May 16th, 2007 — Tags:audi, quattro, roadster, speedster, tt
Back in the good old days, it was pretty common for European manufacturers to offer stripped down sporting versions of their regular road cars. For a long time, the fun side of things vanished as corporations tried to be politically correct or something. Lately though, the design gods are bringing the fun back. Case in point, the Audi TT clubsport quattro concept. Borrowing styling cues from sixties era speedsters, this is one hot looking machine.
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Audi press release with all the details after the break
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May 16th, 2007 — Tags:audi, charlene-wittstock, monaco, prince-albert, quattro, tt
Super hot Olympic swimmer Charlene Wittstock has gotten her hands on the super hot new Audi TT. Why does she need a TT? Well, to carve up the mountain roads around her boyfriend’s neighborhood. Why do the rich and royal types get all the hot Olympians? Oh yeah…something about being rich and royal!
Audi press release after the break
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April 7th, 2007 — Tags:acura, car-show, cars, coupe, lexus, mini, mosport, motorsport, Racing, tt, viper
This weekend is the first ever Canadian Motorsports Expo, hosted by Glenn Butt who most enthusiasts know from his involvement with Mosport. With a many Canadian racing stars coming by for autograph sessions, it looked like a promising day, so I took a couple of the kids out for a walk around.
For the first year of the show, I think Glenn and friends did a great job putting together a nice gathering in a really great venue. While the show is still small, there was a bit of something for everyone. There were open wheelers, stock cars, race bikes, showroom stock sedans and even an off road race truck and buggy. The line up of racing stars is incredible, with names like Ron Fellows, Scott Maxwell, Pete Shepherd, J.R. Fitzpatrick, Shane Jantzi and even Chris Economaki.
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March 29th, 2007 — Tags:audi, f1, ferrari, motorsport, quattro, r8, Racing, tt
Spring 2007 seems to be the season of the big budget promo video. We’ve had high end shorts from Ferrari/Shell, Red Bull F1 and now Audi is getting in on the action with a pair of shorts for the upcoming A8 supercar.
Shot over 6 days in Mexico with 1050 extras, the films cover Audi’s motorsports heritage from each of the past 7 decades. Shot in HD by veteran camerman Ian Foster, this promises to be a great ride. The spots will debut in Germany on April 6th during the first airing of Will Smith’s I Robot on the RTL Channel.
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