29 Aug 2024

Audi Club Auction Watch: 08.29.2024

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="105257"] Words: Steve Johnson Hello again Audi aficionados!  Thank you for clicking on another edition of Auction Watch where we’ve done the internet searching for you.  We’ve checked multiple car auction sites looking for Audi models worthy of your bids.  Each Thursday we post those listings calling out a car’s highlights, and include a few pictures and a link to the listing.  Our goal is to help you find the Audi that you’re l...
13 Jun 2024

Audi Club Auction Watch: 06.13.2024

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="102524"] Words: Steve Johnson Hello again Audi aficionados!  Thank you for clicking on another edition of Auction Watch where we’ve done the internet searching for you.  We’ve checked multiple car auction sites looking for Audi models worthy of your bids.  Each Thursday we post those listings calling out a car’s highlights, and include a few pictures and a link to the listing.  Our goal is to help you find the Audi that you’re l...
6 Jun 2024

Audi Club Auction Watch: 06.06.2024

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="102307"] Words: Steve Johnson Hello again Audi aficionados!  Thank you for clicking on another edition of Auction Watch where we’ve done the internet searching for you.  We’ve checked multiple car auction sites looking for Audi models worthy of your bids.  Each Thursday we post those listings calling out a car’s highlights, and include a few pictures and a link to the listing.  Our goal is to help you find the Audi that you’re l...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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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...
21 Sep 2023

Audi Club Auction Watch: 09.21.2023

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="90230"] 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 ...
14 Apr 2023

“2 WIN” Movie to Highlight 1983 World Rally Competition Between Audi and Lancia

[gallery columns="1" size="full" ids="85366"] Perhaps inspired by The Grand Tour’s highly entertaining summary of the 1983 battle between Audi and Lancia in the WRC, Hanway Films is readying a major motion picture to detail the “David vs. Goliath story” that is legend in motorsport. German actor Daniel Brühl who played Nicki Lauda in the 2013 Formula 1 film Rush has been confirmed to play Audi Sport boss Roland Gumpert. Production began last summer in Europe and as of this...
5 Apr 2023

AI Artwork is Taking Over, with Cool New Virtual Reality for Audi Enthusiasts

[gallery columns="1" size="full" ids="85052"] In case you hadn't noticed, AI is taking over virtually every creative space in industry. These self-learning algorithmically run search engines are revolutionizing everything from writing, to coding and creation of images. Regulars on visual outlets such as Instagram would be hard pressed not to bump up against AI-created imagery... and sometimes you might not even know. In particular, image generation is particularly impactful on the automotiv...
28 Jul 2022

Audi Club Auction Watch Flash Message: 07.28.2022

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="74513"] Words: Steve Johnson This one of Ingolstadt’s finest up was listed as “coming soon” for days and it went live yesterday but I missed putting it into the Auction Watch Weekly.  So here’s a Flash message (those of you with a military background understand) with the details. [gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="74514"] 1988 Audi ur quattro (122,000 Miles) Collecting Cars - 08.03.2022 6:00 PM EDT This r...
19 Jul 2022

Meet Erica, Winner of Audi Club North America’s 1985 ur quattro Sweepstakes

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="74103"] With the Spring 2022 Sweepstakes, Audi Club chose to do something a little different. After a long tradition of giving away new Audi models, we thought we'd change it up by offering a classic. There seemed no better place to start than the car that started it all, the Audi "ur quattro". Many entered to win our 1985 quattro in Zermatt Silver and with 20-valve swap, but there was just one winner. Her name is Erica Mouzon. [gallery link=...
6 May 2022

Vintage to Voltage: Join Audi Enthusiasts of All Mobility Types in Philadelphia May 20-22

"Lead by Technology", that's the translation of the iconic tagline "Vorsprung durch Technik". The Audi brand has a rich history of leading with technology, especially in the modern era that began in the '80s with quattro all-wheel drive and continues through into the future with a rapidly expanding range of electric vehicles. To celebrate that, Audi Club is holding an event to celebrate this rich heritage that streams throughout its lineage and into the future. The first-ever Vintage to Voltage ...
3 Mar 2022

Audi Club Auction Watch: 03.03.2022

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="69070"] Words: Steve Johnson With so many incredible auction platforms, both traditional and untraditional, enthusiasts could spend all day searching all these outlets for interesting cars hitting the market.  Audi Club aims to keep its members up to date with Ingolstadt’s finest as they are listed with this new series of stories.  We’ll monitor the auction houses looking for interesting new finds, and hopefully our Audi enthusiast member...
17 Feb 2022

Audi Club Auction Watch: 02.17.2022

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="68713"] Words: Steve Johnson With so many incredible auction platforms, both traditional and untraditional, enthusiasts could spend all day searching all these outlets for interesting cars hitting the market.  Audi Club aims to keep its members up to date with Ingolstadt’s finest as they are listed with this new series of stories.  We’ll scour the auction houses we know looking for interesting new finds, and hopefully our Audi enthusiast ...
8 Oct 2021

Powerhouses: Five-Cylinder Engines at Audi

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="64693"] source: Audi AG Five-cylinder engine delivering 136 hp presented for the first time in 1976 in the Audi 100 Successful engine concept for series production and rallying Audi RS 3: modified five-cylinder engine with more torque Audi presented the first five-cylinder gasoline engine 45 years ago in the second-generation Audi 100. Enhancements and new developments followed with turbocharging, exhaust gas purification and four-valve tec...
Fri, Oct 08 , 2021 Bill