26 Feb 2024

Shattering the Glass Ceiling at 14,119 Feet: Michèle Mouton & Her Record Run at Pike’s Peak 35 Years On

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="50923"] words: George Achorn, photos: Audi AG, Volkswagen AG, Audi of America, Audi Tradition, Getty Images Editor’s note: This article originally ran in the Q3_2020 issue of quattro Magazine. If you would like to subscribe to quattro Magazine, join Audi Club here. When Michèle Mouton returned to Colorado in the summer of 1985, it’s safe to assume she had some unfinished business there. Audi Sport’s high-profile French driver had taken...
Mon, Feb 26 , 2024 Bill
2 Nov 2023

Video of the Day: The Sights and Sounds of the Audi Sport quattro S1

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="92335"] photo: Daytona43 via YouTube We all know the sounds of the legendary Group B and the Audi Sport quattro. That fire breathing monster with the unique sound...that's the car that really brought Audi to my attention. I grew up in the South where the predominant sound of power were V8 muscle cars. I won't blather on so turn up the volume and revel in the 1-2-4-5-3 which Audi describes the 5-cylinder as producing that distinctive rhythm ...
Thu, Nov 02 , 2023 Bill
29 Mar 2023

In Safe Hands: Mattias Ekström x Audi S1 Hoonitron

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="84614"] source: Audi Australia A multi-discipline motorsport champion, Mattias Ekström is the perfect person to put the Audi S1 Hoonitron through its paces as a tribute to his friend who was tragically killed at the start of the year. One of the great racing drivers of the modern era, Mattias Ekström is constantly on the lookout for his next motorsport challenge. From winning the DTM Championship twice, to claiming the World Rallycross Champi...
Wed, Mar 29 , 2023 Bill
30 Jan 2023

Mattias Ekström Wins Race of Champions

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="82453"] source: Audi AG Audi driver prevails over Mick Schumacher in the final Mattias Ekström “Champion of Champions” for the fourth time Audi delights fans with demo laps of RS Q e-tron and Sport quattro S1 Mattias Ekström has once again demonstrated his world class and versatility: In his Swedish homeland, the rally and circuit pro driver won the “Race of Champions”, a traditional competition between the world’s best...
Mon, Jan 30 , 2023 Bill
30 Sep 2021

Rally World Champion Stig Blomqvist: “The RS e-tron GT Gives Off a quattro Feeling Through and Through“

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="64530"] source: Audi AG Two world champions from 1984 and 2017 swap cockpits What connects the legendary Audi Sport quattro S1 with the RS e-tron GT Can emotionality also transfer to the electric age? Both are top athletes: Sweden’s Stig Blomqvist wrote rally history with the Audi Sport quattro S1 in the 1980s. It was an era that established the legend of what was then Audi’s revolutionary drive concept. Lucas di Grassi was Aud...
Thu, Sep 30 , 2021 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
24 Apr 2020

Choice Gear: Audi Skate Decks by Deckorate

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="46652"] words: Bill, photos: Deckorate Editor’s note: We run a column in quattro Magazine called Choice Gear where we feature cool things we think Audi enthusiasts will want to have. This is one of them. Whether you hang these on the wall or ride them, Deckorate's Audi collection is pretty rad. Skate decks as wall art is definitely more of a thing now that ambitious graphic artists have begun sharing their automotive themed work on this mediu...
Fri, Apr 24 , 2020 Bill
19 Nov 2019

Happy Bricks: LEGO’s Newest Speed Champions Set Is A Familiar And Welcomed Sight

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="38622"] words: Bill, photos: LEGO Oh boy...times three and squealing like a little boy. LEGO has announced a new kit for their Speed Champions line: the Audi Sport quattro S1. It joins such Audi kits as the Audi R18 e-tron quattro and the Audi R8 LMS ultra (both which are sitting on my desk as I type). [gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="38626"] The brick Sport quattro S1 is in the legendary yellow and white livery made famous f...
Tue, Nov 19 , 2019 Bill