When we first met Jason Heffner down at APR headquarters last spring we were completely impressed. Rather laid back and unassuming, the guy is a bit of a sleeper when you consider he's the mastermind behind twin turbo cars such as the Lamborghini Gallardo, Ford GT and of course the Audi R8. We've just run across a build thread from TeamSpeed along with video of one of Jason's most recent builds where he flew to Utah's Miller ...

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Auto Motor und Sport has run an intel/rumor piece on the next-generation Audi A3. The story, in German, is accompanied by a number of artist renderings including a proposed RS 3 above. Here's a quick summary of the A M und S piece.

•*Due by 2012
•*RS 3 to use current TT RS engine.
•*1.2 to 2.0 liter 3 and 4-cylinder engines will be available (at least in Europe) ...

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We just spotted the most recent cover of AutoBild allrad over on GermanCarBlog. There's a rather cool orange-looking small SUV with four rings on center cover and the pic was accompanied by the title "Audi Q3: Is this it?"

The answer is no. The shot is a re-touched press photo of the Audi Cross Coupe concept from several years ago. Here's the original.

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What happens when you're at Best Buy in the R8 and the deal on the big screen is just that good? Answer: Not this.

Fourtitude contributor and Audi Wilmington (DE) Audi brand specialist Tommy Mihok just passed this over having spotted it on Team Speed. It is our hope that the two young mugs blacked out behind the box are perhaps the owner's sons who simply don't get it. If not, we ...

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We've just stumbled across this footage (below) posted by VAUMAXde to YouTube. The footage shows an Audi A7 test mule from multiple angles testing everywhere from public roads to the Nurburgring. A7 mules have been spotted plenty in photos but not much video has been seen yet so we figured it was a must-watch for most on here.

We spotted the video over on GermanCarBlog.com with some ...

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Former Audi product strategy executive Matthias Mueller was named today the new chief executive officer of the Porsche brand, replacing Michael Macht who moves to a position as Volkswagen production chief. Mueller is credited with masterminding Audi's successful move into additional niche vehicles, expertise that will serve him well as Volkswagen plans to double Porsche sales in such a fashion.

Previously ...

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Check out this video we found posted in our R8 forums. The spot, done by Web Rides TV and the Famous Group, begins with the 'making of' a video where their crew (with C5 RS 6 camera car) head out to El Toro Marine Base to shoot the R8 in full on battle mode including plenty of drifting. ...

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5th Gear's Jonny Smith has filed a piece on the new A8 and it's quite entertaining. Typical 5th Gear spots include beautiful ambiance, a bit of whit and a quick rundown on the car. The summary is about what we'd expect and what we've seen - big compliments for the car's quality and delivery and a bit of a let-down on the looks as it ...

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This isn't the first Imola Yellow R8 we've seen or even posted in our Audi News Blog before but this latest car posted over on Audiblog.nl grabbed our attention just the same. There's something about painting the R8 in that gold hue made mainstream on the B5 S4 that emphasizes the car's exotic nature. No, we wouldn't order one in Imola and most owners don't, preferring greys, blacks and silvers according to ...

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Jealous much? We certainly were after seeing a selection of photos posted over on RS6.com. A Taiwanese forum member by the name of Chuangs4 has posted shots of his garage and in about the most unassuming way that one does when one owns some of the coolest Audis known and likely the coolest garage in which to keep them this side of Audi's own Museum Mobile in Ingolstadt.

How was the plug unassuming? ...

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