5 Feb 2021

World Premiere of the New Audi RS 3 LMS

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="57856"] source: Audi Sport Second generation of the entry-level model from Audi Sport customer racing Customer benefits significantly increased in many areas Managing Director Julius Seebach: “The Audi RS 3 LMS stands for records” Audi Sport customer racing continues its model offensive. The second generation of the Audi RS 3 LMS follows in the footsteps of one of the brand’s successful touring cars. Improved in many areas, the new model ...
Fri, Feb 05 , 2021 Bill
5 Feb 2021

Find of the Day: 2005 Audi S4 Avant

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="57843"] words: Bill, photos: Bring A Trailer Honestly, I don't go looking for Avants...they just fall into my lap(top). Imola Yellow, Nogaro Blue, and now a Moro Blue Avant. This has to be one of my favorite generations: a B6 V8 manual S4 Avant. This one ticks off all the boxes and it's blue. Here's the ad: This 2005 Audi S4 Avant is finished in Moro Blue Pearl Effect over Silk Nappa leather and is powered by a 4.2-liter V8 paired with a six-spee...
Fri, Feb 05 , 2021 Bill
4 Feb 2021

What Are Audi Carbid Brakes Seen in e-tron GT Teaser Video?

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="57794"] We’re little under a week away from the Audi e-tron GT’s launch, which means we’re solidly into the new model teasing from Audi’s various marketing outposts. Just today, Audi Sport has shared a video starring their factory Formula E driver Lucas di Grassi and dubbed “Audi e-tron GT: Ambassador for a new era”. This video is packed with quick detail shots of the much anticipated e-tron GT fully without camo, and at one momen...
Thu, Feb 04 , 2021 Bill
4 Feb 2021

Video of the Day: Tom Kristensen’s Ultimate Man Cave

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="57763"] words: Bill, photo: NBC Sports Tom Kristensen...need I say more to this crowd? He's known for winning a couple of races here and there. Recently, he was interviewed on NBC Sports while the Rolex 24 at Daytona was on in the background. He was back in Denmark in his house; specifically in his Ultimate Man Cave® (ok not technically registered but it should be). As the interview progresses, Tom picks up his laptop and takes us on a tour. A...
Thu, Feb 04 , 2021 Bill
4 Feb 2021

Find of the Day: 1993 Audi S4…a Very Green Audi S4

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="57755"] words: Bill, photos: Craigslist It's really good to see an UrS4 still running around but this one; this one will catch your eye. Not because of the low mileage, not because it has a great stance but because...well just look at it. And it's not all color and no bite. This one has had a lot of maintenance and performance enhancements. Here's the ad: [gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="57750"] Details:Year: 1993 Make: AudiMode...
Thu, Feb 04 , 2021 Bill
4 Feb 2021

Audi Sport Teases New Racecar

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="57775"] With the e-tron GT about to be revealed next week (February 9), a teaser out of Audi Sport about something else was a bit of a surprise. That's just what happened though when they posted the below teaser onto their social media channels. Interestingly, they're playing coy by not saying what it is and only showing the "LMS" portion of the logo for whatever it is. [embed]https://www.instagram.com/p/CK0-CjSpAsK/[/embed] As any Audi ...
4 Feb 2021

Spy Photo: Lamborghini Urus EVO Facelift

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="57704"] The Audi RS Q8's cousin is getting a facelift. Spied winter testing with a current Urus, you can see the changes to the front bumper with slightly different air intakes but it looks like the headlights remain the same. [gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="57712"] If you can see past the camouflage and the exhaust plume, you can see the rear tail lights and bumper has some small changes as well. With this facelift for the Urus...
Thu, Feb 04 , 2021 Bill
1 Feb 2021

Unitronic JDC-Miller MotorSports Recover to Win Daytona TCR Thriller

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="57770"] source: Unitronic, photos: Sideline Sports Photography LLC After suffering fuel pickup issues, dropping them down the order, the #17 Unitronic JDC-Miller MotorSport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR recovered from 2 laps behind to take victory at the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge season opener. DAYTONA, FL – What started as a perfect weekend, with driver Mikey Taylor going fastest in first official practice by more than 2.7 seconds over their nearest c...
Mon, Feb 01 , 2021 Bill
29 Jan 2021

Audi Employees Were Inventive Again in 2020

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="57657"] source: Audi AG The Audi Ideas Program successfully completed the coronavirus year with over 15,000 ideas Marcus Schulte, Head of the Audi Ideas Agency: “2020 showed that in spite of or perhaps also because of the pandemic, there is great determination in the Audi team to push forward the development of the company” Despite the coronavirus, in 2020 Audi employees once again demonstrated the potential of their ide...
Fri, Jan 29 , 2021 Bill
29 Jan 2021

Together for Clean Rivers: Audi Environmental Foundation, Babor, and everwave Launch Cleanup Initiative

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="57649"] source: Audi AG Initiative for a clean Danube starts with activity weeks supporting Earth Day on April 22 Campaign with employee projects, information events and waste collection activities Rüdiger Recknagel, Managing Director of the Audi Environmental Foundation: “Clean water is the foundation of all life and must be our shared priority” The Audi Environmental Foundation, German cosmetics manufacturer BABOR and green start...
Fri, Jan 29 , 2021 Bill
29 Jan 2021

