19 Oct 2023

Video of the Day: Audi RS2 Avant vs BMW M5 Touring vs Mercedes-Benz 500E

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="91903"] video: Hagerty Jason Cammisa and Hagerty bring us this highly entertaining video of 90s German goodness. What you see in the photo above (aside from Jason cosplaying Leo in Titanic) are three wagons that bring joy to enthusiasts and RADwood attendees: an Audi RS2 Avant, an E34 BMW M5 Touring, and a S124 Mercedes-Benz E320T wagon with a dogbone manual transmission. However, the MB wagon is replaced with the mighty W124 500E...it's like ...
Thu, Oct 19 , 2023 Bill
10 Oct 2023

Hagerty Sells DriveShare Peer-to-Peer Car Rental App to Drive Co.

[gallery columns="1" size="full" link="file" ids="91110"] Classic and specialty car rental company (and sponsor of Audi Club North America), Hagerty has confirmed today that it is selling its peer-to-peer classic and specialty car rental app Driveshare to the UK-based Drive Co. Below is a copy of the communication that went out to Hagerty customers earlier today. Six years ago, Hagerty® acquired the nation’s only peer-to-peer online marketplace for classic cars and relaunched it as DriveSha...
19 Jun 2023

Audi R8 on Hagerty Bull Market List

[gallery columns="1" size="full" ids="87010"] When it comes to valuation of older vehicles, classic car insurer Hagerty is one of the best sources. In as much, their annual “Bull Market List” of classic cars to watch tends to identify trends worth watching for enthusiasts seeking to enjoy a car that won’t break the bank. For 2023, that list includes the 2008-2015 Audi R8 (Mk1). While we’d challenge the term “classic” being applied to the first-generation R8, there’s no doubt it’...
1 Dec 2022

Celebrate Audis of the 80s and 90s with Hagerty Media…and Audi Club Will Be There

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="79879"] photo: Hagerty On December 8th at 7pm Eastern, Hagerty will be live-streaming a panel to discuss Audi vehicles from the 80s and 90s...one of my most favorite era. Our own George Achorn, Audi Club Executive Director, will be on the panel and he is a wealth of Audi knowledge. If you want to listen in, join Hagerty and George HERE. Hagerty press release: During the 1980s and 1990s, Audi products began appealing to an ever-wider g...
Thu, Dec 01 , 2022 Bill
23 Nov 2022

Black Friday Sales: Some of Our Favorites (Updated)

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="79323"] It’s close to Black Friday and you know what that means…great sales from great companies! We’ve gathered some from our favorite companies to present to the Audi enthusiasts. Make your Audi and yourself happy with these excellent items. As we run across more sales, we will be updating this list. Happy shopping! Audi Club [gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="79417"] Of course we are going to start with our 3rd annual Bl...
Wed, Nov 23 , 2022 Bill
27 Oct 2022

Video of the Day: Audi RS 4 Avant competition

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="78341"] words: Bill, photo: Hagerty So yes I know this isn't coming to the States but it's always a good thing to see an RS 4 Avant especially the competition plus model. We ran the press release back in May about this new package but this is the 1st video I've seen about it. Brought to us by Hagerty, Henry Catchpole from The Driver's Seat takes this RS 4 Avant completion through its paces in southern Spain. Enjoy below. [embed]https://youtu.b...
Thu, Oct 27 , 2022 Bill
25 Mar 2021

Video of the Day: A Love Story Turns Into A Monster Mashup

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="59516"] words: Bill, video: Hagerty As the video starts, Ryan reminisces about his 4000 and growing up skiing and lusting after the four rings. We walk (drive) down memory lane as he takes us through an abbreviated history of the quattro through the early rally days and ultimately, the legendary Group B. But then the story takes a violent turn and a monster emerges...the meek 4000 meets its European brother in the form of an Audi 80 with a 4.2 ...
Thu, Mar 25 , 2021 Bill
16 Jun 2020

Free Tonight at 7pm EST? Allan McNish Will Be on Hagerty’s ‘The Love of Cars’

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="48405"] words: Bill, photo: Hagerty If you're not familiar with Hagerty's 'The Love of Cars', it's a livestream of...well...the love of cars. Tonight, they'll be hosting our favorite Scotsman and some other guy. I kid, of course; the other guy is Patrick Dempsey. Here's the synopsis: In Episode 8, we talk about the art of racing with two well-known speed enthusiasts, three-time winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans Allan McNish, and Pat...
Tue, Jun 16 , 2020 Bill
27 Apr 2020

Hagerty’s Restore the Roar! Grant Program

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="46686"] words: Bill, source: Hagerty It's a great thing to know that enthusiasts will always look out for enthusiasts, especially now, and what better group of enthusiasts than Hagerty? We all know someone whose business is struggling. It could be the shop you take your car to or maybe even it's your own. Hagerty may be able to help with that. This past Friday, Hagerty announced their Restore The Roar! grant program. It's a program to aid small...
Mon, Apr 27 , 2020 Bill