9 Feb 2024

Longroof Longshot: Is the RS 4 Avant Coming to America?

[gallery link="file" columns="1" size="full" ids="97212"] Editor’s Note: This article originally ran in the Q2_2023 issue of quattro Magazine. If you would like to subscribe to quattro Magazine, please join Audi Club It all began with a stomach virus. Audi planned an October launch at the Ascari circuit in Spain for its new “competition” variants of the RS 4 and RS 5. As is increasingly more common of these sorts of long-lead European launches, Audi of America takes fewer and fe...
17 Feb 2022

Audi Earns Top-Ranked Honors in MotorTrend’s Ultimate Car Rankings

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="60975"] source: Audi of America Audi earned first-place and top-ranked honors with more podium wins than any other luxury automaker in MotorTrend's Ultimate Car Rankings for first half of 2022 Eight different Audi models across various categories were recognized for elegant design and tech-rich interior MotorTrend updates Ultimate Car Rankings list twice a year; award criteria based on over 70 years of experience in ranking vehicle safety, value...
Thu, Feb 17 , 2022 Bill
26 Oct 2018

TT RS and Cayman GTS in Motor Trend Shootout

One of the latest head-to-head shootouts from Motor Trend's on-demand service is the pitting of the Audi TT RS versus the Porsche Cayman GTS. While Motor Trend On Demand is a paid service, this particular video is free for your enjoyment (and hopefully to entice you to subscribe). We won't spoil it and so we won't suggest we agree with the findings of this video, but we will say this. Motor Trend is always great at talking handling nuance and pitting the cars at each other in controlled a...
11 Apr 2018

Audi R8 RWS Starting Price? A Bargain at $139,950

[words: Bill Cho, photos: Audi AG] Motor Trend is reporting that Audi of America announced the starting price for the R8 RWS...a stunning $139, 950 including destination. That's a massive $26,000 less than a 'base' R8 V10 Coupe and humongous $55,000 off a R8 V10 plus. I'm running out of 'big' words to describe the price difference. At such a bargain price, these will probably fly off the dealership floors but if you want one, you'd better hurry. Audi Sport is building 999 examples...
Wed, Apr 11 , 2018 Bill