Video: Audi Quattro Concept Meets up with 1984 Quattro Coupe

At this year's Paris Auto Show in October, Audi celebrated the original 1980s Quattro's 30th anniversary by unveiling the Quattro Concept. Soon after, rumors started flowing around that Audi plans to develop a production version of the sports car, which is loosely based on the RS5 Coupe's architecture using a modified version of the RS3 Sportback / TT RS' 2.5-liter turbocharged inline-five with 408 ponies.

Even though we've yet receive any official confirmation on the production model, the German automaker continues to release new material on the Quattro concept. This time, the Ingolstadt firm has published a new promotional film showcasing the design study as well as its spiritual predecessor, the 1984 Quattro Coupe. Watch the video right after the break.

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Report: Audi Working on a Production Version of the Quattro Coupe Study

If you thought we'd had enough of 'malignant rumors' with our last article reporting that Jaguar was seriously considering putting the C-X75 hypercar into limited production, you were wrong.

British magazine Autocar reports that a team of engineers at Audi's Ingolstadt headquarters are advancing plans to put the Quattro Concept from the 2010 Paris Motor Show into limited production. If approved, this would see the nouvea-Quattro being built in limited numbers at ItalDesign's plant near Milan.

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Audi Teases Rally Fans with Quattro Concept Model Decked out in Racing Livery

Well surprise, surprise. Do my eyes deceive me or did Audi just take a swing at the WRC? Hidden at corner at Audi's Paris Show stand, is this scale model of the Quattro Concept in rally guise hinting at the possibility of Audi returning to the dirt/snow/tarmac stage that made the four rings what they are today. Who knows, maybe it's just there to look cool (but my fingers and toes are crossed).

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VIDEO: Audi's Quattro Concept in Slow Motion and with Techno

Interested in seeing vids of the new 'anniversarious' Audi quattro concept? You know you are, and we aim to please. As a brief recap, you should know that this RS5-based concept is powered by a 408-horsepower inline-five displacing 2.5 liters that spins all four wheels through a 6-speed stick.

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Audi Unveils Quattro Concept to Celebrate its Original Rally Monster's 30th Birthday

Audi has finally revealed its 'quattro concept' in Paris to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the original car's 1980 debut. The new quattro, much like the original, gets driven around the rally stages of your dreams by a turbocharged 5-cylinder.

In this case, though, the 2.5-liter unit makes 408-horsepower / 300 kW and uses a 6-speed manual transmission to drive all four 20-inch wheels with 480 Nm / 354 lb-ft. Behind the center-locking dubs are carbon-ceramic discs wearing 6-piston grippers.

With its high-output 5-pot and diet, the new quattro is said to be able to spring to 100 km/h / 62 mph in a scant 3.9 seconds and return a fuel economy of 8.5 liters/100 km (27.67 mpg US).

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Leaked sketches Audi e-tron Spyder | 2012 Super car

Here first image  Leaked sketches Audi e-tron Spyder | 2012 Super car.There’s been no word on the powerplant details at this stage, reports say that it will be an electric vehicle of some description, most likely matching the drivetrain of the Audi e-Tron Concept (coupe) that debuted at the Detroit Show earlier this year.

This is might be the first sketches of the oft-rumored Audi e-Tron Spyder that's supposedly set to debut at the Paris Motor Show. As you'd expect, this convertible creature appears to be based on the design of the e-Tron Concept shown at the Detroit Auto Show this year, not the original concept shown in Frankfurt. Still, no word on the powerplant involved, but if it is headed for production expect a run of 1,000 units in 2012. see the gallery below

Audi S5 Typhön 2010

This is SR Auto Group Audi S5 Typhön . Canada's SR Autos' formula appears to be as follows: Drape cars in light-swallowing shades of black, add some performance to the package and then hang a military-operation codename on it.

the former beauty queen turned Black Ops mission leader. Underneath the Leios matte black wrap are a tuned ECM; Milltek downpipe and sport exhaust; Reiger carbon fiber aero mods front and back; H&R coilover suspension and ADV 5.1 wheels in 20 inches of complementary matte ebony. If Bruce Wayne ever decides to go with something a little more subtle, this'd fit the bill. take a look at the high-res gallery of photos below.

