Audi R8 E-Tron

Remember that kid in your elementary class who lived on the edge of town and his cool dad let him drive the old governor-free electric golf cart? Today that cool dad is Audi, that golf cart is the Audi R8 E-tron, and that kid is me.

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2010 Audi S5 Convertible

Click…thunk. Hummmmmmmmmmm. Tweet-tweet-tweet-tw-baROOOM.

Opening the door on the 2010 Audi S5 convertible feels the same as doing so on the coupe. However now I can lower the top, feel the sun on my face, and hear the birds chattering away until I fill the morning air with exhaust. Most importantly however I can finally hear the engine and it tickles my ear with seductively dulcet tones. If the Audi R8 Spyder is the exotic supermodel of the family, the Audi S5 convertible is the more attainable, hot younger sister. … Continue Reading

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2010 Audi S4

We all know Audi’s illustrious sporting history which ranges from Group B monsters to Pikes Peak killers. The current history features an exotic trio of R8s for the street and the mighty diesels that tackle the endurance racing world. It’s not just the Audi super vehicles which charm us with their sports car bravado and teutonic style. The entire lineup provides one with a feeling that the previous corner could have been taken a little quicker. From A3 to A8L, the Audi family of vehicles does sporting luxury quite well (yes, including the two Qs).

The 2010 Audi S4 continues this legacy by returning the vaunted model where it belongs. The V8 was fun, but the real S4 comes from a land of boosted smaller engines. Do this supercharged version allow for more fun and excitement than turbocharged S4s of yore? The answer is a grumbly, slightly whiney, yes.

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2010 Audi Q5

Last time I reviewed a crossover, I told you that I was beginning to warm up to them. It is getting harder and harder to find a good sporty wagon, and the more crossover Kool-Aid I drink the better they start to look. If you squint at the picture of this 2010 Audi Q5 above it almost resembles a fat wagon. Those pretty LED eyelids are staring at me and I am slowly being sucked into a land I swore I would never find myself in.

I am in mid-size luxury crossover country…and I like it here.

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