Volkswagen Group Brands Celebrate Anniversaries at Bremen Classic Motor Show

[gallery link="file" columns="1" size="full" ids="96247"] "50 years of Volkswagen Scirocco": Autostadt shows first and second generation vehicles Volkswagen Classic celebrates the start of the anniversary year "50 years Volkswagen Golf" Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles celebrates "45 years of the third generation Volkswagen Transporter" Audi Tradition Parts is represented with the first generation of the Audi RS 4 Avant [source: AutoStadt] Wolfsburg, GERMANY - Four brands, four jubilees...

Audi Club Auction Watch: 11.16.2023

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="93095"] Words: Steve Johnson Greetings Audi enthusiasts!  It’s almost Thanksgiving, we hope you have your holiday meal plans made by now.  You can save yourself some time by letting us search the internet’s multiple car auction sites for Audi models worth bidding on.  Auction Watch monitors online auction sites for Audi models of all types in the hopes you’re looking for one of them to be your next car.  Each Thursday we post thos...

Audi Club Auction Watch: 08.31.2023

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="89496"] 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 ...

Audi RS 4 Avant: From Bestseller to Legend

[gallery columns="1" size="full" ids="86434"] “It remains a unique feeling to have been responsible for such a high-performance car, quattro GmbH’s first RS model, and to have realized it with a small team. When twice as many units are then sold than what was originally planned, you have created an icon.” Stephan Reil, former Head of Technical Development at quattro GmbH [source: Audi AG] One of quattro GmbH’s most important milestones is the Audi RS 4 Avant. Offered exclusively as a...

Audi Club Auction Watch: 05.18.2023

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="86331"] Words: Steve Johnson Fellow Audi enthusiasts, do you lose track of time searching the internet’s multiple car auction sites for a specific model?  If so, please let us do some of the work for you.  Auction Watch is monitoring numerous auction sites for Audi models worthy of bidding on.  Then, weekly in Auction Watch, we’ll post a short description with key data, a few pictures, and a link to the listing.  We hope to help you...

Audi Club Auction Watch: 01.12.2023

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="81763"] Words: Steve Johnson Fellow Audi fans: make a New Year’s resolution to stop spending countless hours searching the internet for your favorite car(s) and simply check out this post every week.  Auction Watch is monitoring numerous auction sites for Audi models worthy of bidding on, then posting a short description with key data points and a few pictures to, hopefully, help you find the car you’re looking for in time to bid. I...

Audi Club Auction Watch: 01.05.2023

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="81514"] Words: Steve Johnson Fellow Audi fans: make a New Year’s resolution to stop spending countless hours searching the internet for your favorite car(s) and simply check out this post every week.  Auction Watch is monitoring numerous auction sites for Audi models worthy of bidding on, then posting a short description with key data points and a few pictures to, hopefully, help you find the car you’re looking for in time to bid. H...

A Prize A Day – Free-For-All Giveaway Plus an RS Sticker Pack for Everyone

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="80791"] There are two weeks left in the Audi Club RS 3 Sweepstakes and we’re giving away the shop! From Monday December 19 through Friday December 23, we are giving away one prize a day AND everyone gets an RS sticker pack that includes an RS 6 Avant RS Tribute edition, a Nogaro Blue RS 2 Avant, and an RS 3 sedan (while supplies left)! So this week, the prizes are a 1:43 ABT RS6-R in Merlin Purple, a quattro hat, an Audi Collection Germany g...
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Video of the Day: Audi RS 4 Avant competition

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="78341"] words: Bill, photo: Hagerty So yes I know this isn't coming to the States but it's always a good thing to see an RS 4 Avant especially the competition plus model. We ran the press release back in May about this new package but this is the 1st video I've seen about it. Brought to us by Hagerty, Henry Catchpole from The Driver's Seat takes this RS 4 Avant completion through its paces in southern Spain. Enjoy below. [embed]https://youtu.b...
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Audi Club Auction Watch: 09.22.2022

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="76447"] Words: Steve Johnson Audi enthusiasts: do you spend countless hours searching on-line for your favorite car or cars?  If so, we’re here to help!  To save you time, in this Auction Watch series we’re monitoring numerous auction sites for Ingolstadt’s finest up for auction.  Interesting finds will be posted weekly, and hopefully, you’ll be alerted in time to bid on your dream car. There are a couple of interesting overse...

Is this PHEV Mule the B10 RS 4 Avant?

Our spy photographers caught a very interesting B10 Audi A4 Avant test mule out testing. While the wheel size and prototype camo on the bodywork suggest something more mundane, the details of this car definitely have us wondering if it's the next RS 4 Avant... and if the next RS 4 Avant is a plug-in hybrid?!? So why do we think RS 4? Well, for starters it's running registration plates beginning with HN. Audi models tend to run IN for Ingolstadt, but Audi Sport models tend to run HN for Heilb...