Photo Audi S5 Typhön

Audi S5 Typhön from front

Audi S5 Typhön wheel

Audi S5 Typhön muffler

R8 Spyder with 4.2-liter V8, U.S

The R8 Spyder 4.2 FSI archetypal rolls on 18-inch auto and comes with a accepted suspension. However, the V10 model's 19-inch alloys and alluring ride adaptive damping arrangement will be optionally available.

The German close did not broadcast any photos of the R8 Spyder 4.2 V8 FSI, but don't apprehend any noticable differences over the V10-powered archetypal featured in the angel arcade below.

The R8 Spyder 4.2 FSI quattro will be rolling into German showrooms in the third division of 2010 with a abject amount of €121,000 (approximately US$150,500), or €35,400 beneath than the V10-powered archetypal that starts from €156,400.

U.S. sales will alpha in the aboriginal division of 2011, with appraisement to be appear afterpiece to launch.

Audi S5 Sportback Grand Prix with 375HP

The Grand Prix and on the new Audi S5 Sportback. engine with 3.0-liter TSI's 333 horsepower and 440Nm /325 lb-ft of torque to 375HP and 495Nm / 365 lb-ft. The power boost comes from a reconfigured ECU, the addition of a performance air filter as well as a custom sport exhaust system with four tail pipes.


This S5 Sportback Gran Prix also gets a set of sport springs that lower the ride height by up to 40mm or 1.58-inches and new two-piece 20-inch alloy wheels shod in 245/30 R20 tires up front and 295/25 R20 at the back.

interior design Audi's interior is revamped with a carbon fiber trim package.

Audi 200 Turbo Quattro Trans-Am Racer up

for fan of Audi race cars then you may want to read on this big news . a retired Audi 200 Turbo Quattro Trans-Am racer is up for sale by an independent dealer in Las Vegas. It's not only the real deal but furthermore, the seller claims it's the actual vehicle that won the 1988 American Trans-Am series in the hands of Hurley Haywood who steamrolled the competition by taking eight out of 13 wins.

find out about the car during its racing career, the Trans-Am-spec 200 Turbo Quattro used the same turbocharged inline-five found in the company's world rally championship cars, reportedly producing a menacing 510-horsepower.

check out a few Audi 200 Quattro racers photo gallery

AUDI QUATTRO ON FESTIVAL

Audi, which formally began life as a car manufacturer on July 16 1909, wheeled out its “stars and cars” as part of its Centenary celebrations.

The German manufacturer has supported the annual motorsport extravaganza for the past 13 years and fittingly was the “featured marque” at this year’s “True Grit – Epic Feats of Endurance” themed event attended by 150,000 spectators over all three days.

Ultra-rare Auto Union Grand Prix cars, all-wheel-drive Audi quattro rally and touring cars, plus its latest diesel-engined Le Mans sportscars – documenting over 70 years of motorsport involvement by the Four Rings brand – were in action up the 1.8-mile hillclimb.

ebay: Rare Audi Quattro Treser Roadster with retractable hardtop

It’s amazing what you find in ebay these days; a 1984 Audi Quattro Treser Roadster which is believed to be the only Right Hand Drive to be in existence! According to the information provided by the seller, in all, Treser manufactured 39 units of this unique car. Apart from the foldaway hardtop roof which operates through pressing a switch on the B post (the whole operation takes around 20 seconds) Treser had also fiddled around with the turbocharged in-line 5 pushing output to 250Hp. -Click “Read More…” below

We agree that it’s no beauty but its sure is one hell of a serious head-turner and a part of European Automobile history of the “great-white” 80’s. According (again) to the seller, to buy this car new in 1984 cost a staggering 41144.25 BP -options included. The current bid (27-04) on ebay UK is 7.645 BP (about 15.400 USD or 11.300 EUR).

Via: Germancarzone , Source: ebay UK

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