Author Archives: Kris Hansen

Audi RS 3 – Coming To America!

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Good news for fans of Audi’s RS lineup, the RS 3 is heading to America! We loved (and pined for, and even drove once) the previous generation RS 3, which never had a hope of being imported to the USA, mostly because of the general aversion of American buyers choosing high dollar hatchbacks, no matter [...]

Audi mastermind for piloted driving: the central driver assistance controller

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Central controller manages all systems for piloted driving High-end computing power on a surface the size of a tablet PC Series production within the next two years Ingolstadt – The central driver assistance controller (zFAS) is the core of future systems for piloted driving under development by Audi. This mastermind uses cutting edge, high performance [...]

VLN season opener overshadowed by accident

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The opening round of the 2015 VLN Championship was cut short after the #23  NISMO Nissan lifted off of the track at the Flugplatz, dragged its tail off of the track, then proceeded to cartwheel over the tires, and catch-fence. Unfortunately the car landed in an are where spectators were present, resulting in one fatality, [...]

Photo Gallery: Audi R8 LMS

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They say the “devil is in the detail”, which means it’s the smallest detail that makes the finished product what it is. It is this nearly insane level of attention to detail that Audi is SO good at that makes their race cars something truly special to behold. Case in point is the newly released [...]