A special DTM season begins for ABT Sportsline this coming weekend at the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben: it is the 25th for the team from Kempten since it joined the racing series in 2000. [source: ABT Sportsline] “The DTM was and is Germany’s most important racing series,” says Hans-Jürgen Abt, CEO of the ABT Group. “We have shaped it as a team and celebrated many great successes. I think most motorsport fans know us through the DTM. These three letters still have great appeal today. Even though the cars have changed over the years, the DNA of the series has always remained the same. The DTM ..read more

Exclusive edition of 12 units presented at Milan Design Week [source: Automobili Lamborghini] Sant’Agata Bolognese/Milan, 18 April 2024 – Automobili Lamborghini presents a limited edition ‘All Terrain’ Ad Personam special series of the Huracán Sterrato at Italy’s prestigious Milan Design Week. The 12 cars, with exclusive liveries developed by Lamborghini’s Ad Personam studio in conjunction with its Centro Stile, are inspired by four different terrains to which the Huracán Sterrato especially lends its talents: snow, sand, off-beat tracks, and the earthiness of arid deserts. Presented by ..read more

We love a tasteful green, and we’re not sure how you get more tasteful than Porsche Brewster Green. The color has long been a favorite of the Porsche family, with Ferry Porsche painting any number of his personal company cars in the color. So, we’re guessing it’s a Porsche enthusiast who originally ordered this particular Audi exclusive RS 6 Avant. The car has turned up lightly used with 13,526 miles on it at Ferrari Maserati Alfa Romeo of Fort Lauderdale in Florida. It is an exceptional spec with the following options. This Audi RS 6 Avant has been specified with: – Audi Exclusive Color ..read more

A powerful 3.0 V6 Otto engine, an effective electric motor, and a new battery for high efficiency and lots of driving fun Increased battery capacity for an all-electric range of up to 90 kilometers (in urban areas under the WLTP EAER City standard) New options: all-wheel steering and electromechanical active roll stabilization (eAWS) make for a dynamic driving experience [source: Audi AG] Audi gives the electrified Q7 and Q8 a facelift with updated battery technology and more efficient driving modes. The exterior design was also reworked as part of the model upgrade and features new front a ..read more

In today’s episode of “You find the most interesting things on Facebook Marketplace“, we head to San Marcos, TX where someone has listed an Audi R8 LMS Evo II GT3 spec racecar that is purported to be actual car used in the Gran Turismomovie released in 2023. Yes, that movie centered around Nissan and its driving academy, but an R8 LMS did feature into the story and this is apparently that car. The ad reads: 2017 Audi R8, V 10 full race ready track car with full carbon fiber body and many race & performance modifications & sequential transmission. Not street legal. Too much to list. J ..read more

It’s an interesting time for development of internal combustion models like the venerable Audi Q7. Audi recently debuted a second model improvement (read: facelift) of the current Q7, though these test mules appear to show an all-new version of the 7-passenger crossover is being readied for production and with design locked in. This appears to be a production body with some significant camouflage intended to obscure the final look. What we can see on this new Q7 is split and stacked headlights like we’ve seen on other models including the Q6 e-tron. The grille is lower and wider, with pronou ..read more

[source: AutoStadt, translation by Apple] Wolfsburg, Germany – Rally feeling in the Autostadt in Wolfsburg: From now on, visitors can marvel at the Audi RS Q e-tron and thus the winning vehicle of this year’s Dakar Rally. Already at its debut in January 2022, the prototype caused a stir with efficiency and competitiveness. In 2024, the Audi Sport team now made history after around 7,900 rally kilometers: With a 1 hour and 20 minute lead, the drivers Carlos Sainz and Lucas Cruz won the Dakar Rally for the first time in the Audi RS Q e-tron, which is considered the “hardest rally in t ..read more

While it hasn’t been a closely held secret that Audi Sport hopes to sign Carlos Sainz Jr. to its F1 effort, some further details have dropped this week confirming further details about the offer that is apparently on the table. Interestingly, the source of those details is from the F1 dominating Red Bull team. Why Red Bull? Well, Sainz is currently set to leave Ferrari at the end of the season when Louis Hamilton heads over to the Italian team. Red Bull and Mercedes-Benz are also rumored to be courting Sainz Jr., giving the spaniard options though frustrating the likes of Red Bull who has ano ..read more

Here’s another interesting test mule that turned up on industry test days at the Nürburgring, and we’re pretty sure it’s an RS version of the upcoming Q6 e-tron Sportback. Though the shape is very similar to the already seen Q6 e-tron and SQ6 e-tron, some key details seen peeking through the test mule’s camouflage seem to suggest there’s something hotter burning through. First off, the track of the mule appears to be wider, and it’s got fender vents at the front wheels much like the RS e-tron GT, RS 6 GT and RS 3… vents that the Q6 and SQ6 simply don’t have. The front fascia also seems to ha ..read more

It’s test week at the Nürburgring and our spy photographers have caught the Sportback variant of the upcoming PPE-based RS 6 e-tron out lap testing. This isn’t the first time the RS 6 e-tron has been spotted, but it is the first time we’ve seen it turning laps on an industry test day. We do note some key details on the RS 6 e-tron test mule. For starters, the front bumper is very different from the A6/S6 e-tron mules we’ve seen before. The fenders are also wider, with wider side sills, bigger drilled brakes and calipers, and wider wheels that look decidedly production. At the back is a small ..read more