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Nish Pillai has become a notable expert on the RS 6 and the community around it. His Nogaro Blue Tribute has been on the cover of quattro Magazine, and he's an active leader on RS 6 owner group chats and Facebook Groups. We caught up with him to talk about the new RS 6 GT.
Watch it below, or find it on these Podcast Channels. Apple | Amazon | Spotify | Google | YouTube
https://youtu.be/poA6iHsOXN8
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During the F1 grand prix in Las Vegas, Carlos Sainz was in town to watch his son Carlos Jr. compete with Ferrari. Legendary chef José Andrés caught up with Carlos Sainz to talk about life on the road, life off the road and how to turn a medical helicopter around when you've merely suffered a spinal fracture in the middle of Saudi Arabia. Of course, that was months before Carlos headed off to contest (and win!) the 2024 Dakar Rally.
He...
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During Audi Club Nationals 2023 at Tail of the Dragon, we caught up with Charles Shackelford, the YouTuber known best as Humble Mechanic who was on location to take part in the event.
Watch it below, or find it on these Podcast Channels. Apple | Amazon | Spotify | Google | YouTube
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In the final podcast of our women takeover for the summer Q3_2023 issue of quattro Magazine, Lucy and Lia Block join Leanne Kopras and Mina Achorn to talk about rally from the perspective of a 16-year-old (Lia) and a mom (Lucy). They also chat about current projects including Lia's ur quattro restoration, Lucy's e-tron Sportback, Blockhouse Racing, American rally, taking on Pike's Peak and of course the 43 Institute that they've start...
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Continuing in our women takeover series, Leanne Kopras catches up with Amie Palo to talk about her pursuit of drag-racing a forced induction R8, her move to upgrade to an R8 LMS GT4-based Build, plus being a woman and a mom in motorsport. Check out our feature about Amie in our Q3_2023 issue of quattro Magazine out in July 2023.
Watch it below, or find it on these Podcast Channels. Apple | Spotify | Google&nbs...
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As we continue our women's takeover series to support the summer Q3_2023 issue of quattro Magazine, Talia Pakkala catches up with Montana Throne to discuss the role of women in STEM, the challenges of being a woman in the traditionally male-dominated auto industry, and digs into her projects at Integrated Engineering (IE), most notably their new app and how that will change the tuning experience for IE customers.
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Erin Vogel is an Audi Club legacy. She started her performance driving hobby attending Audi Club Southern California High-Performance Driving Events (HPDEs) with her dad, and has quickly progressed from student, to instructor, to aspiring racecar driver. She's an example for ALL Audi Club North America members who may aspire to such a path, though she's especially relatable for women for whom she has made a conscious decision to help...
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When George Achorn produced the latest issue of quattro Magazine with a heavy focus on electromobility, he thought he knew just about everything he needed to know. He’s owned an e-tron since 2019. Even still, driving the new Q4 on the autobahn, the RS e-tron GT on Angeles Crest Highway, diving into the makings of Electrikhana with Hoonigan and real world experiences have opened his eyes to a lot. So what’d he learn and where does h...
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The next episode of Audi Club's Unfair Advantage podcast has dropped and in it, we catch up with 034motorsport’s Director of Marketing, Nick Mercadante, to talk about his B9 Audi SQ5 (10 second car at the drag strip, passing on the outside at Laguna Seca), SEMA, COVID, how to pronounce “034”, and a whole lot of other things. Also look for a feature on Nick and his SQ5 in the upcoming Q1_2023 issue of quattro Magazine. For now, gi...
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Brian Scotto has been a lot of things: Magazine Editor, Film Director, and now YouTube personality Chief Creative Officer at Hoonigan. Through all that, he's also had a serious addiction to the Audi brand... particularly the big bodies. In this first part of our discussion with him, we talk about Hoonigan's Audi SEMA cars, his Coupe quattro and Ken Block's Sport quattro, plus his ever-expanding Audi habit. Watch on our YouTube channe...
