17 Apr 2024

Porsche Taycan Drives Through Water Following Record Dubai Rains

[gallery link="file" columns="1" size="full" ids="100384"] Filed under the “don’t try this at home” heading may be some video of cars traversing deep water after major rains in Dubai. Yesterday, the Dubai region experienced its heaviest rain since precipitation records began in 1949, experiencing 10 inches in less than 24 hours. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4240hSL9fNQ&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fbuddyboss.audiclubna.org%2F&source_ve_path=OTY3MTQ&feature=emb_im...
11 Mar 2024

New Porsche Taycan GT Sets Record Laps at Laguna Seca and Nürburgring

[gallery link="file" columns="1" size="full" ids="98044"] Following its recent mid-lifecycle refresh, Porsche is expanding its Taycan lineup with a GT and GT Weissach package offering that is not only a higher performance Taycan, but the most powerful series production Porsche of all time. And, in order to kick off the launch they've gone and set the EV track record at Laguna Seca and the Nürburgring. Why is this important to Audi owners? As some can already tell you, the Taycan shares th...
21 Feb 2024

e-tron GT & RS e-tron GT Spied Testing

[gallery columns="1" link="file" size="full" ids="97604"] With its J1 platform-mate Porsche Taycan now having just released a mid-lifecycle freshening, it's only natural that the same sort of updating is now due for the Audi e-tron GT and RS e-tron GT. Not suprisingly then, our spy photographers are seeing test mules of these cars more and more. This week, an e-tron GT was caught doing cold weather testing in Sweden while an RS e-tron GT popped up in Germany. Most notable on the e-tron GT ...
7 Feb 2024

Porsche Taycan Product Improvement Revealed

[gallery link="file" columns="1" size="full" ids="97115"] The Porsche Taycan has reached its mid-lifecycle refreshening, and that's most interesting to us for a number of reasons. First and foremost, Taycan is based on the same J1 architecture Audi used for its e-tron GT and RS e-tron GT offerings. Frankly, their co-development is markedly closer than other shared platforms such as Macan/Q5 or Cayenne/Q7/Q8. Finally, the EV market is evolving and shifting so quickly, just what sort of changes...
5 Feb 2024

Audi RS e-tron GT at Women’s Audi FIS Ski World Cup Event in Cortina

[gallery link="file" columns="1" size="full" ids="96861"] Audi Italia chooses Cortina again for an Italian preview: the special edition Audi RS e-tron GT ice race edition exhibited in the central Piazza Roma The Granturismo an electron, made with a limited edition of 99 copies, is the ultimate expression of the Audi exclusive customization program Audi present in the territory as a local partner since 2017: with FISI and Audi FIS Ski World Cup to combine performance and sustainability T...
2 Feb 2024

Updated Porsche Taycan Suggests 360-Mile Range for Audi e-tron GT

[gallery link="file" columns="1" size="full" ids="96810"]   Audi hasn’t revealed their mid-lifecycle product improvement for the e-tron GT / RS e-tron GT just yet, but it’s only a matter of time now that Porsche is sharing details of the updating for the GT’s platform-mate Taycan. Notably, Porsche confirmed today in a press release that range would bump to 587 km based on real world testing of the car on California’s 405 and 5 expressways. That converts to 364 miles. Is th...
25 Jan 2024

Audi RS e-tron GT Avant Rendered in AI

[gallery columns="1" link="file" size="full" ids="96322"] We’d heard a credible rumor once that an Avant version of the e-tron GT / RS e-tron GT had been in the initial planning. Porsche certainly got there with the platform-sharing Taycan Sport Turismo, but thus far Audi hasn’t shown any in kind addition. And given we’re nearly at the mid-lifecycle refreshening of the Taycan and e-tron GT, it’s probably safe to assume an e-tron GT Avant isn’t coming… and that’s a shame. Sinc...
5 Jan 2024

Audi exclusive: Magnetic Grey RS e-tron GT

[gallery link="file" columns="1" size="full" ids="95249"] There’s a base of Audi clientele out there who prefer a unique experience over a commodity. They prefer a tailored build over run-of-the-mill dealer inventory. And while we know dealer inventory is often forgettable grey, even amongst the greys you can have standout unique possibilities. Take for example this RS e-tron GT posted recently by Audi AG. This particular shade is called Magnetic Grey, appearing to be a medium grey not far o...
2 Jan 2024

Porsche Taycan Resets Nordschliefe EV Record

[gallery columns="1" size="full" link="file" ids="94932"] Editor’s Note: Here on this Audi-focused platform, we still take great interest in watching the advances of cars that share Audi DNA. In the case of the Porsche Taycan, it’s a J1 platform mate for the Audi e-tron GT and RS e-tron GT. So, achievements such as a Nürburgring lap record for the Taycan and its preproduction compnonents certainly bode well for the GT. [gallery columns="1" link="file" size="full" ids="94930"] [source: Po...
24 Nov 2023

Updated e-tron GT Spied Testing

[gallery link="file" columns="1" size="full" ids="93528"] It appears that a test mule of the e-tron GT was spied cruising around in Ingolstadt traffic this week. The GT’s J1-chassis mate Porsche Taycan has already been seen testing a facelifted version, so it was probably only a matter of time before the GT followed suit. As you can see, the car’s got cladding in all the typical “soft” areas. While stampings for body panels tend not to change in mid-lifecycle updates, components such a...
9 Feb 2021

Full Details: Audi e-tron GT

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="58115"] Audi has revealed full details of its new e-tron GT and RS e-tron GT models. Below is the full press copy and photography released along with the Celebration of Progress reveal event. Electric, sporty and Progressive With the e-tron GT, Audi is demonstrating how fascinating electric mobility will be. The four-door coupé combines emotive design with a powerful drive and dynamic handling. This is the start of a new era, the gran turism...
31 Mar 2020

Tech Talk: How Audi Plans to Bring 20 All-Electric Models to Market in the Next Five Years

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="45235"] 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...
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8 Oct 2019

Road Map E: Audi in the Era of Electric Mobility (Plus Videos)

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="36285"] source: Audi AG Audi is transforming into a provider of electric mobility—a process that involves all areas of the company. After all, the brand with the four rings intends to put more than 30 electrified models on the market by 2025, which constitutes a 40 percent share in sales. In doing so, Audi is consistently pursuing the path of sustainable mobility. Accordingly, the areas of Procurement and Production are also alignin...
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20 Mar 2018

Audi Teases e-tron GT at Annual Press Conference

Audi enjoys teasing future product at the company's annual press conference, and the 2018 gathering was no exception. Buried between profit reports, factory highlights and other mundane issues comes more solid confirmation of the brand's second all-electric e-tron offering. And, unlike the e-tron shown in Geneva, this one will skip the more obvious crossover configuration and instead go low-slung and sporty that should be more appealing to car enthusiasts. Sharing the above image with att...