ACFK Garage

Flick open the familiar Audi switchblade key, twist on the ignition, and a deep exhaust burble penetrates the cabin as the RS-trim 4.2-liter V8 comes alive. There’s a reason the same engine also finds its way under the R8 sports car’s transparent engine cover: it’s awesome. Producing 420 horsepower at 7,800 rpm and 317 lb-ft [...]

Audi innocently referred to an exhibition of the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (German Touring Car Masters and DTM for short) race series from the cockpit of one of the racecars as the “DTM Taxi.” DTM is to Germany what Nascar is to America. The racing is close. There’s plenty of fender rubbing and not-so-polite passing. Like [...]

The S5 is instantly recognizable as an Audi, with the brand’s customary wide-mouth grille flanked by lower air intakes. The car seems downright angry; the grille has more teeth than the A5, thanks to vertical chrome bars, and the bumpers are new, with more-pronounced lower air ducts. Other changes include aluminum side mirrors, four exhaust [...]