One of the jewels in Audi’s cap is quattro. As our origin blog post describes, it’s the all-wheel drive system to end all all-wheel drive systems. Developed in the context of German army snow crawlers, few competitors have come close to replicating its gift for maintaining grip. All that will shift soon with the addition […]
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Video Review Lets 2015 TT Rip Up the Road
In the expanding universe of Audi cars, the TT has the distinction of being the purest sports car. Sure, the R8 is the super car, and the RS models give you plenty of thrills. But in terms of the platonic ideal of two doors, a fit body and two streaks of burnt rubber leading toward […]
Audi Looks To Expand RS Models in North America
If you’re a performance automaker facing increasing CO2 and pollution restrictions, what do you do? For Audi, the response is to forge ahead with RS models and as Jeff Goldblum’s character in Jurassic Park said, “Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, find a way.” This is basically what Audi’s RS captain, Heinz Peter Hollerweger, recently […]
Listen to the Full Glory of an R8’s Exhaust Note with Titanium Valvetronic
The R8 is Audi’s ridiculous car. On Twitter, it’s what people are hashtagging. On the street, it’s what people are photographing. In movies, it’s what action stars are driving. And in our dreams, it’s what we’re flying. A fellow who calls himself Shmee120—either that or we want to high-five his mom—made a video dedicated to […]
Leaked Photos of 2015 TT Confirm Design
A leak, in its fullest sense, is a tiny trickle that, more often than not, does not stop. So it is with the 2015 Audi TT, a vehicle that has been submitted to so much analysis, wondering and fawning since the Shooting Brake Concept in January that when it officially revealed in Geneva this week, […]