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Four rings, four driven wheels – a 40-year success story
From the lockable center differential to electric torque vectoring
Ahead of the competition: a triumph in motorsports and among customers
The quattro drive has been a technical core area and pillar of Audi for 40 years now. The great success story ranges from the manually lockable center differential in 1980 to the three electric motors that drive the new S models in Audi’s e-...
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words: Bill, video: Underground Racing
Wow...I've never seen an R8 do a wheelie before and unless you've seen this video, I'm going to reckon you haven't either. It took me longer to type that out than it did for Underground Racing's twin-turbo Audi R8 V10 to make it down the strip: 7.659 seconds at 196.76mph. Strap in and hang on as you watch the video below and prepare to say 'Wow'.
[embed]https://youtu.be/ShHAO0ET3qU[/embed]
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words: Bill, photos: AutoPark Dallas
There are people who want to go through life unnoticed and then there's this for those who want to be noticed...and heard. This is a 2017 Audi R8 V10 that has had 'some' work done to it. I'll let the ad do the describing:
AutoPark Dallas is thrilled to offer you this Gintani Twin Turbo Custom Wrapped 2017 Audi R8 V10 with MANY Upgrades for sale! Picture it: Sitting behind the wheel of your beautiful...
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source: Audi AG
The racing car has won the 24 Hours on the Nürburgring five times since 2012
Edition model pays tribute to the legendary victories in the “Green Hell”
Paint finish in Tioman green, interior with Alcantara and exclusive contrasting stitching
V10 naturally aspirated engine with 620 PS, zero to 100 km/h (62.1 mph) in 3.1 seconds
The Audi R8 LMS has notched up five overall victories since 2012 in the 24 Hours on the ...
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words: Bill, video: Lovecars
I remember when the Lexus LFA came onto the scene. On the forums (admittedly a Volkswagen/Audi forum), it was derided by most but loved by some. But who really couldn't at least like a V10 beast? Well...I think most of us here would love another V10 beast instead. An Audi R8 V10 Spyder is lined up against the LFA and in this drag race between the Banana and the Grape, who do you think will win? Watch b...
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words: Bill, photos: Audi Hawthorne
*Bing* I awoke to the sound of a message coming through and was it a good one. Well, good could be a relative term. Emre sent me this R8 V10 performance with no comment and maybe no comment was needed. This is an Audi exclusive Zanzibar Brown R8 V10 performance. I don't remember if I've ever seen this color before. Here's the ad:
CARFAX One-Owner. Clean CARFAX. quattro 5.2 quattro 5.2L V10 FSI DOHC ZANZ...
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source: Audi of America
With most pitches across the country sitting stagnant due to COVID-19, we were able to help bring some excitement to the soccer world without a match. In collaboration with MLS4THELOU, we took part in an exciting announcement for the 28th team in Major League Soccer – the team name, logo and overall brand reveal for the first-ever team in St. Louis.
The team will be known as St. Louis CITY SC. Selected from ...
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words: Bill, photo: carwow
Mat is up to it again and this time, it's an Audi Sport family feud. He puts the RS Q8 up against an Audi V10. It's not a V10 plus but it's had some work on it to put out the power of a plus. How will twin turbo go against naturally aspirated? I think you may know the answer but do you? Watch the video below and see.
[embed]https://youtu.be/rucp4fyIKuU[/embed]
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words: Bill, photos: Prior Design NA, found: Armen...from Kansas City
Wow. That's all I have to say. Someone took a 2017 Audi R8 V10 plus and figured it wasn't enough so they dropped over $80k in parts and labor...and created this beauty here. Normally, I'm just content with a 'regular' V10 plus but then I've been told I'm not normal. Here's the ad:
2017 Audi R8 V10 Plus. Over $80k of parts and labor spent on this build.
Currently 3150 ...
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words: Bill, photo: Audi Club North America
These days, wearing masks is the norm so why not wear a grill on your grill? Audi Club's TeePublic store has some new designs including these: the RS 5 grill, R8 grill, and RS 6 Avant grill. As usual with TeePublic, you can get this design on a t-shirt, phone cover, mug, etc. When TeePublic offered masks several months ago, they were pleated. These new masks are not. They measure 7" wide and 4...
