Weekend with a 2016 Audi A3 Sportback e-tron

History of the Audi A3 e-tron The Audi A3 Sportback e-tron’s story started back in 2011 when Audi built a small fleet of battery-powered, all electric concept cars based on the second generation Audi A3 Sportback. The concept had an estimated range of around 90 miles and had a top speed of 89 MPH. In 2012, Audi had brought over …

Weekend Notes: Audi Q3 2.0T quattro

This year, I volunteered to be the event photographer for Audi Club Northwest’s signature event, Quattrofest, for the second year. Once I got the confirmation from the club, I reached out to the two local Audi dealers requesting a loaner to be a photography support vehicle for the weekend. Audi Wilsonville immediately jumped at my request and provided me with …

Weekend with an Audi A8 L 4.0T: PT Cruisin’ in Style and Comfort

Back in August 2013, I had the opportunity to snag the keys belonging to an Audi A8 L 4.2 for a weekend, which included a day trip over to Maryhill in Washington. Since then, I really wanted to take a spin in an Audi with the twin-turbo 4.0-litre V8; unfortunately, the likelihood of taking a spin in an S or RS …

AMI USB Cable and SD Cards: Cruising Around With 192GB of Music

Update: I completely forgot about the ~4000 files on a single device limit that the 3G MMI system has when using an SD or USB media source. That does crimp the actual amount of music one could store on a 128GB USB stick. One of the complaints that I have had with my 2011 Audi S5 is the lack of …