Audi reunites Le Mans winning trio for Petit Le Mans

audi_r10.jpgSix races, six wins so far this year for the incredible (and eerily quiet) Audi R10 TDI: Sebring, Le Mans, Salt Lake City, Portland, Road America and Mosport. They’ve already clinched the Teams’ and Drivers’ Championships. Now all that remains is to sew up the Manufacturers’ Championship in the “Champions League” LM P1 class for Audi. Heading into this week’s Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta they’ve decided to take no chances and have brought together the Le Mans-winning trio of Frank Biela, Emanuele Pirro, and Marco Werner. Continue reading Audi reunites Le Mans winning trio for Petit Le Mans

Audi R8 in detail

030__scaled_600_002.jpgAs the autumn air grows more crisp, the tension around the launch of Audi�s Project AU714, also known as �R8�, is building to a virtual crescendo. The car�s debut is now only a matter of days, rather than weeks, away. Though more and more development mules continue to appear, two just last week in Arizona alone and spotted multiple times, Continue reading Audi R8 in detail

Audi R8 Makes Two New Arizona Appearances

audi-a8.jpgWith the world debut of the R8 tantalizingly close now the test mule sightings continue to pile up. This week two separate AudiWorld readers in Arizona captured R8 photos using their cell phones. When first posted in the Discussion Forums people assumed that it was the same vehicle spotted twice. We soon came to find out, however, that Audi continues to test at least two different R8 mules in the desert. Continue reading Audi R8 Makes Two New Arizona Appearances

Audi Q7 outback test

audi-q7.jpgAs you read this – hopefully in a relaxed and comfortable kinda way – a convoy of 15 Audi Q7s are within a few days of Broome.
They’re on a three week transcontinental crossing to launch the marque’s long-awaited SUV here in the widest and brownest of lands. At least, there should still be 15 of them. We joined the roadshow for last week’s 1100km leg between Broken Hill and Birdsville via Tibooburra, Cameron’s Corner and Innamincka. Continue reading Audi Q7 outback test