Being a motoring writer throws up some brilliant moments. One example is driving a $250,000 performance car through some of the best roads in Europe, just as I did on Audi’s Alpen Tour late last year.

Looking back through history, barely a handful of cars have significantly changed the way cars are designed, marketed, engineered or built. Obvious ones that come to mind immediately are the Ford ...

As 2013 becomes nothing more than an interesting (to say the least) memory, I find myself looking back upon the highlights. As I ponder its ups and downs, delayed flights and busted deadlines, one ...

If you're a hardcore fanboy of the Subaru WRX STi or Mitsubishi's Lancer Evolution, you have the Audi Ur-Quattro to thank. Legend has it that Audi started experimenting with four-wheel-drive in the ...

With apologies to Bismarck, Quattro just sounds more prestissimo, especially when it’s plastered to the sawed-off rump of a new concept two-seater intended to stoke scintillating memories of Audi’s ...

[This story first appeared in the 2005 debut issue of MotorTrend Classic] If you lust for a Subaru WRX STi or hug your Mitsubishi Evo every night before bedtime, you have the Audi Ur (for original) ...