No automaker has a longer, more diversified and successful tradition of racing than Audi. Check out this tribute video to get some of the highlights from each era.
The guy who made the wonderful Golden Years of DTM video is back with a new DTM tribute that focuses on its emotion and intensity:
The How It’s Made show takes a tour of the Audi factory where the V6 TDI engines are being built. The part that surprised me the most was that they used a laser to hone the cylinder bores. I’ve never heard of that being done before.
This is a pretty well done animation showing how some of the systems work on the Audi R18 e-tron Quattro diesel hybrid that won this year’s 24 hours of Le Mans. It uses the next iteration of the electromagnetic flywheel energy storage system that was first pioneered on the Porsche 911 GT3 RS Hybrid endurance racer. The energy from the regenerative braking is used to spin a flywheel up to 40,000 rpm in a vacuum. The Le Mans rules only allowed the team to power one of the axles with the electric motors. In the R18, a diesel engine powers the rear wheels and the electric motors drive the front wheels during boost mode.
Here’s yet another reason not to listen to music: the Lamborghini sourced V10 in the Audi R8 GT. Put the headphones on and enjoy your Tuesday moment of zen.