Here's something you don't see every day. There's a 1971 Audi Super 90 up for auction on Ebay. This is a little known car developed in a time when Audi was struggling to get back on the map, under Mercedes-Benz control and about to be sold to Volkswagen. The shape is classic - a two-door precursor to the C1 Audi ...

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Be it in the traditional side of the enthusiast scene or the air-ride equipped 'stance' side of the scene, a pervading trend in modified cars are clean vintage cars with an OE+ look. Take for instance this '73 100 LS 2-door featured on German vintage car website Youngtimer Scene. The rarity of a C1 2-door, combined with stunning bodywork and restored vintage mesh-style racing wheels probably had you at "hello", but just in case ...

Tags: #100, #100ls, #5-cylinder, #c1, #engineswap, #youngtimer, #youngtimerscene

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#4FACT
Q5 Not the First Audi to Be Used as Porsche Test Mule. 928 Mules Were Bertone Designed C1 Coupe S

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The Q5-bodied Cajun mule rounding the Nurburgring this week reminded us of less-known fact about the Porsche 928. Early drivetrain mules of that front-engined V8 GT were fitted with bodies of the C1 Audi Coupe 100 S styled ...

Tags: #4fact, #928, #audi, #bertone, #coupe100s, #porsche, #project928

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#4FACT
Just two black Audi Sport quattros were built, one for Walter Rohrl and one for Ferdinand Piech.

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Researching for our TT RS and Sport quattro comparison article published today , we learned this interesting fact.

What is a #4FACT?
When we review our note pads following press events, ...

Tags: #4fact, #auditradition, #ferdinandpiech, #sportquattro, #walterrohrl

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#4FACT
Audi Sport quattro 4-Piston AP Racing Brakes Were Also Used on the Porsche 917

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Researching for our TT RS and Sport quattro comparison article published today , we learned this interesting fact.

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Tags: #4fact, #917, #apracing, #audi, #brakes, #porsche, #s1, #sportquattro

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#4FACT , Audi News Blog , Audi Tradition , Audi Tradition

We doubt we have to define it, but a Matryoshka doll is that toy of Russian heritage where one doll opens up to reveal another inside... and another... and another. It's a simple idea, and also clever when applied to this new print ad for the R8 by one of Audi's ad agencies DDB Barcelona.

The tag line for the ad is "Audi R8: A sporty car full of history", which is well exemplified with this computer-rendered ...

Tags: #ad, #audi, #autounion, #ddbbarcelona, #grandprix, #matryoshka, #nsu, #printad, #r8, #silverarrow, #tts, #typec, #urquattro, #w25k, #wanderer

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When the Audi Avus concept car was unveiled at the 1991 Tokyo Motor Show, it ushered in a new era for Audi in many ways. Fitted with an as-of-yet unseen W12 engine and made of an aluminum space frame, this car and its polished aluminum panels sparked the imagination of those ...

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Audi News Blog , Audi Tradition , Audi Tradition

Our French friends over at AudiPassion.com have run a photo gallery of the Audi stand at the Essen, Germany vintage show Techno Classica. This event is a regular stop for Audi Tradition and one we regret we haven't had a chance to attend yet. That said, we can live vicariously through AudiPassion and you can too. Check out many ...

Tags: #80, #80dtm, #audipassion, #auditradition, #b2, #b3, #coupegt, #dtm, #technoclassica, #technoclassica2011

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Anyone familiar with the late 70s and early 80s designs coming from Audi and other manufacturers at the time would not be surprised to hear the word "boxy" used as a descriptor. At a certain point in the early to mid 1970s, styling houses like Bertone (believed involved in the design of the Audi 50) and Giugiaro (responsible for the ...

Tags: #50, #a01, #a112, #audi, #audi50, #autobianchi, #autocar, #autostadt, #bertone, #giugiaro, #hiltonholloway, #polo, #volkswagen, #wolfsburg

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One of the advantages of Fourtitude's networked Vortex Media Group forums are its networked forums, most notably that of The Car Lounge or TCL as we tend to refer to it in emails and typed communications around our offices. TCL has become a fixture of people with all sorts of automotive interest and that's particularly exemplified in posts like one we found today by a forum user on here known as renglish ...

Tags: #auditradition, #autounion, #blueprint, #grandprix, #photo, #scan, #silverarrow, #thecarlounge, #typec

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