6 Sep 2020

Double Podium for Audi in the Rain at Assen

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="51782"] source: Audi Sport Robin Frijns second in Sunday’s race ahead of championship leader Nico Müller Audi in second, third, fourth and fifth Tire strategy and race interruption were decisive factors After the five-fold victory on Saturday, Audi also achieved a strong result in Sunday’s DTM race in Assen with second, third, fourth and fifth places. Robin Frijns and Nico Müller handed Audi Sport Team Abt Sportslin...
Sun, Sep 06 , 2020 Bill
28 Aug 2020

Meet the Audi Club North America Board of Directors Candidates

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="50030"] Each year, three of the nine National Board of Director positions are up for election. Directors serve a 3-year term and are eligible to run for a second 3-year term. For the term 2018-2020 ending in December, director seats for Troy Sicotte, Gordon Varney, and Christine Lemley are expiring. The Audi Club North America Board of Directors and the Nominating Committee has confirmed seven candidates running for the three open positions....
Fri, Aug 28 , 2020 Bill
28 Aug 2020

quattro Magazine Q3_2020: Paris-Dakar 1985: Driver’s View – An interview with Audi Sport France driver José Lourseau

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="51225"] words: George Achorn, photos: José Lourseau of dakardantan.com Editor’s Note: This article originally ran in the Q3_2020 issue of quattro Magazine and is Part 2. You may find Part 1 HERE. If you would like to subscribe to quattro Magazine, please join Audi Club here. quattro Magazine: How did you become part of the Audi France Dakar team? José Lourseau: I had the chance to participate in the 1980 race in a Range Rover. I finished 31s...
Fri, Aug 28 , 2020 Bill
19 Aug 2020

Audi Driver Robin Frijns: “I’m Optimistic to Celebrate My First DTM Victory Soon”

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="50700"] source: Audi Sport Interview with the 29-year-old Dutchman from Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline Before the second DTM race weekend in the Lausitz, three-time pole setter Robin Frijns looks back on the busy start to the season. The Audi DTM driver also shares more about the atmosphere within the Abt Sportsline team and tells how he is spending his few days at home. How do you feel after your race marathon in DTM and Formula E in ...
Wed, Aug 19 , 2020 Bill
13 Aug 2020

Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes (Nogaro) Blue: Chapter Three: The Avant Life

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="50496"] by: Tara and Nishant Pillai Editor’s Note: Welcome to a new monthly Audi Club North America series called Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes (Nogaro) Blue. Nishant Pillai is a 10-year Audi Club North America (Audi Club Florida) member. He and his wife, Tara, are buying a 25th Anniversary Nogaro Edition RS 6 Avant. This is his long and winding road to making his brown eyes Nogaro Blue. You can find Chapter One HERE and Chapter Two HERE....
Thu, Aug 13 , 2020 Bill
11 Aug 2020

More Dynamic, More Power, More Driving Pleasure: The Audi S3 Sportback and the Audi S3 Sedan

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="50376"] source: Audi AG Powerful 2.0 TFSI engine with 228 kW (310 PS)2 of output and 400 Nm (295.0 lb-ft) of torque Seven-speed S tronic, S-specific sport suspension, and quattro all-wheel driveas standard Driver-focused cockpit, technology from the full-size class Limited-edition model in Python Yellow or Tango Red A good 20 years ago, Audi opened up the sporty premium compact market segment with the first S3. Now the brand is presenti...
Tue, Aug 11 , 2020 Bill
5 Aug 2020

The Enigma: The Ultimate RS Models – The Automotive Version of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="50169"] by: James McRory for Audi Australia, photos: Mark Bramley Thundering twin-turbo soundtrack, extraordinary balance and handling – and you can take the whole family along for the ride – the RS 6 Avant and RS 7 Sportback just keep getting better. They’re big and incredibly luxurious. They each sport absolute state-of-the-art automotive technology and they each deliver supercar performance and handling. In many ways both the&n...
Wed, Aug 05 , 2020 Bill
4 Aug 2020

Choice Gear: RS Grill Masks

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="50146"] words: Bill, photo: Audi Club North America These days, wearing masks is the norm so why not wear a grill on your grill? Audi Club's TeePublic store has some new designs including these: the RS 5 grill, R8 grill, and RS 6 Avant grill. As usual with TeePublic, you can get this design on a t-shirt, phone cover, mug, etc. When TeePublic offered masks several months ago, they were pleated. These new masks are not. They measure 7" wide and 4...
Tue, Aug 04 , 2020 Bill
2 Aug 2020

Dream Start for Audi in the DTM: First to Fifth Place

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="50058"] source: Audi Sport Nico Müller wins Saturday’s race at Spa by almost 20 seconds Drivers from all three Audi factory teams on the podium Head of Motorsport Dieter Gass: “Fantastic result for Audi” With positions one to five in the first race at Spa-Francorchamps (Belgium), title defender Audi had a dream start into the new DTM season. Outstanding driver in Saturday’s 1-2-3-4-5 success was the Swiss Nico Müller from Audi Spor...
Sun, Aug 02 , 2020 Bill
29 Jul 2020

Audi Uses Drones to Locate Vehicles at Neckarsulm Site

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="49941"] source: Audi AG Drone flies over parked vehicles autonomously Exact vehicle locating with drone, GPS, and RFID technology Project manager Steffen Conrad: “The fast locating of the vehicles creates even higher process quality and is a further stepping stone on the path to digital production.” Audi is using a specially developed drone system to locate vehicles that are ready for dispatch at the Neckarsulm site. ...
Wed, Jul 29 , 2020 Bill
17 Jul 2020

Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes (Nogaro) Blue: Chapter Two: Oh, All The Cars We Have Had

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="49486"] words and photos: Tara and Nishant Pillai Editor’s Note: Welcome to a new monthly Audi Club North America series called Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes (Nogaro) Blue. Nishant Pillai is a 10-year Audi Club North America (Audi Club Florida) member. He and his wife, Tara, are buying a 25th Anniversary Nogaro Edition RS 6 Avant. This is his long and winding road to making his brown eyes Nogaro Blue. You can find Chapter One HERE. Straight...
Fri, Jul 17 , 2020 Bill
16 Jul 2020

Play Jalopnik’s SlideShow Slog and Potentially Win Some Cool Audi Prizes

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="49465"] words: Bill, illustration: Jason Torchinsky, photo: Audi collection Jalopnik wants to know if you want to play a game. Last week they introduced SlideShow Slog, where you play by clicking through a slideshow and try to figure out what cars are on each slide. Acura sponsored the inaugural show and this time, it's Audi. There are two pretty cool prizes that Audi has donated. [gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="49466"] 20...
Thu, Jul 16 , 2020 Bill
16 Jul 2020

New German Performance Achieves Podium at VIR

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="49428"] source: New German Performance Editor's Note: Vinnie Lima, #88, is an Audi Club North America member (Potomac-Chesapeake Chapter). He has participated in many Audi Club High Performance Driving Education track days. If you would like to participate in our HPDEs, please join the Club here. We've finally caught our breath from our first TC America race weekend, and what a weekend it was! A podium in our first race, great race pace...
Thu, Jul 16 , 2020 Bill
13 Jul 2020

Tech Talk: Not All Collision Repair Is The Same

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="49316"] source: Audi of America Editor’s Note: We are in some extraordinary times now. COVID-19 has caused many disruptions (to say the very least) and in terms of the automotive world, all industry and enthusiast events are on hold but that doesn’t mean we have to stop learning. In quattro magazine, we have a column by James Benoit called Tech Talk where James talks about…well…the tech of Audi. Audi of America is releasing a series of T...
Mon, Jul 13 , 2020 Bill
26 Jun 2020

Resilience In Culinary During COVID-19

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="48762"] source: Audi of America An interview with Chef Edward Lee When COVID-19 all but shut down the country, restaurants shuddered and their chefs and workers were left without anywhere to turn. After experiencing the impacts of the closures first-hand, Chef Edward Lee brought together his team at The LEE Initiative to provide relief and support to the culinary community during a time of uncertainty. Since the inception of the COVID rel...
Fri, Jun 26 , 2020 Bill
24 Jun 2020

Apple Announces Car Connectivity Improvements with IOS14 with Focus on Electrics

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="48638"] words: George, photos: Apple Apple made car news yesterday in its keynote address at its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC20). The focus was on the technology firm’s operating systems improvements planned for IOS20, and this is applicable to the driving experience in a number of ways. Apple Maps There’s no doubt that map and navigation software is a hotly contested space, and Apple’s own Maps app fights for your attention with t...
Wed, Jun 24 , 2020 Bill
15 Jun 2020

Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes (Nogaro) Blue: Chapter One: A Car (Nut) is Born

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="48284"] words and photos: Nishant Pillai Editor's Note: Welcome to a new monthly Audi Club North America series called Don't It Make My Brown Eyes (Nogaro) Blue. Nishant Pillai is a 10-year Audi Club North America (Audi Club Florida) member. He and his wife, Tara, are buying a 25th Anniversary Nogaro Edition RS 6 Avant. This is his long and winding road to making his brown eyes Nogaro Blue. Cars have always been an integral part of my life. Th...
Mon, Jun 15 , 2020 Bill
2 Jun 2020

quattro Magazine Q2_2020 Feature: One Bennett of 2Bennett

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="47990"] words: Ray Reyes, photos: George Achorn Few players in the U.S. Audi aftermarket have gained institution status like 2Bennett Audimotive, specializing in service, restoration, and performance tuning on Audi models exclusively. A fixture in the space, the firm was founded in 1990 by brothers Ken and Andrew Bennett. 2Bennett’s home is a sprawling former Ford dealership in the Sacramento suburb of Davis, California. Stroll into the place a...
Tue, Jun 02 , 2020 Bill
28 May 2020

Tech Talk: Audi, Traffic Light Information and the Future of What—and How—to Drive

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="47803"] source: Audi of America Editor’s Note: We are in some extraordinary times now. COVID-19 has caused many disruptions (to say the very least) and in terms of the automotive world, all industry and enthusiast events are on hold but that doesn’t mean we have to stop learning. In quattro magazine, we have a column by James Benoit called Tech Talk where James talks about…well…the tech of Audi. Audi of America is releasing a series ...
Thu, May 28 , 2020 Bill
20 May 2020

Gripped by quattro – Celebrating Forty Years of the Audi All-Wheel Drive Road and Rally Icon

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="47636"] source: Audi UK Harald Demuth – Developing the new secret Audi rally weapon David Ingram – Hoisting the quattro high above the capital Phil Short – Winning in a rally quattro first time out Graham Rood – Plotting the route to victory Norman Gault – Amping the power up to 700PS The cars – Rallying with many types of quattro The game-changing Audi quattro made its UK debut in London in 1980. Here, five former members of the Au...
Wed, May 20 , 2020 Bill