An Audi Full of Surprises (Part III)

2012 Audi A1 Clubsport Quattro "Speed" Edition 

Just when you thought the A1 Clubsport couldn't get any cooler, well, it has. Audi and NFS have teamed up once again to produce this unique "Speed" edition to the A1 Clubsport. Nothing else really special about it, except that the new vinyl design perfectly fits with this car and looks absolutely awesome. The car itself is fantastic with amazing handling, acceleration, top speed, and, in a strange way, looks. You can have it now for 3,800 speedboost, or for free if you're one of the lucky twenty stooges who wins a code from the NFS dev team. All you have to do is hit up twitter, follow @NFSworld, and tweet "I just entered to win an Audi A1 speed car code from @NFSWorld. RT to enter http://bit.ly/mkhVER". It's that simple. As for me, I'll buy it in order to keep it. Who says I can't collect cars? If you missed my Audi A1 Clubsport Review, check it out below. The regular car is still available for 3000 speedboost, so get yours today!

An Audi Full of Suprises (Part II)

2012 Audi A1 Clubsport Quattro Concept (Need For Speed World)

I told you guys I'd test it! So earlier today, I went online to see why this car's become the main buzz of NFS World. Well, it seems that while Audi was making this crazy compact monster, Need For Speed managed to contact them and settle an agreement in having that car be an ultra exclusive item in the game. So far, it still is. No other game has pitched in to get it. Anyway, when it was finished and unveiled behind closed doors, NFS went over to Germany to do their 3D rendering, performance inputs, and detailing to bring this car into the virtual world, and voilà! The Audi A1 Clubsport came into existence and everyone is happy, both online and offline. As a general car, it actually is quite good. It handles well thanks to its Quattro all-wheel drive system. As a racer, it's quite phenomenal! The car handles corners with ease and turns on dime, instantly. It's quite uncanny when you think about it because, genuinely, a compact car with a big heavy engine in the front combined with front-wheel drive would be the recipe for one massive accident. So, luckily Audi fitted this car with all-wheel drive instead of front-wheel drive in order to cooperate with a 2.5-liter 500 horsepower turbo-5 engine. So, in the end, I did some races, cruised for a while, and took some pictures with it. You, yourself can drive it now if you have a computer and the game installed. From now til June 4, you can drive it around NFS World, but for 3,500 Speedboost, you can drive it until the day you die, or your account gets hacked, whichever comes first. I'd go with the second one because, as you see here, you can customize it with performance parts and visual upgrades. Check out the video below to see how Audi and NFS got along. I'll have a video of my encounter with the car very soon.

An Audi Full of Suprises

2012 Audi A1 Clubsport Quattro Concept

Imagine putting a 7.0-liter 500 horsepower V8 engine in your Mini Cooper S. You'd probably crash it after two minutes, wouldn't you? Sometimes, big engines and small cars don't mix. So, what do you do? Induction! Grab some turbochargers, put them in a small engine, and spool that baby up. That's exactly would Audi did here with this very unique A1. It has the same 2.5-liter turbo-5 that the Audi TT-RS has, but the turbo has been spooled to its peak producing, what makes no difference, 500 horsepower! And, since the power is distributed to all four wheels thanks to the car's Quattro all-wheel drive system, it will do 0 to 60 in 3.7 seconds, 0.1 seconds faster than the Audi R8 5.2 FSI Coupe. Top speed, however, stays limited to 155 MPH. This might not be the most brilliant of small cars, but let's be honest. A 500 horsepower turbocharged engine in car as small as a Mini? That's insane. Audi claims that this is a concept car, but in reality it is a one-off which will be sold to one happy, crazy German. Audi have no plans of putting this thing on sale to the public, but, if you have a computer, there is a way for you to test drive this crazy compact car.

2012 Audi A1 Clubsport Quattro Concept (Need For Speed: World)

Audi and Need For Speed have teamed up to make the beginning of June sort of memorable for all you NFS World players. From June 1 to June 4, you'll be able to rent the Audi A1 Clubsport Quattro for free. For the first time ever, you'll be able to outrun cops through tight squeezes, beat your opponents by using shortcuts, or even become a city road rat with this crazy car. I'll be online tomorrow to test it out and see if its good. 

