If you are of a certain age, as I am, then the Group B rally cars of the early 80s are the n’est plus ultra of anything driven by an internal combustion engine on four wheels. Packing unlimited horsepower into econobox based hot hatches with all wheel drive and minimum weight these cars were then [...]

I caught a glimpse of this particular screaming Solar Orange TTS out in the canyons of Malibu a couple of months back and immediately made the request to get my mitts on her. The S-Line body kit , fat 19 inch alloys and an inch or so of drop combined with the aforementioned arrest-me orange [...]

Man… The OG 2.7-liter twin-turbo Audi Allroad is on my auto bucket list (cars I want to own before I die). What a great idea. All the utility offered by 90% of the SUVS onsale, with actual sportiness in sensible package. Naturally it flopped here in the USA. Instead, we get the Q7. Well, those [...]

If you’re unfortunate enough to be in the office on the Friday after New Year’s Day, take solace in the three clips after the jump. Turbo Magazine (not to be confused with the deceased Turbo and High-Tech Performance Magazine) put together a brief history of the evolution of Audi’s Quattro drivetrain, complete with copious amounts [...]

With the unbelievable performance available from diesel mills these days, it was only a matter of time before tuners began to embrace the way of the oil-burner. MTM recently announced its Diesel Thunderbolt—a 3.0-liter V6 TDI A5 with 300 horsepower and 405 lb-ft of torque. Thanks to some ECU tweakage and a new exhaust system, [...]

Last week I got the chance to spend plenty of time in Audi’s diesel Q7, both behind the wheel and in the passenger seat. By plenty of time I mean somewhere in the order of 10 hours a day for three days. Across two time zones and three states I slogged mile after mile in the [...]

The long drive from New York to Santa Monica is finally over for the fleet of oil-burning Audis. The drive finished up with a parade lap at Leguna Seca prior to the American Le Mans Series finale yesterday. The trip logged just over 4,880 miles, sopping up almost 93 hours in the process. The fourth [...]

With the land of sin and strippers in our sights, we started our last day of the Audi Mileage Marathon by trudging up 86A out of Sedona, AZ. The final stats for yesterday’s sprint into the town landed yet another team in first place. Looking over the list of top finishers, the Autofiends Q7 landed [...]

We finally joined up with Audi’s cross country schlep trek  Sunday night, and after a quick sleep, a quicker breakfast and a driver briefing Monday morning, we were able to slide behind the wheel of the robust Q7 3.0 TDI. No need to tell you we’re not the biggest fans of lane-mongering yard-rat haulers, but facts have [...]

There are a few phrases in the automotive world that blend together so perfectly, they (should) give all you Fiends goosebumps. Like “small block” and “Corvette” or “Lamborghini” and “12 Cylinders” Here’s two more: “Turbocharged 5-Cylinder” and “Audi Quattro.” That’s right, your mind should be filling with images of mad Quattro S1s terrorizing rally stages [...]