You’re a young, upstart professional in a rugged climate with a toddler and a yellow lab – the perfect demographic for the 2013 Audi Allroad. CUVs and SUVs are too large for your bungalow’s parking pad and besides, you want to minimize your footprint. No, the 2013 Audi Allroad doesn’t run on organic flour and patchouli, but it [...]
This is the raw video from our Real World Testing of the Audi R8 5.2 V10 Quattro. No music and very little commentary. Just the raw and unedited video from the TFLcar drive and test. If you are passionate about cars and if you love to watch and listen to some of the best and [...]
The 2013 Audi S5 is one of the fastest cars that we’ve tested at 1 mile above sea level. With all-whee-drive and launch control the Quattro S Tronic just claws at the pavement as the automatic transmission tears one shift after another much faster than a human hand. This is the raw video from our [...]
This is exiting for those who want to spank Lexus RX350 F-Sports and BMW X3s – the Audi SQ5 will show at the 2013 North American International Auto Show/Detroit Auto Show. This isn’t some Europe-only model either – the 354 hp (which makes 346.65 lbs-feet of torque) supercharged Audi SQ5 is coming to the United [...]
Audi’s newly developed seven-speed S tronic® transmission is available for the 2014 Audi R8 V10. Using this setup gives the R8 0.3 seconds faster 0 to 60 mph times and, according to Audi, “Equipped with the S tronic, it catapults from zero to 60 mph in 3.3 seconds and reaches a top speed of 196 [...]
Wow, is it actually happening? Audi is finally stepping up with more diesel models for America. It’s about time! Long live Audi TDI! Happy Happy! Joy Joy! At the 2012 L.A. Auto show, Audi has confirmed that they are bringing a variety of diesel models from Europe, shown in a display of bodies in white. [...]
Audi is doubling down on Diesel cars with the American intro of the new 2013 A6, A7, A8 & Q5 diesel cars at the 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show. The new cars come with a new aluminum 3-liter V-6 diesel engine that produce 240 horsepower and 406 pound-feet of torque. Audi says the new powerplant [...]
The brand new 2013 Infiniti G37x, the Audi S5 Quattro and the Volvo S60 T5 AWD all have just thing in common; they are all-wheel-drive cars. But perhaps more importantly, these three car represent three very different ways to achieve power. The new Infiniti G37x is normally aspirated, while the Volvo S60 T5 is turbocharged [...]
The brand new 2013 Audi S5 Coupe Quattro S tronic with the super-heated, supercharged engine is an expensive ride starting at just over 50K USD. What’s is it like to live with the new S5? We spent a week driving and getting to know most vehicles that we review and sometimes we discover some unexpected [...]
The 2013 Audi S5 Coupe Quattro is an all-wheel-drive autobahn burner. With a supercharged 333 horsepower 3.0L engine the Audi S5 pulls like a freight train. This much power combined with 325 lbs-feet of torque get to the ground via Audi’s Quattro system. The Audi S5 distributes 40 percent of its power to the front [...]
The 2013 Audi S8 is powered by a 4.0-liter V-8 force-fed by not one but two turbochargers. This engine is a little monster and produces 520 hp versus the previous model’s 450 and get this it puts out a tire scorching torque: 479 lb-ft of torque. Although the 4.0-liter V8′s block and components are shared [...]
The 2013 Audi S7 is powered by a 420-hp brand new twin-turbocharged 4.0-liter V-8 that will rocket the car to 60 MPH. What makes the engine special is a pair of twin-scroll turbochargers and an indirect intercooler all located in the V between the cylinder heads. The new V8 was built specifically to use the [...]
Let’s face it the 2013 Audi Allroad and the Lexus RX 350 will spend more time traversing American shopping mall parking lots than bouncing over boulders in the great outdoors. One thing that The Fast Lane Car prides itself on is the ability to ascertain which vehicles make good ski cars. We are based in Colorado, [...]
What’s the best car to drive when the snow starts falling? In other words, what are the best all-wheel drive (AWD) ski cars you buy today? We at The Fast Lane Car are lucky to drive a different car every week so we’ve had the chance to drive many (if not most) of the best [...]
