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Audi Sport is working on a hotter version of the RS 6 Avant, possible as a final good bye. This more hardcore model looks even meaner than the “regular” RS 6 Avant and has a different front bumper with a lower lip, fender vents and a bigger rear spoiler that we almost could call a wing. The big oval exhaust pipes are still there but the rear bumper around them including the diffusor looks re-designed. We can also see some of the Audi ...
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photos: RM Sotheby's
Sometimes I think of getting reborn into a different more exciting life. Not that there's anything wrong with my current one but sometimes...we can dream, right? That must have been the case with this car. It started life as a civilian 1981 quattro but after a rebirth, it's now ready to tackle the race lifestyle. Here's the ad:
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Prepared for and campaigned in E...
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source: Audi AG
Saintéloc Racing first leader of the Asian Le Mans Series standings with Audi
Title success for Audi R8 LMS in China Endurance Championship
Class title for Audi RS 3 LMS in Chinese endurance racing
For the Audi Sport customer racing teams, the first weekend in December was marked by fine racing successes in Malaysia and title wins in China. Podium results in Spain rounded off the results.
Audi R8 L...
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source: Audi AG
Audi improves the RS Q e-tron once again: Ahead of its third outing in the Dakar Rally, the rally prototype with its pioneering electric drivetrain with a high-voltage battery and an energy converter receives innovations in many areas. The Audi driver crews of Mattias Ekström/Emil Bergkvist, Stéphane Peterhansel/Edouard Boulanger and Carlos Sainz/Lucas Cruz benefits from numerous detail improvements in Janu...
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source: ABT Sportsline
As the top-of-the-line SUV from Audi, the 2024 model year RS Q8 gets the best treatment from ABT Sportsline
The ABT RSQ8-S package impresses with aerodynamic parts made of visible carbon fiber that highlights the sporty character of the SUV
The exterior upgrades come with a front lip with red RSQ8-S lettering, front and rear side skirt add-ons and a two-part roof spoiler. Behind the quartet of 4-inch (102 mm) end ...
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source: Audi AG
Each month during the year of NSU’s 150th anniversary, Audi Tradition presents a different NSU model, including brand classics on both two and four-wheels, prototypes, and one-of-a-kind models. If you want to delve deeper into the complex product history of the traditional NSU brand, we recommend the Audi Tradition Edition book “NSU-Automobile. Typen – Technik – Modelle”, written by Klaus Arth and published by De...
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source: Audi AG
Liam Talbot wins in the Audi R8 LMS at the finale in Adelaide
Class title for the Audi R8 LMS GT4 in Portugal
First win of the season for the Audi RS 3 LMS in TCR Japan
After winning the Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS Sprint Cup by Mattia Drudi/Ricardo Feller, an Audi driver, Liam Talbot, has now also prevailed in the Australian counterpart of this international series. Successes fo...
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source: Audi AG
Test run in southern France concludes Dakar preparations
All three driver crews took part
Further extension of the endurance of components was the focus
The last big test before the 2024 Dakar Rally: Team Audi Sport has put the Audi RS Q e-tron through its final test in the south of France. The three Audi driver crews of Mattias Ekström/Emil Bergkvist, Stéphane Peterhansel/Edouard Boulanger and Carlos Sainz/Lu...
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We have some new photos showing the all new Audi A5 Avant. You likely also already know that next-generation internal combustion offerings will go for odd numbers (A3, A5, A7, etc.) while all-electric e-tron EV versions will go for even numbers (A2, A4, A6, etc.).
These new photos are the most revealing up to date due to the lack of camouflage. There is some smaller amount of tape around the front lights, the logo in the grille up, and at...
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source: Audi Australia
In the latest instalment of ‘e-tron on track’ 14-time Dakar winner, Stéphane Peterhansel, gets a chance to drive the Audi race car that launched the e-tron name in world motorsport. A hybrid-electric drive, similar in principle to the drive used in his Audi RS Q e-tron Dakar racer, the Audi R18 e-tron quattro wrote its own chapter in top-level international motorsport winning at Le Mans on debut in 2012 and the...
