Elegant, luxurious and extremely sporty, that’s how the estate car looks like. The new ABT AS6-R Avant, based upon the Audi S6, is an all-rounder of the first water. It is a travel companion, racer and, if need be, a racer. The AS6-R has as many strong points as there are fields of application. Thanks to ABT POWER S, that is, an optimised motor management, and the ABT turbocharger, it is indeed most powerful and persevering. 600 hp/441 kW, 40 hp more than even the Audi RS6 has, will make it huge fun to drive on the “Nordschleife”, too. More…
ABT Sportsline, the globally largest tuner of cars produced by the Volkswagen Group, has just won a prize. The readers of the renowned German AUTO ZEITUNG voted the traditional and innovative Bavarian company the “top brand”. In the “tuner” category, ABT got 29.4 per cent, ranking first. “For us, this is a marvellous result, a real inspiration. We want [...] More…
Though based on the same platform and sharing the same drivetrain, the new S6 sedan and S7 Sportback are distinctly different cars. We hit the winding roads of the undulating and slithering Hudson River Valley in upstate New York in order to get a taste and also to catalog the differences. More…
Today begins APR’s annual distributor conference. The Alabama-based tuning firm likes to take this opportunity to introduce new products they have in the chute and this year is no exception. The focus, perhaps not surprisingly, is Audi’s new range of 4.0 TFSI S-cars – models powered by powered by an engine ripe for software tuning. [...] More…
We literally just ran a story about APR teasing a shot of their upcoming RS 5 supercharger upgrade on Facebook, and just 24 hours later they’re at it again with an early look at dyno graphs from their upcoming 4.0 TFSI ECU upgrade. Not surprisingly, the numbers look…. robust. From looking at the graph, the [...] More…
Good news for all those who find that the 420 hp in the Audi S6-C7 4.0 TFSI quattro sometimes just doesn’t have enough grip. In the high-tech studio of Wettstetten manufacturer MTM, a power pack has been created that, when needed, releases a tremendous thrust power: 555 instead of 420 hp and a torque of [...] More…
APR Tuned has released an interesting video – an overlay of an Audi S7 in two different tunes. Essentially, it’s the same shot of the car’s instrument cluster in like accelerations and overlaying the pictures. The net effect shows you the difference of speedometer and tachometer needle placement during the two runs. The car in [...] More…
As soon as we’d read the very first details of Audi’s new S-cars and their new 4.0 TFSI we’ve been wondering how the aftermarket will embrace this new mill. Several tuners have already acquired cars and have begun development, and now this morning we’ve seen these photos from Germany’s SKN via our friends at Milltek [...] More…
When Sal Odzakovic of Henderson Audi in Nevada sent us over those photos published yesterday of the Suzuka Grey matte S5 Cabriolet and R8 GT, he added a few more photos of another tailored car that graced their inventory recently. This car had no match at the dealership and may not have many worldwide as it [...] More…
When it comes to automotive advertising during the Super Bowl, Audi is a bit of a veteran. The brand came on strong several years ago when it cut the “head” off a Rolls Royce in an attention-grabbing spot about the R8. Over the years since then it’s continued the strategy as other car companies have [...] More…
For the first time in its Super Bowl history, Audi will let audiences select the spot they want to see run during the big game. Audi will post three versions of its Super Bowl spot, each with a different ending, to its YouTube page and allow viewers to choose how they want the spot to end. The final spot will debut on YouTube in advance of the game and on CBS during Super Bowl XLVII in the first break after kickoff. Voting on YouTube will be open for 24 hours, beginning at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, January 24 and closing at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, January 25. More…
Faced with the Solomonic decision to choose which Audi premium models they liked most, the editors of Car & Driver gave up and instead named four models as a single entry on the magazine’s list of “10 Best Cars” for 2013: Audi A6 3.0T, Audi S6, Audi A7 3.0T, and Audi S7. The editors explained [...] More…
