21 Nov 2022

Black Friday Sale Preview: Exclusive Audi R8 GT Pin, Michèle Mouton Decal, and More!

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="79323"] We are going to do it again...our 2022 Black Friday Sale! This is a preview of what we are going to offer; the sale goes live Friday morning. We will be offering 3 different packages this year. Each package will include the following: a 1 of 100 individually numbered Audi R8 GT, a Michèle Mouton Pikes Peak Audi Sport quattro S1 decal, 2 Audi Club stickers, and a new Audi Club member card. Additionally, Package 2 and Package 3 includes al...
20 Jun 2022

The Handoff: Witnessing John Buffum Transition the R27 Works quattro Rally Car to Enthusiast Jeff Beyda

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="73681"] words/photos: George Achorn Editor’s Note: This article originally ran in the Q2_2022 issue of quattro Magazine. If you would like to subscribe to quattro Magazine, please join Audi Club here. Opening the door of the RS 6, the crisp air over Lake Champlain is a palpable yet refreshing wakeup call as it floods into the cabin. While we’re cruising along at a healthy pace, the car sits stationary on the deck of the Charlotte Ferry t...
10 Feb 2022

Someone Will Win This Scalextric Slot Car Track With Audi R8 Police Car and Mouton/Pons’ 1981 Audi quattro

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="68589"] Oh boy...I think this is the coolest Audi Club Sweepstakes promotion we've done yet. We've given away 1:18 scale models, stickers, canvas prints but never something like this. This is a Scalextric Le Mans slot car track with two awesome 1/32 scale cars that didn't originally come with the set: an Audi R8 police car with working lights and limited edition Michele Mouton/Fabrizia Pons' 1981 Audi quattro. We scoured the internet for these A...
27 Sep 2021

Rally Co-Driver Fabrizia Pons: “The quattro Has Never Lost Its Grip on Me”

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="64281"] source: Audi AG The vice-champion as Michèle Mouton’s co-driver remembers victory with Audi Great anticipation for the electric e-tron fleet and the new RS 3 Audi Sport GmbH Managing Director Sebastian Grams: “quattro links the past with the future” They are historic venues for the international rally scene and they have close ties to Audi: the Col de Turini as a stage of the Monte Carlo Rally and San Romolo as a very crucia...
29 Oct 2020

Find of the Day: 1986 Audi Coupe GT Commemorative Edition

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="54644"] words: Bill, photos: Cars & Bid When you think of Audi in the 80s, a couple of  iconic vehicles pop into mind: The Sport quattro and  the Quattro (ur-quattro). The Coupe GT was a version that didn't have the fender bulges of its muscular brother nor the turbo...nor the all-wheel drive. Yes, this is a front-wheel drive Audi but this one is a little special - it's a Commemorative Edition. The Commemorative Edition was set apar...
21 Aug 2020

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 he...
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...