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Listen to the Audi S6 TDI Sing its Torquey Song

Auditography is back with its latest video. This time, the channel is focusing its lens (and its mic) on the S6 TDI. Available in Europe, the TDI version makes around 350 hp and more than 500 lb-ft of...

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Watch: This 500 HP Audi 80 Monsters the Hillclimb

Hillclimb cars are better. They’re weirder, more fascinating, and more interesting than almost anything else on the road. Take, for example, this Audi 80 racing in the UK. Powered by a 500+ HP...

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Watch: Getting Older is Full of Gifts, Like the RS4 Avant

When he first saw the B5 RS4 Avant with an old man at the wheel, Pedro Corrales thought “God gives bread to those with no teeth.” That’s a popular Spanish expression that, in this case, seems to mean...

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Rejoice: The RS6 Avant Configurator is Live in Germany!

There’s no finer way to waste company time on a Monday morning than with a configurator. And this time we have a special one: the RS6 Avant. Unfortunately, it’s still only on the German site, so get...

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Watch: Take a Tour of Audi’s Secret Race Car Storage Facility

Videos on the internet usually start with big, loud, excited assertions of extraordinariness to get the audience’s attention and make sure they don’t turn away to one of the several thousand other...

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Watch: The RS7 Can Hit 62 in Just 3.4 Seconds

Auditography is back and this time the channel isn’t just showing off the RS7’s gorgeous lines, it’s also testing its launch control setting. And to no one’s surprise, it’s quick. According to the...

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Gallery: Audi Updates the RS4 Avant

To keep in step with the rest of the A4 lineup—and indeed the rest of the lineup—Audi has given the RS4 Avant a facelift. The changes are largely cosmetic, with power and transmission staying at 444 hp...

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Cuppa Quattro? Audi Wants to Turn Hydrogen Cars into Kettles

It’s a popular talking point of hydrogen vehicles that the only thing coming out of the tailpipe is water. But what should one do with that water? Audi suggests drinking it, according to a new patent...

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R8-Driving YouTuber Nabbed for Speeding Using Google Earth and Math

Maybe drivers will finally stop driving like idiots for YouTube views after police find a novel way to catch a speeding R8 driver in England. The R8 driver posted a video of himself flying along Snake...

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Donkervoort Reveals New Audi RS-Powered 415 hp Supercar Killer

Donkervoort might not be the hardest supercar name to pronounce, but it’s definitely high up on the list. But with the latest model from the Dutch car builder, you might just be left speechless anyway....

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Audi is Bringing the Qnicorn to Life for Halloween

One of Audi’s biggest Instagram posts of the year is coming to life, as a three-foot horn is being added to the Q3 to create the Qnicorn. The special Q3 has also been wrapped in a special pearlescent...

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Audi RS Q8 Sets ‘Ring Record Before Its Even Revealed

Audi has taken its quickest upcoming crossover to the Nordschleife, looking to set a new record for the fastest SUV, off-roader, or pickup around the Nurburgring. And so, of course, the entire thing...

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Audi R8 V10 RWD Makes Rear-Wheel-Drive A Permanent Fixture In The Model Line

As you may recall, last year, the Volkswagen Group’s premium Audi brand threw decades of tradition out the window (temporarily) by building a rear-wheel-drive version of its flagship R8 grand tourer....

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Hospital Lets Kids Drive Themselves To Surgery In A Battery-Powered...

Whether you’re 8 or 80, undergoing surgery is stressful. Now, one hospital in New Jersey is helping child patients combat that stress by allowing them the thrill of driving themselves to surgery in one...

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Watch: A Retro Ad for the RS2 Avant is Everything You Never Knew You Needed

After 25 years of waiting, the Audi RS2 Avant is finally available for import in the US. And Audi USA is celebrating that fact with a totally rad, totally ‘90s ad for it. This may well be the first...

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Audi Gives the E-Tron a Sportback Variant

With Audi’s bold plans for 20 new EVs by 2025, it’s probably not much of a surprise that not all of them are entirely different from each other. By that, we mean that some variants are not just likely,...

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Audi Unveils the 590 HP RS Q8

Earlier this month, Audi revealed that the RS Q8 was capable of rounding the Nurburgring in 7:42.2 and now we know why. Audi Sport’s latest model is powered by the brand’s stalwart 4.0-liter V8 making...

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You Can Thank the A4 Allroad for the RS 6 Avant

Enthusiasts have been clamoring for an RS 6 Avant for years, and Audi has finally satisfied our demands. But why now? Speaking to Road & Track, Anthony Foulk, Audi’s senior product planner, said...

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How Many of Us Have to Pool Our Money to Get This RS6 Avant I Just Built in...

A lot. In short. But think of all the joy it would bring me. Sadly, the US configurator hasn’t gone live yet, so the exact price of your particular RS6 might vary, but this one is just shy of 100,000...

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Watch: When the RS6 Avant Had Two More Cylinders and Less Aggressive Design

Although the year 2008 turned out not to be a good one—thanks in no small part to Deutsche Bank—things looked great going into it. And there were some other Germans making some wonderful things: like...

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