They Keep Getting Smaller

2012 Audi Q3

First it was the Q7 back in 2005. Then the Q5 came in 2008. And now, we have this: the Audi Q3, Audi's take on making an entry level luxury SUV. This isn't really a bespoke Audi, though. Pull back the body, and you'll find the chassis from a Volkswagen Tiguan, which wasn't the best thing to come out of VW. Still, Audi is known for making their cars way better than their subsidiaries Porsche and VW. A perfect example of this is the new A7. Anyway, the new Q3 will feature a diesel and a petrol engine at production time with horsepower ranging from 140 to 211. The two most powerful models will feature Audi's Quattro™ All-Wheel Drive system and a 7-speed dual-clutch transmission. There will be a 170 horsepower front-wheel drive model that will be available later. As for features, there are the traditional Audi LED Daytime running lamps, the Adaptive Light Technology, the Electronic Parking Assist, the hard-drive based MMI infotainment and navigation system, and, coming soon, the wireless hotspot integration. The Q3 will go on sale in Germany for €29,900, which is about $43,245 by current exchange rate. Hopefully, this price will be updated by the time it heads to our shores. The car will make its official debut at the Shanghai Motor Show. You can check it out there. 

Beauty Combined with Innovation

2011 Audi A7 3.0 TFSI

I have one question for Porsche. Why couldn't your Panamera look a lot more like this? They might be crazy group of Germans, but Audi sure knows how to make some very nice looking cars, well, except for the Q7 of course. This is the all new Audi A7, Audi's answer to the Mercedes-Benz CLS and Porsche Panamera. Audi says it's ready to go on sale in the U.S. for a base price of $59,250. That's pretty expensive for a V6 car. Then again, the Porsche Panamera starts at $74,400. Also, this is no regular V6. This is Audi's 3.0-liter FSI Supercharged (TFSI®) 310 horsepower V6 engine. They that thanks to its Quattro™All Wheel Drive system, it will do 0 to 60 in just 5.4 seconds on its way to a limited top speed of 130 MPH. Not to mention it's a lot less complicated then the Panamera, with the car doing almost everything for you, except driving. You also have the option of installing a Bang & Olufsen® Sound System with speakers that rise out of the compartments. And since it comes with 15 different speakers around the cockpit of the car, you get full HD sound whenever your driving; it's like being in a moving concert hall. Luxury, Style, Performance: all great attributes of this car. So, if you've got money and want an alternative to the ugly Porsche Panamera, here you go: the Audi A7.  

R8 Madness

2012 MTM R8 V10 BiTurbo

I'm going to introduce you to another insane tuner from Germany. They go by MTM and they specialize in tuning Audis. This is their newest creation, the R8 V10 BiTurbo. You can see that they've done some heavy modification to the body as well as the engine. A standard Audi R8 V10 produces 525 horsepower. MTM decided it needed lots more power. So, what they've done is they've put in two turbochargers and some modifications to the engine itself so it can produce what makes no difference 766 horsepower. That's more powerful than a Zonda R. 0 to 60 is done in less than 3.4 seconds on its way to a top speed of just 216 MPH. Of course with so much power, they had to think of a way to keep it all balanced. Well this is an Audi so, of course it has Quattro all-wheel drive. On the outside, they've fitted the car with 20-inch rims, very shiny chrome paint, a new front lip and rear spoiler, and a massive rear wing. The price: €400,000, and it will only be available in Europe. MTM had no plans of releasing this car over in North America. Anyway, this car is set to shine at Geneva this week. Check it out there.

Test Drive Unlimited 2: Iron Audi

2011 Audi R8 Spyder 5.2 FSI Quattro (Test Drive Unlimited 2)

What do you get when you mix the theme song to MARVEL's greatest hero with this favorite car? An all new video by me driving his car all around Oahu. It's my video of the week! Check it out! I did some work on this one.

Casino Royalty

2011 Audi R8 Spyder 5.2 FSI Quattro (Test Drive Unlimited 2)

If you've been playing TDU 2 for a while, you've probably ran into to this car a couple times. It's the Audi R8 V10 Spyder. Legend has it that the only way to receive this movie car is to win it in the slots at Casino Island. That legend is true, but totally useless. The slots grab $10,000 out of your pocket for different tries. Try too long and you'll end up having nothing. Luckily, I'm here today with another awesome way to receiving this awesome sports car. Are you ready? Cuz here it comes. Wait for it...buy the car! It's the easy thing you'll ever do. All you need is $2,000,000, some space in your garage, and a big smile on your face. The money isn't even hard to earn either, but earn it early with championships, lest you spend a very long time doing single races. Once you have the money, convert it to Casino Tokens, go up to the car, click on buy, and you're done. It's the best thing you'll ever do on the island. I hope this tip was helpful. More tips coming up!

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