More Audi porn on the go, with this lap of Del Mar in California with Hurley Haywood behind the wheel of the mighty Audi 90 Turbo IMSA GTO car.

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Here we are, early on a Sunday morning and the dog won’t let me sleep. The rest of the family is still sawing wood, so I figured a good plan would be to put on the headphones and surf the GooToobz.

This video has all the right elements to showcase racing in the Eighties. Pretty girls in funny hats. Hans Stuck and Willy T. Guys in funny hats. Oh yeah…and there are Trans Am cars!

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Audi, through a press release has made it know that they want to be in the spotlight at the North American International Automobile Show in Detroit next month. The company announced the world premier of both a new concept vehicle and production vehicle at the Midwest carapaloza.
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A couple of months ago Audi’s R8 popped up in the Iron Man movie trailer. Audi has just provided us with this sneak shot of Robert Downey Jr as billionaire Tony Stark with his daily driver. When the techno hero isn’t protected by his Iron Man suit, he calls on the power of his R8 to keep things safe. The film’s leading lady, Virginia “Pepper” Potts, played by Gwyneth Paltrow, also gets around in an Audi. Her’s is of the S5 variety.

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Don’t expect Ford or Chrysler to suit up for the Super Bowl. The automotive teams have been set and two of the Detroit 3 did not make the playoffs.

Chevrolet, Toyota and Audi will advertise during the Feb. 3 Super Bowl telecast.

Chevrolet plans a 60-second commercial during the game’s second quarter, said General Motors spokeswoman Ryndee Carney. That spot will be GM’s only ad in the game, although Chevrolet and Cadillac will air multiple spots during the pre-game and post-game shows, respectively.
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The eye catching Audi Cross Cabriolet Quattro concept seen at the LA Auto Show might be destined for production. The SUV could head into showrooms by 2010 as the drop top version of the forthcoming Q5 SUV. The Q5 is set to do battle with the BMW X3 and the Land Rover Freelander.
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From these spy shots it appears that Audi is looking to hook buyers away from the Porsche Cayman.

Likely to be called the TTS, Audi is hoping the car will be an alternative to the Porsche Cayman, packing 280 hp when it goes on sale in 2008 for around $73,000. Currently the Cayman can be had for around $58,900
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Most rally enthusiasts have seen this video before. Those of you who haven’t are in for a treat. Behold, the master, Walter Rohrl making the legendary Audi Quattro Group B rally car dance. The foot camera was my mentor as I prepared for performance rally. I watched this video on VHS time after time, learning the skill known as left foot braking which is so important when making a front or 4 wheel drive car go fast on gravel.

Truly one of the best rally videos of all time

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German tourists and the Audi R8 by Russ Bond

Good friend and occasional commenter here in The Garage Jouni Ranta is one of those Ontarians whose transplanted himself to a Canadian mountain town. He began his day today with a walk to the office. Rough life in those mountain towns. Anyway, back to our brush with an R8 story.

While walking through a gas station parking lot, Herr Ranta came across a fully fueled R8 about to drive off with it’s fuel door open. Being the friendly Canadian, our hero struck up a conversation with the forgetful R8 driver. One thing led to another and they headed off to a hotel together.

Ok, this is a car blog so get your head out of the gutter. One was working in the hotel, the other was staying there. Hmmm..this isn’t getting any better now, is it? The driver was none other than legendary Canadian automotive trekker Garry Sowerby in one of the Audi R8 Performance Tour cars. Imagine that. One Canadian fellow in a cool car offers a ride to another Canadian fellow in a small mountain town. You’d almost think someone scripted that. This is real life, you can’t script these things. Unless of course there was a Mountie in the picture.

Another friend of The Garage, Russ Bond was actually taking part in the R8 Performance Tour and while Rustye didn’t meet up with the Mounties on his travels from Barrie, Ontario all the way to Thunder Bay, he did manage to get some photo ops with the OPP. Be sure to visit Russ’ full account of the trek over at Painkillerz.ca where he not only has some great shots and the full story, but he’s also filmed a pretty cool V-log of the trip. Very cool.

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Our guy on the East Coast, Paul Chenard was lucky enough to be tipped off that the Audi R8 Trans-Canada Performance Tour had stopped in Halifax on Monday night. So Paul did what any self respecting car nut would do, he grabbed his camera and headed down to the local Audi store to grab a few shots. Like most of us, Paul was taken by the stunning shape and the throaty rumble from the pipes.
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