10 Apr 2024

Audi & Popular Science Celebrate Eclipse Topless

[gallery link="file" columns="1" size="full" ids="99694"] How do you make a celestial event like this week's eclipse more grounded to involve a car? It seems Audi of America and Popular Science Magazine endeavored to explore just that as they traveled to Austin, TX with PopSci writer Kristin Shawand automotive photographer Andi Hedrick. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRWDXqr5GB4&t=52s The idea was simple. Monitor the eclipse somewhere along the path of totality, preferably a cool p...
4 Apr 2024

APR Expands Ultralink Flash Tuning to B9 Audi RS 5

[gallery link="file" columns="1" size="full" ids="99179"] APR continues to grow its application range for its new Ultralink flash tuning for DIY enthusiasts seeking to install engine and transmission software at home. Just this morning, company representatives confirmed the compatibility of the Audi B9 RS5 2.9T. They also shared that "new applications are being added every day, and that Ultralink will eventually work for all cars. Right now it works for the B9 2.9T/3.0T, and all the EA888.3 1...
1 Apr 2024

Green Green RS 5 Sportback at Audi Tacoma

[gallery link="file" columns="1" size="full" ids="99009"] If you're not familiar with just "Green" from Audi exclusive, maybe you should be. Effectively, it's a primary green, harkening the era of 70s B1 Audi 80 GTs or longhood Porsche 911s. It was one of the colors on the so-called "Skittles" Audi S3s, and there's no doubt it won't get missed in a crowd. Other than those S3s, (just) Green is an Audi exclusive color and needs to be special ordered at a premium... unless you find one lightly u...
15 Feb 2024

Find of the Day: Actual Nogaro Blue S4 in Colorado

[gallery columns="1" link="file" size="full" ids="97419"] Yesterday we ran a Find of the Day that was a used and likely modified S4 that was also an unconfirmed Nogaro Blue. Listed as Navarra Blue, it looked more like Nogaro though could have been something similar. Thanks to the post on our highly informative Facebook Group, we've learned not only the actual color of that car, but also that there just happens to be a new 2023 S4 Prestige in Audi exclusive Nogaro Blue at Audi Colorado Springs...
7 Feb 2024

Find of the Day: Porsche Jade Green SQ5 at Audi Niello

[gallery columns="1" size="full" link="file" ids="97102"] We're not sure if it's a coordinated effort, but we're seeing more than the usual mix of Audi exclusive SQ5s coming into market as new MY2024 inventory right now. Take for example this specimen that's popped up as inventory at Niello Audi in Sacramento, California. It is painted a very unique Porsche Jade Green. [gallery columns="1" link="file" size="full" ids="97093"] This SQ5 is already high-spec, already a Prestige package car...
8 Jan 2024

Find of the Day: Audi exclusive Siam Beige A4 allroad in Illinois

[gallery columns="1" link="file" size="full" ids="95291"] It’s a little known fact that Siam Beige was the least installed color when it was offered on the Audi e-tron as it launched in 2019. Call something beige and it’s easy to understand why it may get overlooked, but that’s not fair to Siam Beige. Somewhere in the neighborhood of Porsche’s Chalk and Fashion Gray paint codes, Siam Beige is an understated way to be decidedly different. So, when we saw it on this A4 allroad we took not...
11 Jul 2023

Audi Launches Limited Edition A4 allroad quattro Heritage for Spanish Market

[gallery columns="1" size="full" ids="87724"] .- Exclusive edition of the A4 allroad quattro limited to 55 units .- Available with the 40 TDI 150 kW (204 hp) engine with MHEV mild hybridization, S tronic gearbox and quattro ultra drive .- With a price of €69,980, it comes standard with a full complement of functional equipment and Audi exclusive elements [source: Audi Spain, translation from Spanish by Google Translate] Madrid, Spain – Audi presents the Audi A4 allroad quattro Heritage ed...
1 Mar 2023

Find of the Day: 2019 Audi RS 5 Sportback Panther edition

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="83726"] words: Bill, photos: Fletcher Jones Audi This week is turning into an Audi exclusive Find of the Day week. Today, we present the Audi RS 5 Sportback. What makes this RS 5 different from others? First of all, it's a Panther edition. Only 100 were sent to the States back in 2019; 75 Sportback and 25 Coupes. Here's the ad: [gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="83734"] Limited edition 1 of 100 Panther editions built!!! What a find...
Wed, Mar 01 , 2023 Bill
31 Jan 2023

034Motorsport B9/B9.5 Audi RS 4/RS 5 EA839 2.9TT Dynamic+ Performance ECU & AL552 ZF8 Transmission Tuning Bundle

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="82486"] source: 034Motorsport 034Motorsport Dynamic+ Performance Software for the Audi B9/9.5 Audi RS4 & RS5 equipped with the EA839 2.9TT engine and Dynamic+ TCU Software Upgrade for AL552 ZF8 Transmission. 034Motorsport EA839 2.9TT ECU and TCU tunes are flashed directly through the factory OBD-II port using the 034Motorsport Dynamic+ End User Flashing Kit, and offer dramatic increases in horsepower and torque throughout the powerband. Inc...
Tue, Jan 31 , 2023 Bill
24 Oct 2022

One Will Win This 1:18 Scale ABT RS4-S by GT Spirit but Everyone Gets an RS 3 Decal!

