7 May 2024

FOTD: Low Mileage Tizian Red ’85 ur quattro in CA

[gallery link="file" columns="1" size="full" ids="101295"] It's always a pleasure when we find an investment grade ur quattro for sale. This one is extra special for a number of reasons, given its U.S. spec, has logged just 31,200 miles and and is painted rare Tizian Red Metallic. The dealership listing the car, CPR Classic in Southern California between San Diego and Los Angeles, lists the car as such: [gallery link="file" columns="1" size="full" ids="101292"] CPR Classic is delight...
30 Jan 2024

Strong in Design, Comfort, and Technology: The Revised Audi Q7

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="96602"] source: Audi AG Unmistakable design with new details makes for impressive street presence Headlights and rear lights customizable for the first time thanks to digital lighting technology The variable interior concept offers the ideal basis for family, business, and free time Audi has once again upgraded its flagship family SUV with a clear design and even better technology. The fresh exterior design with new front and rear sections ...
Tue, Jan 30 , 2024 Bill
18 Jan 2024

Race for Glory, the Sequel – When Audi Took Revenge on Lancia

[gallery link="file" columns="1" size="full" ids="95976"] With the debut this month of, the movie retelling the story of Audi versus Lancia in the 1983 World Rally Championship season, there’s a newfound spotlight on those early ’80s years as Audi fought to establish quattro as the all-out dominant technology, while Lancia stuck with a more traditional rear-wheel drive yet mid-engine layout in their 037 racecar. We know from history, and from the movie, that Lancia snagged that ’83 titl...
16 Jan 2024

Retropower Teases ur quattro Resto Mod Project

[gallery columns="1" link="file" size="full" ids="95882"] UK-based firm Retropower is known for project builds of the restomod variety, that basically taking a classic car and bestowing it with modern performance, technology, luxuries and usually paired with a tailoring to the owner’s preferences. It’s a bespoke style build in the vein of Singer, a Porsche specialist known world round and who the likes of BringATrailer have compared with Retropower when describing the latter’s work. That...
5 Jan 2024

Find of the Day: De Paoli Dakar Monster quattro on Cars & Bids

[gallery columns="1" link="file" size="full" ids="95246"] We’ve covered this Frankenquattro before, and ran the story of its ’86 Paris-Dakar run on the blog yesterday. We did that in part because we saw Cars & Bids has offered it up for sale and likely timed with the 2024 Dakar Rally to get attention. So, if you’ve wanted to own a highly unique piece of quattro history, this car may very well fit the bill. [gallery link="file" columns="1" size="full" ids="95244"] Spoiler alert: Unde...
5 Jan 2024

Feature Car: Brian Scotto’s Roadtrip Therapy

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="95146"] by: Brian Scotto 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 here. Crossing the Border to Finalize a Pandemic Purchase The steering wheel, a blue-anodized, two-spoked, dished Sparco, squishes as I grip what is left of the soggy, disintegrating foam-wrapped ring. I am later told this wheel came out of a...
Fri, Jan 05 , 2024 Bill
4 Jan 2024

Concept Corner: Audi Shooting Brake Concept (2005)

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="95087"] source: Audi AG Editor’s note: Occasionally, we feature a concept vehicle on the site. Most don’t make it into production but sometimes we wish they did Originally published on October 19, 2005 Compact and powerfully athletic Audi is unveiling a new highlight in the sporty compact segment at the Tokyo Motor Show: the ShootingBrake Concept is a study vehicle offering a further trailblazing interpretation of Audi's current formal id...
Thu, Jan 04 , 2024 Bill
4 Jan 2024

Feature: Frankenstein Monster of Dakar

[gallery columns="1" link="file" size="full" ids="95192"] The incredible story of the quattro Paris-Dakar and its illustrious builder Franco de Paoli words: George Achorn, photos: Franco de Paoli Editor’s Note: This article originally ran in the Q3_2019 issue of quattro Magazine. The 2024 Dakar Rally begins tomorrow, while the car you see in this story also hits the auction market this week elsewhere in these pages. In as much, it seemed the perfect opportunity to re-tell this story. If ...
28 Dec 2023

Concept Corner: Audi TT offroad concept

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="94721"] source: Audi AG Editor’s note: Occasionally, we feature a concept vehicle on the site. Most don’t make it into production but sometimes we wish they did.  With the 25th birthday of the Audi TT and its final run, we decided to have this and the next few Concept Corners focused on this design icon. Originally published on April 19, 2014 The Audi TT offroad concept show car Study combines the sportiness of a coupe with the utility of a...
Thu, Dec 28 , 2023 Bill
4 Dec 2023

Find of the Day: 1981 Audi quattro Group 4

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="93750"] photos: RM Sotheby's Sometimes I think of getting reborn into a different more exciting life. Not that there's anything wrong with my current one but sometimes...we can dream, right? That must have been the case with this car. It started life as a civilian 1981 quattro but after a rebirth, it's now ready to tackle the race lifestyle. Here's the ad: [gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="93755"] Prepared for and campaigned in E...
Mon, Dec 04 , 2023 Bill
16 Nov 2023

