 Jan 2023

Audi Club Auction Watch: 01.05.2023

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="81514"] Words: Steve Johnson Fellow Audi fans: make a New Year’s resolution to stop spending countless hours searching the internet for your favorite car(s) and simply check out this post every week.  Auction Watch is monitoring numerous auction sites for Audi models worthy of bidding on, then posting a short description with key data points and a few pictures to, hopefully, help you find the car you’re looking for in time to bid. H...
4 Jan 2023

Find of the Day: 1983 Audi quattro

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="81503"] words: Bill, photos: Audi Denver We often go to an Audi dealer to drool over the latest and greatest but if you go to Audi Denver, you'll be pushed back into the 80s. This is a 1983 Audi quattro with only 78,869 miles. Here's the ad: [gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="81500"] Exterior Color Red Interior Color Beige Mileage 78869 Transmission 5-Speed Manual Drivetrain quattro Engine I5 VIN&nbs...
Wed, Jan 04 , 2023 Bill