31 Aug 2018

Event Report: Monterey Car Week 2018

by: George Achorn The term bucket listis oft over-used, meant to call out the ultimate and often less-than-ultimate experience of just about anything. Even still, when speaking of Monterey Car Week, it is a fair descriptor. Bucket list is also an apt analogy, because with the simply impossible number of events going on over just a few days, seeing everything is about as attainable as one of those million dollar Bugattis and the like that you’ll spy over-and-over in Monterey traffic....
20 Aug 2018

Volkswagen I.D. R Pike’s Peak Headed to Monterey

[source: Volkswagen AG] I.D. R Pikes Peak returns to the USA for the first time since record-breaking appearance at Pikes Peak Electric race car to be showcased at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance  Impressive mix of historic classics and innovative concept cars Wolfsburg, GERMANY. Two months after the historic, record-breaking triumph at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, the I.D. R Pikes Peak is set to make a first return visit to the United States: the first full...
20 Aug 2018

Event Preview: Monterey Car Week

UPDATED: 08.20.2018 There’s no doubt that the Monterey Car Week has become a megalith for the car enthusiast world, and also specifically for the Audi enthusiast niche. Events like Legends of the Autobahn have been a mainstay for Audi enthusiasts as part of Monterey for years now, but even more stepped up presence by Audi including the just-announced Audi PB 18 concept car introduction,  plus a clustering of many other activities helps make the week a can’t miss for four ring fans. W...
13 Aug 2018

1988 Audi 200 TRANS-AM Headed to Monterey Car Week

Yet another highlight can now be confirmed for next week's bucket list worthy Monterey Car Week.  We've just learned that a recently restored 1988 Audi 200 TRANS-AM racer will be present in Monterey and will even take to the track at the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion at Weathertech Raceway Laguna Seca. Interestingly, this appears to be neither a move by Audi Tradition nor Audi itself. While Audi does plan a markedly stepped up presence in Monterey including the reveal of the PB 18 e...
1 Aug 2018

1934 Horch 780B Cabriolet Headed to Bonhams Monterey Auction

With Monterey Car Week looming, including a great number of classic car auctions, it's worth keeping track of places to be and events not to miss. Earlier this week we provided a general breakdown of the highly crowded Monterey Car Week schedule. Now, we're happy to add to that list with a callout to Bonhams' Quail Lodge Auction. Bonhams is quickly becoming the auction not to miss for Audi enthusiasts. Last year included a Sport quattro as part of a Group B collection, and also a pre-war ...
15 Nov 2017

Supercars on Cannery Row 2017

words and photos by: George Achorn When it comes to the car enthusiast hobby, there are few events in the nation that can hold a candle to Monterey Car Week. Legends of the Autobahn is just one entry into this crowded list of events. Any number of specialty concours, high end auto auctions and more promise a schedule so overflowing for car enthusiasts that you’ll find yourself playing calendar Tetris trying not to miss anything. From the other end of the exclusive car spectrum comes a ...
8 Nov 2017

Legends of the Autobahn 2017, Event Report + The Full Photo Gallery

words: Troy Sicotte, photos: George Achorn Editor's Note: This story originally ran in the Fall 2017 issue of the Audi Club North America quattro quarterly print magazine. This time around, we've added the entire collection of photography shot on site at Legends of the Autobahn. If you don't receive quattro quarterly and wish to subscribe, join the Audi Club North America HERE. It’s no secret that California’s Monterey Car Week is an auto enthusiast's dream vacation getaway. There...
30 Oct 2017

Project TT RS: Part 1 – Dealership to Monterey

words: Troy Sicotte Project TT RS is a multi-part series that follows the journey of an Audi enthusiast, the ownership experience, and the “ecosystem”  that follows the car around ACNA events and an OEM+ minded build project. It’s all about that sound, isn’t it? The sound Michèle Mouton and Walter Röhrl made famous in the 1980s. This sound, and quattro’s dominance in motorsport, led me to always aspire to own an Audi. These affections lead to me first to a 2013 Audi TT RS...
22 Sep 2017

Monterey Car Week: Bonham’s Quail Auction Preview

  There are any number of auctions going on in Monterey during car week, each by well established auction houses. For Audi enthusiasts though, there was just one this year that couldn’t be missed and that was the Bonhams sale held on the grounds of The Quail country club. First and foremost, the Bonhams sale featured an array of Group B rally cars, primarily in road-going homologation form. Obviously, it was an Audi Sport quattro amongst that mix that drew our eye most directly. Tha...