Find(s) of the Day: Three Race Ready 2020/2021 Audi Sport RS 3 LMS TCR

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="57636"] words: Bill, photos: RonSusser.com Editor's note: I was just contacted and the price has been dropped to $130,000. Now go and buy one! Oh...last week we featured a Champion Racing RS 4 as a Find of the Day. Today? Not one, not two, but THREE Audi Sport TS 3 LMS TCR cars. These are race ready, turn key cars. Here's the ad: For the racer or the wannabe racer.  There are 3 2020/2021 TCR Audi RS3 LMS turnkey racecars on the ground and ready ...
Fri, Jan 29 , 2021 Bill
29 Jan 2021

Kelvin van der Linde Competes for Audi in Virtual World of Formula E

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="57616"] source: Audi AG Six events: “Formula E Accelerate” begins on January 28 Pro race drivers and eSports racers compete for 100,000 euros in prize money Audi driver van der Linde: “Want to offer a great show for the fans” One month before the beginning of the new season in Diriyah (Saudi Arabia), Formula E is launching the new edition of its virtual championship: Under the title of “Formula E Accelerate,” the participants wil...
Fri, Jan 29 , 2021 Bill
29 Jan 2021

Discover the Neckarsulm Production Site Virtually and Interactively with AudiStream

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="57610"] source: Audi AG Insights into the production of the Audi e-tron GT and much more Tour guides accompany virtual tour and answer questions in real time Effective immediately, interested parties can now experience the production world of Audi at the Neckarsulm site online and in English via AudiStream. Tour guides accompany the virtual tour and answer questions in real time. One particular highlight: Participants also...
Fri, Jan 29 , 2021 Bill
27 Jan 2021

World Premiere: What Are You Doing February 9th at 1PM Eastern?

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="57597"] The wait is finally over. Audi will be livestreaming the world premiere of the long anticipated e-tron GT. Join them on Facebook Live (HERE) on February 9th, 1PM Eastern. Information is below: [gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="55003"] Tune in to two exclusive livestreams, including local and international guests, a driving demonstration and the long-anticipated reveal of the new fully electric Audi e-tron...
Wed, Jan 27 , 2021 Bill
27 Jan 2021

Audi Club RS 6 Avant Sweepstakes Giveaway: 1:18 scale Audi RS 6 Avant by GT Spirit

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="57586"] How great would it be to win an Audi exclusive RS 6 Avant from our Audi Club Sweepstakes? Well in addition to a chance of winning a 1:1 scale Audi RS 6 Avant, we are going to be giving away this 1:18 scale Matte Daytona Grey RS 6 Avant from GT Spirit. [gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="57578"] If you're not familiar with GT Spirit, they create limited edition premium resin models in either 1:12 or 1:18 scale. We were abl...
Wed, Jan 27 , 2021 Bill
26 Jan 2021

Find of the Day: 2007 Imola Yellow S4 Avant

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="57540"] words: Bill, photos: Dave Graver via Cars & Bids Apparently it's Colorful Avant Week on our Find of the Day; yesterday with the Nogaro Blue S6 Avant, today this lovely B7 Imola Yellow S4 Avant. The last of the V8 S4, this one is also a manual...a V8 manual transmission wagon. Of course, I don't have to tell this group what that means. Combined with the eye-popping color, this is a the perfect combination. Here's the ad: [gallery link...
Tue, Jan 26 , 2021 Bill
25 Jan 2021

Audi More Than Fulfilled the CO2 Fleet Targets for Europe in 2020

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="57508"] source: Audi AG Average CO2 emissions of new models are 101.5 g/km in Europe, more than two million grams below the legally required level – an improvement of around 20 percent compared to the previous year The company made an important contribution to the results of the Volkswagen Group Audi e-tron series and plug-in hybrids have a positive effect on the fleet figures Board Member for Sales and Marketing Hildegard...
Mon, Jan 25 , 2021 Bill
25 Jan 2021

Find of the Day: 1997 Nogaro Blue Audi S6 Avant

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="57497"] words: Bill, photos: Cars & Classic Is there a more iconic color than Nogaro Blue for an Audi Avant? Nogaro Blue is synonymous with the RS2 and Audi reinforced that point with the RS 6 Avant RS Tribute edition here in the States. Needless to say, when a Nogaro Blue Audi shows up, it turns head. Now imagine if that Audi was a C4 Nogaro Blue S6 Avant...a right hand drive S6 Avant. Here's the ad: Audi UrS6 plus spec avantQuattro drivetra...
Mon, Jan 25 , 2021 Bill
22 Jan 2021

Audi Sport customer racing Represented in Three Classes at IMSA Competition Season Kickoff

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="57494"] source: Audi of America NTe Sport to field an Audi R8 LMS GT3 at the Rolex 24 at Daytona Three Audi R8 LMS GT4 and two Audi RS 3 LMS race cars contest the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge Roar Before the Rolex 24 and Rolex 24 at Daytona are back-to-back weekends this month HERNDON, Va., Jan. 21, 2021 – Audi will be well represented at the Rolex 24 at Daytona race weekend with six Audi race cars. Audi has fielded a GTD entr...
Fri, Jan 22 , 2021 Bill
22 Jan 2021

Marc Lichte: “Aesthetics Arise From Efficiency”

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="57482"] source: Audi AG Interview with the Head of Audi Design in the run-up to the presentation of the e-tron GT Pioneer for the design of future electric models World premiere of the fully electric gran turismo on February 9 “The most beautiful car I have ever drawn.” Marc Lichte, Head of Audi Design, chose these words in the fall of 2018, when the brand presented the Audi e-tron GT concept as a show car in Los...
Fri, Jan 22 , 2021 Bill