The R5 Turbos are just insane. Love them. ... View more

Having spent nearly a half century in the automotive business, I truly enjoyed this article. I have worked for all three franchises, spending my last 25 with Audi. Hard to find a fault with any of them. But in regards to 2 door vs. 4 door, do what we did. Have one of each. My wifes A5 Cabriolet, and my A4 Avant are perfect for us. And if I really get bored, I work on my 69 Dodge Charger. Also had a 911 in there at one point. ... View more

Totally agree:) ... View more

Look again. Single 4bl carb under a triangular air cleaner. ... View more

I love your Corvair. In 1965 I bought a Corvair Corsa 180hp Turbo from the dealeshio I was working for. It had been one of the owners demo. At 900 miles the transmission went out, but they fixed under warranty. 900 miles later, it went out again, but they would not warrant it because they said I was drag racing it. (True, one time, Turned a 14.88 @ 88 mph) So i paid for the repair. Long story short, a fellow Corvair owner and I went down to vist Don Yenkos dealership to see the Yenko Stinger he was building. He took us out for a ride in a stage II and impreesed the crap out of us. He then took my Corsa out for a drive, and was really impressed with its performance. We had done a few simple tricks like insulating the exhaust up to the turbo, elliminating the muffler, and screwed the flaps on the heat exchangers shut to keep the heat up. We told him about the gearbox issues, and he said if it happend again to call him. Well at 900 miles again, the tranny let go. His dealership came up to where my car was sitting along side the highway, picked it up, took it back to Cannonsburg,(30 plus miles) and repaired it at no cost. Turned uot the differential was like a trapazoid, putting stress on the input shat, and after 900 miles would break and fall into the transmission. He was my hero from that day forward. And I am a Mopar guy. ... View more

Some of us bought Mopars. 🙂 ... View more

Is there any way possible, that she can be cloned. An amazing young woman. Thank you for this article. ... View more

Same here ... View more

Not! ... View more

Tom, You have the absolute best job in the universe. This was a terrific episode, and I am envious and jealous. I thank you. ... View more

In tenure as a sales manager for a Porsche/Audi dealership, we had a customer who managed to bring an RS2 to the states as a test vehicle for his engineering firm. The color was Pearl White, the same color as the BMW he had built to his spec when I was his BMW salesman. It was thwe only Pearl White 325 iX in the states at that time. The was 1988. The RS2 he bought in 1995.  I remember the attention it got in our tent we had at the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix in 2000, when Audi was the Marque of the race that year. We also had 2 Coupe Quattro's on display that had 20valve Porsche 5cyl. tubos in them that the dealership had restored and built. Quite the impressive power plant in all three of those cars. ... View more

LeMans is indeed a spectacular event to attend. I was fortunate enough to attend on behalf of Audi in both 99 and again in 01. Had just sat down to dinner in the Audi tent along with Rod Bymaster who at the time was the head of Audi Sport NA., while watching on one of the 6 or 8 big screen tv's in the tent, the Mercedes of Peter Dubreck suddenly went airborne and flew off the course to the left and disappeared behind the tress lining the track. An eerie hush fell over the crowd in the tent. Until one of the TV helicopters flew over the crash and filmed Dumbreck climbing out of the Benz. Then cheers erupted through out the entire course. Mercedes immediately closed their garages and started loading their trucks as they were pulling out of the race. The tent that Audi had there was located on the pit side of the track, at the Porsche Curves leading to the Start/Finnish straight. Audi finished 3rd that year, only to come back and dominate the race several times thereafter. Thank you Audi, and Audi of America. ... View more

I had a 1966 Corvair Corsa that I dearly loved. It was a 180hp turbo that I bought from the Chevy dealership that I was working at, at that time. It was one of the dealership owners personal demo. I traded in my much loved Dodge Polara 500, 383 2bl. It was through the Corvair that I had an opportunity to meet and get to know Don Yenko, who at that time was developing and building the Yenko Stinger. Another story for another time. I enjoy hearing about your Corvair however. Thank you. ... View more

I really love the Duesenberg and what Chip has done. Would you think he might consider kicking the bottom of the grille out perhaps 3 or 4 degrees at the bottom to give it a slight rake backwards adding to the already flowing lines he has added. ... View more

I do miss my days with Audi, and all the events I was able to attend. Including the 1999 24hrs du Man, and the launch of the first R8 street version in Arizona. And it had 3 pedals, and I did manage to get a little sideways coming out of a corner, but it corrected itself flawlessly. I hope the R8, in whatever configuration, never goes away. Just sayin. ... View more

I Like it. Now that's a true Targa.  ... View more

Actually I think it strongly resembles the ASA 1000GT built around the same time period. They were built by the D'Noro electromechanical group. Originally meant to be a "Baby Ferrari" Enzo sold the rights to build it to the D'Noro group. ... View more

Wonderful. Thank you Hagerty. ... View more

I totally agree. ... View more