When last we saw the SQ5, it was the epic German spec version, with the brutally powerful bi-turbo 3 liter TDI engine. At that time, and to our dismay, Audi said there were no plans to bring the SQ5 to the USA. Being the types to leave anything alone, we posed the question differently, […] More »

“This Car Climbed Mount Washington”. Chances are, if you live within driving distance to New Hampshire’s White Mountain region, you’ve seen a car wearing a decal professing just that.  You can add one more, as now our 2013 Audi allroad has the drive under its belt in this latest installment of our Long Term allroad […] More »

The month of July was tremendously busy for our allroad. Not a single weekend went by without the car being called into duty for car show related road trips, both to Waterfest and Wolfsgart, as well as hauling out mountain bikes to the trailhead and general touring the roads of southern Vermont. Roughly 5 months […] More »

It seems like we just published the May update, and here we are working on the June update. Clearly we’re having way too much fun with the allroad, and as they say, time flies when you’re having fun. We didn’t take any long trips the whole month of June, but we did use the allroad […] More »

  The month of May came and went so fast it seems we hardly had a moment to stop and catch a breath, but our allroad never skipped a beat. Not that we’re surprised that we did not have any major mechanical or other issues in a new car with less than 15,000 miles, we’re […] More »

  “The canyon roads are tight, and the cars are fast. Please remember – keep them shiny side up. “  These words of encouragement came from Audi’s Mark Dahncke, following a brief run-through of the updated R8, including, but not limited to the facts that the R8 now has a bona fide racing pedigree, with […] More »

    April was a busy month for our allroad. We took a couple of road trips, warmer weather has helped the fuel economy significantly, and we tested the offroad worthiness of the allroad. Unfortunately, we also had visit to the dealer to fix a minor problem. There is nothing like a good long road […] More »