When a mysterious RS2 pops up for sale in South Florida with a VIN saying it's a 1.6-liter 80 front-wheel drive, importation expert and well connected man Jamie Orr and quattro Magazine Editor George Achorn do some sleuthing to get to the bottom of just what the car is.Think we can't get nerdy with background on the Audi RS2 Avant? Think again.

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Automotive Importer Jamie Orr and the Mystery of the RS2 with the 1.6-Liter VIN

Aaron Plante enjoys raising eyebrows from his back-of-the-book Rear Spoiler column in quattro Magazine. For the upcoming Q2_2021 issue, he joins editor George Achorn and casts a critical eye at modern electric car naming practices, messing with engineering-based nomenclature, and the problem with too many prefixes and suffixes. The pair also look back at the history of e-tron concepts and products, and the significance of owning one of these cars.

quattro Magazine Rear Spoiler Columnist Aaron Plante on His Latest Column about Audi RS e-tron GT Naming

By day, Ivan Shmatov is a designer at Audi Sport in Ingolstadt. He's worked on racecars like the R8 LMS GT3, R8 LMS GT2, and liveries for Audi racers in Formula E and Le Mans. In his free time, he's also @sell_porsche_to_buy_porsche on Instagram where he takes on commissioned jobs of sketching cars for enthusiast owners be they Audi, Porsche or whatever. quattro Magazine editor George Achorn catches up with Ivan to learn more about Ivan and both his roles as professional designer and enthusiast for an article in the upcoming Q2_2021 issue.

Audi Sport Designer & Instagram Entrepreneur: Ivan Shmatov

Following Monterey Car Week 2019, quattro Magazine editor George Achorn swung by 2Bennett Audimotive in Davis, CA to take a tour of their massive facility dedicated to the restoration, maintenance and augmentation of mainly vintage Audi models. This recording was waiting for the accompanying story in the pages of quattro, and that goes into circulation this week to member subscribers with our Q2_2020 issue.

2Bennett Shop Visit: Catching up with Andrew Bennett at this Vintage Audi Specialist in NorCal

On the eve of his new book becoming available, former Audi designer Peter Birtwhistle catches up with quattro Magazine editor George Achorn to chat about his long career in design, and offer a window into Audi in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Buy Peter's book on Amazon HERE: https://www.amazon.com/English-Car-Designer-Abroad-Designing/dp/1787114708/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=peter+birtwhistle&qid=1583297874&sr=8-1

Sport quattro Designer: Catching up with Peter Birtwhistle

quattro Magazine editor George Achorn and Audi Club events manager Bill Cho recount their experience on their e-tron Roadtrip as they return from Avantoberfest in Vermont and electrically motor back to home base. They chat roadtrip, Avantoberfest and go for a deep dive on day-to-day electric car ownership.Apologies in advance. Since we were recording mobile from the e-tron, we were trying a new recording configuration. Bill Cho's microphone doesn't appear to have been working so we've tried to compensate by dialing up his portions of audio. Even still, we found the conversation to be valuable for those considering electric cars and so we wanted to make this available despite the low audio quality.

e-tron Roadtrip Recap: To and From Vermont for Avantoberfest 2019 in Project e-tron

quattro Magazine editor George Achorn sat down with Audi Sport Le Mans legend Tom Kristensen for a chat at Audi Club Nationals 2019. The venue was the Smithsonian's Udvar Hazy Air & Space Museum in Dulles, VA and the conversation happened live in front of the assembled attendees of Audi Club's annual national event. Listen to the whole conversation here.

Tom Kristensen Part 1: Space-Shuttle-Side Chat with Mr. Le Mans at Audi Club Nationals 2019

quattro Magazine editor George Achorn and Audi Club events manager and digital editor Bill Cho sit down to talk Monterey Car Week, walk through all of the events and tell you what not to miss for Audi enthusiasts. The chat begins from the start, and the focus on Monterey Car Week begins at about 12 minutes in. 

Monterey Special: Previewing the Audi Presence and More for this Year's Monterey Car Week

We recently traveled to Montreal to attend the Eurokracy car show at the ICAR Mirabel faceility and caught up with Audi Club board member and Audi Club Canada whirlwind Gordon Varney to talk about the Canadian car scene, Eurokracy, other Canadian shows, the Audi Club Canada and also his own TT ALMS.

Eurokracy Special: Talking with Audi Club Eastern Canada's Gordon Varney about Canadian Car Shows and Car Clubs

While on location at the New York Auto Show, we had a chance to go Facebook Live with Audi of America e-tron specialist Matt Mostafaei and talk a bit about the new Audi e-tron.

NYAS Special: Talking Audi e-tron with Matthew Mostafaei, Manager Audi e-tron & Connected Vehicles at Audi of America

In this third episode, Bill Cho catches up with George Achorn about his background in the Audi space, plus a look at the redesign of quattro Magazine and a preview of the upcoming Q2 2019 issue due out very soon.

Catching up with quattro Magazine Editor George Achorn and Talking about the Book's New Look

quattro Magazine editor George Achorn and events manager Bill Cho head to Audi of America headquarters in Herndon, VA to catch up with Will Barber, current Audi of America Liaison to Audi Club. In addition to his tenure at Audi working with the after-sales business, Will's professional past lives include editor at Fourtitude.com and VWvortex.com, and online marketer for AWE Tuning.

Catching up with Will Barber, Audi of America After Sales and Liaison to Club

Audi Club events manager Bill Cho sits down with quattro Magazine editor George Achorn to kick off the Unfair Advantage podcast and go over the vast mix of events in the USA and Canada for Audi enthusiasts over the coming year.

An Introduction and Run-Down of Upcoming 2019 Events for Audi Enthusiasts

Unfair Advantage is a podcast for all Audi aficionados and those into the Audi enthusiast lifestyle. It is produced by the Audi Club North America.

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