Just in time for summer, we’ve got some Mothers Car Care Products to review. The test subject was my recently acquired 2001 Audi A4 quattro 5-speed, a 200K+ mile daily driver that had accumulated the usual layer of dust, road film, water spots, and general Southern California grime. White paint can hide dirt surprisingly well […]
The Audi 200 20V (twenty valve) Avant combined a turbo five-cylinder with a 5-speed manual and permanent quattro all-wheel drive. It was essentially an early template for the fast Audi wagon formula that later produced the S4 and RS models. This thing started life with a 217 horsepower Audi 2.2liter 3B inline-5, but it now […]
This next car started life as a tidy early 2000s German wagon and has been turned into a 12 valve VR6-powered big Holset HX50 turbo-powered Frankenwagon. The seller describes it as “runs and drives” but should be trailered home, which is code for “expect to spend the next year of weekends sorting out the custom […]
This next car comes as a tip from MB who writes: Audi did a sneaky, using the Haldex system on the S3 and still calling it Quattro. This 2017 is astonishingly pretty and maybe a smooth-talking DTer could get the price below the DT cap. Will it ruin your life with expensive repairs? There’s only […]
This next car comes as a tip from Jeff who writes: I had a 2004 model of this car that was a great drive and handled like it was on rails. If the mood struck, it was also fun embarrassing bigger HP cars at light in the wet. Can’t beat a sunny day driver with […]
Here’s one for people who know exactly what they’re looking at: a final-year D2 S8 in a genuinely rare spec, with Audi claiming just 100 brought into the U.S. for 2003 and only a handful left in this black over caramel combo. Under the skin it’s the full aluminum space-frame sedan with the 4.2L 5-valve […]
This next car comes from tipper MB who writes: I cannot in good conscience recommend buying an Audi with 180,000 miles on the odometer. That said, this thing looks amazing just sitting there parked in the snow. Indeed, buying an Audi with more than the allotted mileage of the factory warranty is not for those […]
This mustard yellow Audi 4000 5+5 is one of only 119 examples ever imported to North America, making it one of the rarest early 1980s Audis you’ll ever see. The name “5+5” refers to its unique pairing of Audi’s smooth, fuel-injected inline-five-cylinder engine with a five-speed manual gearbox, both borrowed from the larger 5000 and […]
The 2006-2010 2nd generation Audi S8 represented the peak of Audi’s quiet madness, a full-size luxury sedan powered by a 5.2-liter V10 borrowed from the Lamborghini Gallardo. Built on the D3 aluminum space frame, the S8 blended supercar engineering with limousine restraint, offering 450 horsepower, Quattro all-wheel drive, and a six-speed automatic wrapped in sleek […]
This next fast Audi comes as a tip from Jeff who writes: Man, i WANT this, but the impending assault on the wallet is strong. This next car has NOT been approved by Dave Ramsey, but it should put an 4-ring smile on your face like few cars on the road. The RS6 was based […]