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="78058"] We are bringing back the popular sweepstakes promotion of one person winning the prize but everyone gets a decal! This time, the prize is a 1:18 scale ABT RS4-S by GT Spirit and the decal is an RS 3 with Rotiform AVS wheels. Audi of America has never brought the RS 4 Avant to North America but we sure did and it can be yours. Any purchase of entries between Monday October 24th through Wednesday October 26th will be eligible to win th...
Mon, Oct 24 , 2022 Bill
3 Sep 2019

Updated “B9.5” Audi Q5 Spied Testing

Audi is in the midst of a mid-lifecycle freshening of its entire B-segment lineup, a mid-lifecycle freshening of the B9 that began in May with the Audi A4/S4/allroad ,with updated A5/S5, Q5/SQ5 and RS variants to follow. We've been seeing A5 variant test mules now for a while, and today we've gotten some great pics of the updated Q5 out testing... and complete with interior shots. The B-segment is the heart of the Audi range, where the brand sells its greatest volumes in most mar...
31 Jul 2019

Audi A5 Sportback S-line Facelift Hot Weather Testing

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="32100"] The facelifted A5 Sportback has been spotted hot weather testing by our spy photographers. This lightly camouflaged example looks to have an S-line front spoiler in addition to new grille, headlights, and bumper up front. The rear boasts a slightly revised rear bumper and freshened rear lights. [gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="32106"] We don't have any interior photos but it's said that Audi will be carrying over a new ve...
Wed, Jul 31 , 2019 Bill
10 Jul 2019

Audi RS 5 Sportback Facelift Spied

Today, spy photographers have caught site of the first facelift RS 5 Sportback test mule seen thus far. This'll be the mid-lifecycle improvement of the current B9-generation RS 5, so known in enthusiast circles as the "B9.5". Many of the expected changes that will come with the B9/5 freshening have already been seen in the recently introduced B9/5 A4/S4 range. These include significant improvements in the in-car experience including touch screen MMI and more. Unlike the A4/S4, updat...
3 Jun 2019

B9.5 Audi RS 4 Test Mule Spied

With the so-called "B9.5" range of A4 and S4 mid-lifecycle product improvements now revealed, it's only a matter of time before the B9.5 RS 4 Avant also takes its bow. As if on cue, an RS 4 Avant test mule has now been spied. Like its other B9.5 A4/S4 siblings, the RS 4 will get new headlights, taillights and trim like the singleframe grille. While it's doubtful at this time that the RS 4 will get a more powerful engine, that doesn't mean that Audi doesn't have a card to play in this regard. H...
22 Apr 2019

B9.5 Audi A4 allroad Spied

With all the rumors and speculation about the A6 allroad and RS 6 Avant potentially coming to America, it is perhaps easy to forget that Audi's A4 allroad, the lone Avant currently in America, is also due for a facelift. When test mules of that next-generation car (dubbed B9.5 those in-the-know) make a showing on test routes, it should definitely be newsworthy. On one hand, changes to A4 allroad drivetrain aren't expected to be revolutionary. The current car makes do with Audi's potent 2.0...
22 Mar 2019

Updated “B9.5” Audi A5 Cabriolet Spied Testing

The latest Audi test mule to be spied out and about in winter testing is the A5 Cabriolet. This blacked out Cabriolet wears cladding around the expected change points, though still reveals some key details about the soon-to-come update for Audi's B-segment coupé, Cabriolet and Sportback. For starters, those likely LED Matrix beam headlights appear to be different, using more black in their housings. The grille and secondary fascia grilles show the hexagonal patterning we've seen in recently up...
13 Mar 2019

B9.5 Audi RS 4 Avant Spied Cold Weather Testing

Audi is prepping a "B9.5" mid-lifecycle refreshening for its B-segment range of cars including A4, A5 and Q5 families. In as much, spy photographers have been catching mules of these cars cold weather testing this winter. While not offered in the USA, we have no doubt that the sighting of a B9.5 RS 4 Avant is enough to get serious attention from any red-blooded Audi aficionado. Given this is a mid-lifecycle freshening, don't expect significant drivetrain differences. Instead, consider the...