High-performance SUV with many talents - the updated Audi Q5

April 25, 2012 - Courtesy of AUDI AG

• Completely updated Q5 model series
• New engine-transmission pairings are up to 15 percent more efficient
• Audi connect services set new benchmark for infotainment

 

May 2012 Featured AZ'er: Dusty Mauve's 2000 A4 Avant 1.8T quattro

May 2, 2012 - Written by Richard Melick, Photos by Sindre Fiskerstrand

For features in the past, we've talked to - and about - members who were longtime enthusiasts and car fanatics, many of them being involved in cars before the purchase of their Audi. For Sindre Fiskerstand (AKA: Dusty Mauve) his passion did not fully evolve until after the purchase of this, his first vehicle, a 2000 Audi A4 Avant 1.8T.

A Spotlight on GMG Racing

The Roman Empire is known as one of the truly great civilizations. Conquerors of nations and people, purveyors of new thought and feats of engineering; and yet, they were unable to sustain their reign in perpetuity. Perhaps, however, had Global Motorsports Group (known to you and I as GMG) been designing and tuning their chariots, the likes of Lewis Hamilton and Michael Schumacher may be racing for a Caesar now instead of McLaren and Ferrari. Alas, the Emperor is dead, long live the Emperor!