Find of the Day: 2008 Audi RS 4 Avant Clone (The RS Faux)

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="66401"] words: Bill, photos: Nishant Pillai If you build it, they will come. This particular RS 4 Avant build has graced the pages of quattro Magazine and people's dreams for awhile now and guess what? It's for sale. When Daniel Gray bought it, it was a 'regular' B7 S4 Avant but he wanted more. Instead of rehashing what he did, you can read about it HERE. Dan is no stranger to awesome Avant builds; he also built this one. He had his fun with th...
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Audi Sport GmbH Now Has Largest Product Range Ever

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="61536"] source: Audi AG Delivery figures for R and RS models hit record high Systematic electrification strategy in the high-performance segment Audi Sport GmbH had an epic year in 2020, delivering more than 29,300 vehicles to customers – a new record for the high-performance carmaker. With more than 15 R and RS models currently available, it now boasts its largest product range ever. And with its RS e-tron GT, Audi Sport has als...
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quattro Magazine: A Safari B5 RS for all Roads.

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="61511"] by: Roger Garbow, photos: Roger Garbow, Tony Coletta, Ai Design Editor’s Note: This article originally ran in the Q2_2021 issue of quattro Magazine. If you would like to subscribe to quattro Magazine, please join Audi Club here. The B5 RS 4 Avant is one of those rare vehicles that is coveted by folks far beyond brand loyalists. For most enthusiasts, the car is absolutely perfect as created by the factory and it would be sacrilege to co...
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Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes (Nogaro) Blue: Chapter Three: The Avant Life

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="50496"] by: Tara and Nishant Pillai Editor’s Note: Welcome to a new monthly Audi Club North America series called Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes (Nogaro) Blue. Nishant Pillai is a 10-year Audi Club North America (Audi Club Florida) member. He and his wife, Tara, are buying a 25th Anniversary Nogaro Edition RS 6 Avant. This is his long and winding road to making his brown eyes Nogaro Blue. You can find Chapter One HERE and Chapter Two HERE....
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Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes (Nogaro) Blue: Chapter Two: Oh, All The Cars We Have Had

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="49486"] words and photos: Tara and Nishant Pillai Editor’s Note: Welcome to a new monthly Audi Club North America series called Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes (Nogaro) Blue. Nishant Pillai is a 10-year Audi Club North America (Audi Club Florida) member. He and his wife, Tara, are buying a 25th Anniversary Nogaro Edition RS 6 Avant. This is his long and winding road to making his brown eyes Nogaro Blue. You can find Chapter One HERE. Straight...
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Video of the Day: Audi RS 4 Avant vs RS Q8 vs RS Q3

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="47940"] words: Bill, photo: carwow It's been awhile since we've seen Mat Watson but he's come back with a winner. Last time, he raced an Audi RS 6 Avant against an AMG E63, a BMW M5 Competition, and a Porsche Panamera. This time, he's in an RS 4 and he's challenging an RS Q8 and an RS Q3 in a drag. I know which one I would want no matter where it ends up. Watch all the fun below. [embed]https://youtu.be/AEKgLM8ZudQ[/embed]
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Making of RS: How Audi Sport GMBH Shapes the Character of Its RS Models

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="47741"] source: Audi Sport The RS models from Audi Sport GmbH are the dynamic spearheads of their respective product lines. They have a strong character that consists of distinct design differentiation, full everyday usability, effortless top performance, and a thrilling driving experience. This results from a relentless focus on minute details by the designers and development and test engineers, and it is perfected over numerous test drives a...
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ABT Power S Boosts Audi RS 4 Avant

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="44651"] words: Bill, photos: ABT Sportsline Editor's Note: Let me start out with my disclaimer for the normal questions I get: Yes, I know that the RS 4 Avant isn't sold in the States Yes, I post articles on Audi models that we don't get because we're all Audi fans, right? No...this isn't clickbait With all of us practicing #socialdistancing, we turn to the web to keep us entertained and what is more entertaining than gazing at an Audi RS 4 Ava...
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Find of the Day: 2001 Audi RS 4 Avant

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="43568"] words: Bill, photos: Josh Decker Find of the Day? Maybe Find of the Year as in you will have to wait until 2026 to import one from Europe (if you live in the States; Canadians have been able to import these since 2016). There are a few B5 RS 4 Avants in the States but none are for sale now and arguably, none in this condition. Also, I happen to know the owner and you may too. Josh Decker founded  QuattroWorld, Achtuning, and is now the...
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