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words: Bill, photos: CarWow
Mat Watson has a great job...we've featured him and CarWow many times as our Video of the Day because why not? He reviews some great (and not so great cars) and he gets to drag some. In this case, he puts a baby R8 against an actual R8 but don't feel sorry for him; his TT RS is ABT tuned.
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Both Audi has 610hp but the TT RS is lighter and has 575ft-lb comp...
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words: Bill, photos: Keyes Audi, Kucarfa B.V.
As I prepared to fly solo on last night's Find of the Day: Throwdown Edition, I couldn't help but look back at last week's Audi Club vs Audi of America episode. While our guests were winning round after round, a vocal group of viewers were proclaiming that George should have won two of the rounds: Audi dealer stock and Audi classic. Here they are:
First on the block is a 2020 Audi exclusive Mo...
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source: Audi of America
Limited to 30 units, the R8 V10 quattro features unique trim details including 20-inch milled wheels in silver, carbon exterior lower trim, and alu-optic mirror caps
Available as a Coupe painted in either Mugello Blue, Avus Silver, or Sonoma Green, and as a Spyder painted in Mugello Blue
R8 V10 performance quattro model continues on for 2021
To celebrate a decade of success with the storied V10 engine, Audi...
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words: George Achorn, photos: Denis Podmarkov
Believe it or not, you’ve seen this car before. Well, if you’re a longtime reader of quattro Magazine, then you may recall that we featured a modified R8 back in 2018 (“Red is Right”, pp. 36-38, quattro quarterly Summer 2018). While that may not qualify as a long time by most measures, it is a considerable amount in Pacific German years. For that well-known SoCal shop, life moves prett...
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words: Bill, photos: Audi of America
Our 2nd installment of #quarantinequattro comes from Audi of America. This very Audi Holiday (quattro de Mayo) celebrates 40 years of quattro.
First up (and in our hearts) is the Audi Sport quattro S1. This car dominated rally racing so much, it changed it. quattro was declared an 'unfair advantage' when it was introduced into touring car racing. You can download it HERE.
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words: Denis Podmarkov, photos: Udrive
We currently are experiencing interesting times. With most events being postponed or canceled, we aren't too sure how the car show season will turn out. Most of us are used to going out to Cars & Coffee at least once a month. Leaving the house for some social interactions and just to see some nice cars. One day things will get back to normal, but for now, we have to work with what we got.
Luckily UDrive Automotive is doing something about it...
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source: Audi of America
Editor’s Note: We are in some extraordinary times now. COVID-19 has caused many disruptions (to say the very least) and in terms of the automotive world, all industry and enthusiast events are on hold…but that doesn’t mean we have to stop learning. In quattro magazine, we have a column by James Benoit called Tech Talk where James talks about…well…the tech of Audi. Audi of America is releasing a serie...
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source: Audi of America
Editor’s Note: We are in some extraordinary times now. COVID-19 has caused many disruptions (to say the very least) and in terms of the automotive world, all industry and enthusiast events are on hold…but that doesn’t mean we have to stop learning. In quattro magazine, we have a column by James Benoit called Tech Talk where James talks about…well…the tech of Audi. Audi of America is releasing a serie...
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words: Bill, video: Woyshnis Media
The cure; everyone is looking for it and hoping it comes along soon but the cure for boredom can be found all around you. All you need are empty streets and a bagged R8 V10.
In this haunting video, JackUltraMotive takes their R8 through Seattle. I've been to Seattle once and was surrounded by traffic. I don't live in a big city. In fact, I live in the sticks so it's fascinating to me to see the empty ...
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words: Bill, photos: Audi of America
I don't know about you but I've been in video conference calls for awhile now and I'm pretty sure people are getting sick of seeing the same wall in my office...
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Uhhh...ok, back to our regular programming. Audi of America understands this so they've put together some virtual backgrounds to entertain yourself and your fellow Zoom attendees. The...