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source: Unitronic
Unitronic® Stage 1, Stage 1+ and Stage 2 ECU Performance Software is now available for the Audi® SQ7® and SQ8® (4M) equipped with the 4.0TFSI EA825 (DWR/DCU) engine.* With testing and validations completed, power outputs are increased by up to +262HP / +168LB-FT with Unitronic Stage 2 (93octane/98ron) Performance Software for a maximum of 765HPHP / 764LB-FT.** In order to support this huge increase in ...
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photos: Aaron Klimchuck
A Q5 is just a Q5 unless it's a Q5 that Aaron got his hands on. We featured Aaron's cars before as previous Finds such as his 1939 DKW F8 Meisterklasse Cabriolet and his 1972 Audi 100 LS plus 1976 1.8T swapped Audi Fox (& rolling shell) plus 520hp 2015 A3 prestige so you know this Audi Q5 is some serious business. Here's the ad:
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2013 Audi Q5
3.0 super...
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Audi is currently working on a second refresh for the big Q7 after the first one in 2019. The updated Q7 is said to reach the dealers in the first half of 2024 so a debut is likely not far away. But Audi has also already started to work on the next generation Q7 which most likely will be one of the last ICE powered models coming from the Ingolstadt brand.
We spotted this mule testing in the Alps and of course being a mule, it doesn’t gi...
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source: Audi AG
Filippo Barberi wins Coppa Italia Turismo Endurance
Glenn Nirwan prevails in Indonesia
Success for Audi GT drivers in South Africa
Audi RS 3 LMS (TCR)
Audi one-two victory at the finale: The two Audi customer teams Aikoa Racing and BF Motorsport dominated the finale of the Coppa Italia Turismo Endurance. The Audi RS 3 LMS of Nicola Baldan/Filippo Barberi was ahead of the identical car of Erik Bri...
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source: Audi AG
Frédéric Vervisch wins the Audi RS 3 LMS road race in Macau
Second place for Edoardo Mortara in the FIA GT World Cup
A total of four trophies for Audi drivers at the Macau Grand Prix
Audi Sport customer racing was delighted with victory in the Guia touring car race at the 70th edition of the Macau Grand Prix. Audi Sport driver Frédéric Vervisch won the race on the unforgiving street circuit for Audi Spo...
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source: Unitronic
Unitronic® Performance ECU/TCU Software is now available for the B9 Audi® RS 4 & RS 5® equipped with the 2.9TFSI EA839 (DECA) engine.* With testing and validations completed, power outputs are increased by up to +118HP / +149LB-FT with Unitronic Stage 1+ E85 Performance Software for a maximum of +571HP / +574LB-FT when combined with Unitronic Stage 1 AL552 TCU Performance Software for seamless operation.** The...
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photo: carwow
Today we have the Audi R8 Spyder V10 performance quattro up against its cousin from Stuttgart, a Porsche 911 Carrera 4S. While a stock 911 Carrera 4S has around 445hp and 390lb-ft torque, this one has been tuned to 600hp and 480lb-ft. The R8 Spyder has 620hp, 428lb-ft of torque but is heavier. Normally in carwow drag races, Mat Watson likes to race in the likely winner so how will the R8 fare against a Stage II Porsche 911...
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source: Audi Australia
Two-time World Rally Champion and three-time Dakar winner, Carlos Sainz, trials a car that started life in virtual reality before brought very much to life as a one-of-a-kind electric supercar.
It’s an interesting combination to say the least – a rally great behind the wheel of a car that started life as a virtual racing in the world’s most celebrated driving simulator game. But at Audi Sport Neuburg recently...
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source: Audi AG
Construction of Audi FAW NEV Company in Changchun, China, is advancing according to plan. In June 2022, the joint company of brand with the four rings and its Chinese partner FAW (First Automotive Works) laid the cornerstone for the new production site. The factory exclusively produces all-electric Audi models. With its state-of-the-art facility, the company aims to set new standards in digitalization, efficiency, and ...
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words: Ray Reyes, photos: Tanner Bischofberger
Editor’s Note: This article originally ran in the Q3_2023 issue of quattro Magazine. If you would like to subscribe to quattro Magazine, please join Audi Club here.
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