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Over the summer we caught up via conference platform with Audi Sport and Le Mans legend Tom Kristensen for a chat about his biography "Mr. Le Mans". The book is as much about the man as it is about racing, which led to a conversation about documentaries like "Truth in 24" and the "F1 Drive to Survive" series by Netflix. We also got Tom's take on Le Mans 2023 and Audi's return.
"Mr. Le Mans" is published by Euro Publishing. It can be found...
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We recently caught up with New Jersey exotic car dealer and vintage Audi specialist Kevin Ginsberg and chatted about his own Audi enthusiast history, his former ownership of our Audi Club quattro Sweepstakes ’85 “ur” quattro 20V, and multiple other subjects.
Watch it below or check out the Unfair Advantage Podcast by Audi Club on Anchor, or distributed to most major podcast platforms. ENTER THE AUDI CLUB QUATTRO SWEEPSTAKES ...
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source: Audi UK
Debut eight-part podcast series lifts veil on legendary car manufacturer
A brand-new eight-part podcast series, Audi | Behind the Rings, launches this week, lifting the veil on one of the most famous and iconic brands in motoring.
The eight 30-minute episodes tell the story of Audi through past, present and future via a series of lively, informal and entertaining conversations. Host Alex Goy, authority on all things ...
Find of the Day: Weekly Throwdown Edition – We’re Going Live Tonight & Inviting Friends For A Debate
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Tonight at 7pm Eastern, Audi Club is going live on Facebook to debate who has found the 'best' Find of the Day. Tonight's distinguished panel: Will Barber- washed up internet celebrity, John Acton- Sausage King of Chicago, Jamie Orr- Scruffy Automotive Extraordinaire. The hosts are: George Achorn- Executive Director of Audi Club NA and my boss (so no funny nickname, sir), and me, Bill Cho, Private Slow.
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In this episode of Unfair Advantage, George Achorn catches up with Peter Birtwhistle. So who is Peter Birtwhistle besides a man with a really cool last name? While you may not recognize his name, you definitely recognize his work. Peter was an Audi designer in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He has a book coming out on April 14, 2020 (purchase An English Car Designer Abroad HERE).
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Yes, Virginia...we still have a podcast. George & I have been busy with traveling to Avantoberfest, meeting in Herndon (Audi HQ), getting the q4_2019 issue of quattro Magazine to bed, and prepping/working the National Event in the D.C. are so we apologize for not airing more episodes. BUT during that time, we did record some podcast including a 800-mile roundtrip in an Audi e-tron and an in-depth interview with Tom Kristensen. In...
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It's been awhile since I've posted that yes...we actually have a podcast. The following episodes are pretty darn good if I say so myself. George and I went to the New York International Auto Show back in April to interview Matthew Mostafaei and Anthony Garbis, both Audi of America. A couple of weekends ago, we traveled to the Great White North for Eurokracy and interviewed Audi Club National board member and Canadian Tasmanian Devil, Gordon Varney. These are their stories (dun du...
The third episode of our podcast Unfair Advantage is now available on iTunes. In this episode, I (Bill Cho) sit down with George Achorn and talk about his background in the Audi space, plus a look at the redesign of quattro Magazine and a preview of the upcoming Q2 2019 issue due out very soon.
For those who don’t know George, google him but I’ll give you a brief rundown here anyway. At a very young age, George was into cars and had already been bitten by the modification bug. He foun...
The second episode of our new podcast Unfair Advantage is now available on iTunes. In this one, we (quattro Magazine editor George Achorn and events manager Bill Cho) head to Audi of America headquarters in Herndon, VA to catch up with Will Barber, current Audi of America Liaison to Audi Club. In addition to his tenure at Audi working with the after-sales business, Will's professional past lives include editor at Fourtitude.com and VWvortex.com, and online marketer for AWE Tuning.
Oh an...
Oh my god we have a podcast.
A couple of times a month, we put out a newsletter called Unfair Advantage. It's a recap of Audi news of the past weeks.
George Achorn, Editor of quattro Magazine, wanted to start a podcast for Audi enthusiasts. The inaugural podcast is about events happening in 2019. By no means is this a complete listing and it's also not exclusively for Audi Club members but there are Audi Club events mentioned. For more detailed descriptions of Audi Club events, please visi...