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TTS Roadster takes on the Boxster, Vette and Z4

With the summer officially here as of Sunday, June 1st, Car and Driver thought it would be appropriate to look at some of the best choices out of there for powerful, higher end convertibles for to cure the economic blues as of late. In terms of the competition Car and Driver stacked up an impressive list [...]

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Clarkson hails Audi Q7 V12 TDi as “brilliant crap”

For those that don’t know, Top Gear is the world famous car show that has gained notoriety more from the personalities of its hosts, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May, than the cars they review and test in their always interesting challenges. Out of the three hosts, Jeremy Clarkson has the most - expressive [...]

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Audi R8 + Ferrari 599 GTB = FAIL

I was going to use the title that “Two Red Cars don’t make a right” but that was just too cheesy. Anyway, what we see here is quite an anomaly, not that it’s two supercars that have been wrecked but that it’s two supercars that have been wrecked by each other. That’s right, in Fu Zhou, [...]

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24 Hours of Nurburgring: The Results

Well, after 24 grueling hours on the world’s most difficult track, Audi has survived and even better, has ranked as high as second place with R8 #97 of the Abt Sportline team. This is an excellent placement considering the mechanical issues from accidents and a vicious, back-and-forth battle for the top spots with two Manthey [...]

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24 Hours of Nurburgring Update #5

Audi R8 #99 had high-speed instability while Rockenfeller was behind the wheel - a Manthey Porsche also went into the pits as we’re getting down to the last few minutes of the race. The lapboard shows Abt Sportline R8 #97 still in 2nd place.

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24 Hours of Nurburgring Update #4

Day break and getting on towards the closing hours of the race and we find R8 #97 up into second place behind a Manthey Porsche GT3 which the Audis have been dueling with since the start of the race. Audi #98 slipped back to 12th position after an unscheduled stop to replace a servo pump, however, [...]

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24 Hours of Nurburgring Update #3

It’s day break across the Eiffel mountains and the light finds the R8 #99 of Phoenix Racing still in the lead with Abt Sportline R8 #97 holding third, while R8 #98 has climbed from 11th to 10th. Also worth noting in the Audi realm is the Audi #107 - an A3 that has so far managed [...]

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24 Hours of Nurburgring Update #2

Over 5 hours in and Phoenix Racing Audi #99 is still out in first. Apparently, the R8 LMS is capable of getting one more lap under its belt per driver stint than the competition snapping at its heels from the Porsche GT3’s. At one point, the R8 managed to pull out a full one minute lead but [...]

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Nurburgring Update #1

Success so far for the Audi R8 LMS cars. The sun has gone down over zee Deutschland and the darkness finds the the R8’s in the following positions: Audi R8 LMS #99 - 1st Place Abt R8 LMS #97 - 4th Place Audi R8 LMS #96 - 5th Place Some of the challenges faced by the Audis thus far [...]

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Audi tackles the 24 Hours of Nurburgring

This Saturday marks the 37th running of the ADAC 24 Hours of Nurburgring - or a 24-hour endurance race on the track aptly named Der Grune Holle or “The Green Hell.” Jackie Stewart coined this term during his tenure as a three-time world champion in Formula One going on to state that it was the [...]

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