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Audi introduces rear-wheel driven R8 RWS

When you think of major selling points of various performance brands, each has their own that they’re known for – correctly or not. Think Audi Sport, and you’ll likely think understeer, or at the very least all-wheel drive. The former would be a false assumption for the most part – … Read more

New Audi TT RS twins get 400hp

Just this morning, Porsche completed the revamp process that sees all models downsize with the addition of turbocharging. The Porsche 718 Cayman finishing that process. Thankfully, sister company Audi never got the downsizing memo, and have revealed the latest Audi TT RS in coupe and roadster guise with a 2.5-litre … Read more

Audi Sells Out – quattro goes Front-Wheel Biased:

quattro – Audi’s lauded permanent all-wheel drive (AWD) system, due in part to historic success in motorsport, and in part to marketing – has sold its soul to the eco-devil! In the pursuit for efficiency Audi will be rolling out its newest generation of quattro, called ‘quattro with ultra’ (remember … Read more

445kW Audi RS6 and RS7 Performance revealed:

Volkswagen may be in deep trouble, but at Audi’s Quattro GmbH headquarters in Ingolstadt it’s business as usual as they’ve just dropped a performance bomb on the world that must have their engineers displaying a most un-Germanic degree of emotional laughter at the expense of BMW and Mercedes-Benz. Say hello to … Read more

Audi reveals new R8 supercar:

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We’ve seen two different leaks and Audi teasing us with a peak at the new R8’s laser headlamps, but Audi has just revealed the 2^nd generation R8 supercar in V10 and V10+ guise ahead of

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Audi S3 loses its head:

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The Audi S3 is a particularly good looking car, especially in sedan format, no one can deny that. Those quad pipes in particular look so good on a car with those proportions. Now, Audi has lopped off the roof of the S3, and revealed what looks like a miniature S5 Cabrio, and we like it!

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170kW Audi S1 revealed:

Audi's bonkers S1 develops 170kW and sprints to 100km/h in 5.8s.

Admit it, at some point in time you’ve fantasized about taking a car the size of, oh I don’t know, an Audi A1, and sticking in an engine capable of something like 170kW. You’ve fantasized and planned and plotted, and then at long last you’ve come to your senses and decided that you’d either get yourself killed or your wife would never let you get away with spending the kids’ college fund on something so stupid. So then, I suppose we ought to thank Audi for being crazy enough to do it! Meet the Audi S1.