Stig Blomqvist Announces Ice Driving Experience

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="93144"] 2024 will mark 40 years since Stig Blomqvist nabbed the rally world championship at the wheel of his Audi quattro, and to celebrate that anniversary he’s announced a super exclusive ice driving experience in cooperation with Routevare in Sweden and planned for February. Set to take place between February 19-25, Stig will act personally as driving instructor for 12 students (in two waves of six), while they’ll also reportedly be able t...
Thu, Nov 16 , 2023 Bill
9 Nov 2023

Audi Club Auction Watch: 11.09.2023

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="92849"] Words: Steve Johnson Greetings fellow Audi enthusiasts!  Do you find yourself searching through the internet’s multiple car auction sites looking for a specific model?  While it can be fun, it does consume valuable time.  So let us do some of the work for you.  Auction Watch monitors online auction sites for Audi models worthy of your bids.  Each Thursday we post those listings calling out a car’s highlights, and include a ...
7 Nov 2023

Find of the Day: 1980 Audi Ur-quattro – The Oldest Street Version Known

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="92450"] photos: autoscout24 You've seen one Ur-quattro, you've seen them all, right? Well, I bet you haven't seen one like this before. This is a 1980 Audi quattro but it's also the oldest street version known. The ur Ur-quattro? Here's the ad (translated from German): [gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="92461"] [gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="92490"] The oldest (!) street-legal Audi Urquattro first owner...
Tue, Nov 07 , 2023 Bill
26 Oct 2023

Audi Club Auction Watch: 10.26.2023

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="92108"] Words: Steve Johnson Greetings fellow Audi enthusiasts!  Do you find yourself searching through the internet’s multiple car auction sites looking for a specific model?  While it can be fun, it does consume valuable time.  So let us do some of the work for you.  Auction Watch monitors online auction sites for Audi models worthy of your bids.  Each Thursday we post those listings calling out a car’s highlights...
10 Oct 2023

Audi Sport GmbH: 40th Anniversary Insights

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="91063"] source: Audi AG Exclusive event for customers and fans at Audi Forum Neckarsulm Exciting insights into four decades of Audi Sport GmbH Rolf Michl, Managing Director Audi Sport GmbH: “Proud past, even stronger future” Today marks the 40th anniversary of Audi Sport GmbH, which evolved from quattro GmbH. In early summer, Audi started the events to celebrate this anniversary in parallel with the Nürburgring 24 Hours and an exhibiti...
Tue, Oct 10 , 2023 Bill
10 Oct 2023

40 Facts About 40 Years of Audi Sport GmbH

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="91085"] source: Audi AG To mark the 40th birthday of Audi Sport GmbH, which evolved from quattro GmbH founded in 1983, the company presents 40 exciting facts. quattro and quattro GmbH: Audi registered the quattro brand in 1979. The term quattro (Italian for “four”) stands for the drivetrain of an automobile that transfers power to all four of its wheels. In March 1980, the brand with the four rings presented the quattro sports co...
Tue, Oct 10 , 2023 Bill
6 Oct 2023

quattro Magazine: A Time to Rally – Michèle Mouton & the 1982 Rallye Côte d’Ivoire

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="91009"] words: George Achorn, photos: Audi Tradition Editor’s Note: This article originally ran in the Q3_2023 issue of quattro Magazine. If you would like to subscribe to quattro Magazine, please join Audi Club here. Abidjan, Ivory Coast - Mornings at the Hotel Ivoire are typically not so busy as they were at 7 AM on Wednesday October 27, 1982. A modern hotel situated near the shore of Ivory Coast’s economic capital, t...
Fri, Oct 06 , 2023 Bill
26 Sep 2023

Stay the Course: Lia and Lucy Block Press on as Fierce Competitors in American Rally

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="90445"] by: Mina Achorn, photos: Justic Goble Editor’s Note: This article originally ran in the Q3_2023 issue of quattro Magazine. If you would like to subscribe to quattro Magazine, please join Audi Club here. To say the Block family - yes, that Block family - has a busy schedule these days would be a massive understatement. Forget school sports or final exams for Lia, much less anyone else, because that’s just the start of it. Lia and...
Tue, Sep 26 , 2023 Bill
21 Sep 2023

Update for the Audi Q4 e-tron: More Range, More Efficiency, More Emotions

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="90333"] source: Audi AG Faster: Quicker charging, more power, characteristic sound Sportier: The new suspension with Audi’s DNA Safer: Comprehensive assist packages Audi is systematically continuing its course for growth in fully electric models. More than other e-models, the Audi Q4 e-tron family has contributed to the strong growth in deliveries in the first half of 2023 (+51.2 percent). It is being comprehensively updated in the 2024 mod...
Thu, Sep 21 , 2023 Bill
4 Sep 2023

Find of the Day: 1987 Audi 200 quattro Trans Am Prototype and Test Car

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="89592"] photos: Hemmings There has been reproductions and tributes in the past but this...this is the real thing. This is a 1987 Audi 200 quattro Trans Am, 1 of 5 built. Driven by the likes of Hans-Joachim Stuck and Walter Röhrl. Here's the ad: [gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="89599"] EXTERIOR- white with Audi motorsport colours TRANSMISSION- Manual INTERIOR- white ENGINE- 5-cylinder aluminium ...
Mon, Sep 04 , 2023 Bill