Audi Quattro Concept Car
Audi shows Sport Quattro homage concept
Audi Rally Cars: A History
It wouldn’t be an overstatement to say that Audi completely revolutionised the way rally sport is played today. Prior to the 1980s, rally cars were either front or rear-wheel drives. But a rule change request from Audi asking if four-wheel drives could be allowed to compete changed the face of rallying in just a few […]
Audi QUATTRO: REVOLUTION
Take On Me. Ah Ha. I prod the Blaupunkt. The audio brand itself seems transposed from another dimension. Could it be that somewhere deep in the stereo’s analog wiring, lodged in some dusty circuitry – a mulletted Scandinavian male model’s lilt is freeing itself from thirty plus years of entrapment? Course not. Magic FM always […]
Audi Rally Sport: The People
The game-changing Audi quattro made its UK debut in London in 1980. We caught up with former members of the Audi UK Rally Team recall how it changed the world. Harald Demuth – Rally driver Two-time German Rally Champion Harald Demuth helped develop the quattro, campaigned Group B and 80 versions in the UK and […]
FOUR WHEELS GOOD
Audi launched the first Quattro in 1980. The cars the brand produced defined the rallying dreams of that maligned decade. An entire industry was forced to wake up to the reality that permanent Four Wheel Drive was a part of the motoring future. Forty years on, RS Audi badge is rooted still in the technical […]
TT turns 21
It’s hard to believe that the Audi TT turns 21 this year. You’d never guess that this fresh-faced coupé dates back to the era of Cool Britannia and the Spice Girls, but it first appeared in 1998. In fact, its roots stretch even further back, as the production car is a remarkably faithful facsimile of […]
Audi R8 RWS
I’ve got to be a bit careful here because my usual unbiased, fair judgement is on the line. I absolutely adore this car and I’ve spent a fair bit of time in R8s this year now. Yeah, you could say it’s been a good year. You know what? As Audi has thrown its rulebook out […]
Audi RS6 v Audi R8
Under no ordinary circumstances would you compare an Audi RS6 to an Audi R8. One’s a large estate that weighs about the same as a small asteroid, the other is a supercar with a mid-mounted V10 that gives you what can only be described as the ‘special tingles’. Yet in pure, simple terms of driving […]
TT RS – does Audi know best?
It’s divided opinion, this one. Since the first two articles on this car my social media has been filled with comments suggesting the TT RS isn’t a sports car and isn’t worth the money that is being asked for it. The people that made these comments certainly have a point, but are these views perhaps […]
TT RS – fast and/or friendly?
In last month’s piece the Audi TT RS was introduced as my chosen test car to answer the question of whether or not all-wheel driven sports cars are underrated. There’s a problem though, I’ve accidentally chosen a car with a layout that puts it at an immediate disadvantage. You see, most sports cars have their […]