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 […]
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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 […]
Our Review of the 2014 Audi A6 TDI Prestige Trim
Let’s dispense with the fluff. We took one of our 2014 Audi A6s for a test-drive. It was a red one, with the 3.0-liter TDI clean diesel engine and Audi’s quattro all-wheel drive system. The car defies fluff. There was nothing fluffy about John Marble, our guide and sales consultant, either. He’s been working at […]
Origin of the Audi Quattro System
For most of us, “Audi” is synonymous with “Quattro.” It’s an all-wheel drive technology so ubiquitous throughout the company’s vehicles that it’s hardly worth highlighting anymore as a selling feature. (more…)