Unfair Advantage Podcast by Audi Club

Audi Club North America
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Unfair Advantage Podcast by Audi Club

The official podcast of Audi Club North America, Unfair Advantage is recorded for Audi enthusiasts by Audi enthusiasts, talking about brand topics with personalities from around the Audi enthusiast community.

  1. Walter De Silva, Former Head of Design at Audi and VW Group, Talks Design at Monterey Car Week

    25/09/2024

    Walter De Silva, Former Head of Design at Audi and VW Group, Talks Design at Monterey Car Week

    Walter De Silva is a legend in automotive design. As former design chief for Audi and eventually the Volkswagen Group the Italian design icon created the Audi Singleframe Grill an helped rocket the four rings to the forefront during the 2000s and 2010s with cars like the R8, Q7, Mk2 TT and eventually touched nearly every other Audi, Lamborghini, Bugatti, Bentley, Volkswagen, SEAT, Skoda and more. We caught up with Walter and his son Alexandre at Monterey Car Week to recount his career at Audi and the VW Group, chat about his book Il Codice De Silva and some of his other new ventures.

    37 min
  2. Steve Beddor, Sport quattro Owner & ACNA Founding Family, Talks Selling His Dad's Sport quattro

    14/06/2024

    Steve Beddor, Sport quattro Owner & ACNA Founding Family, Talks Selling His Dad's Sport quattro

    Steve Beddor doesn't just own a real Sport quattro with Audi Sport rally era upgrades, he's also selling another identical car that was his father. And his father wasn't just any father, but also the founder of Audi Club North America who imported no less than five of the short-wheelbase Group B homologation cars in period (1986). Steve covers all kinds of ground you won't want to miss, including tales of the missing fifth Sport quattro, watching Walter Röhrl compete at Pike's Peak, driving Ruf's prototype CTR1 Yellow Bird and competing himself at Pike's Peak. Check it out and also check out his dad's Sport quattro currently up for auction on Bring a Trailer. https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1984-audi-sport-quattro/

    1 h 53 min
  3. Nishant Pillai, RS 6 Aficionado, Talks Good & Bad of RS 6 GT

    01/03/2024

    Nishant Pillai, RS 6 Aficionado, Talks Good & Bad of RS 6 GT

    Nish Pillai has become a notable expert on the RS 6 and the community around it. His Nogaro Blue Tribute has been on the cover of quattro Magazine, and he's an active leader on RS 6 owner group chats and Facebook Groups. We caught up with him to talk about the new RS 6 GT.

    2 h 25 min
  4. Humble Mechanic, Charles Shackelford, Talks Tail of the Dragon, Rallying B8s and Humility

    14/11/2023

    Humble Mechanic, Charles Shackelford, Talks Tail of the Dragon, Rallying B8s and Humility

    During Audi Club Nationals 2023 at Tail of the Dragon, we caught up with Charles Shackelford, the YouTuber known best as Humble Mechanic who was on location to take part in the event.

    1 h 34 min
  5. Freeman Thomas, Former Audi Designer & Partner in Meyers Manx, Talks Mk1 TT, Audi, VW, Porsche, Car Design & Electric Convergence

    20/09/2023

    Freeman Thomas, Former Audi Designer & Partner in Meyers Manx, Talks Mk1 TT, Audi, VW, Porsche, Car Design & Electric Convergence

    Freeman Thomas is best known in Audi circles as the designer behind the first-generation Audi TT. That car and its Bauhaus style simplicity influenced Audi design and that of the greater automotive industry for years to come. He also had a hand in cars like the Porsche 964, VW Concept 1, and stints at Ford and Chrysler before landing at his current role as partner in the rebirth of Meyers Manx. Freeman took a pause for a long chat on all of that, and of course we went super deep on the TT back story.

    1 h 25 min
  6. Lucy & Lia Block, Rally Car Drivers, Talk American Rally, restoring an ur quattro and the 43 Institute Honoring Ken Block

    18/06/2023

    Lucy & Lia Block, Rally Car Drivers, Talk American Rally, restoring an ur quattro and the 43 Institute Honoring Ken Block

    In the final podcast of our women takeover for the summer Q3_2023 issue of quattro Magazine, Lucy and Lia Block join Leanne Kopras and Mina Achorn to talk about rally from the perspective of a 16-year-old (Lia) and a mom (Lucy). They also chat about current projects including Lia's ur quattro restoration, Lucy's e-tron Sportback, Blockhouse Racing, American rally, taking on Pike's Peak and of course the 43 Institute that they've started to honor Ken Block.

    53 min
  7. Amie Palo, Drag Racer and R8 Record Holder, Talks Racing and Being a Woman and a Mom in Motorsport

    18/06/2023

    Amie Palo, Drag Racer and R8 Record Holder, Talks Racing and Being a Woman and a Mom in Motorsport

    Continuing in our women takeover series, Leanne Kopras catches up with Amie Palo to talk about her pursuit of drag-racing a forced induction R8, her move to upgrade to an R8 LMS GT4-based Build, plus being a woman and a mom in motorsport. Check out our feature about Amie in our Q3_2023 issue of quattro Magazine out in July 2023.

    49 min
  8. Montana Throne, Software Engineer at Integrated Engineering, Talks about IE's New App and Being a Woman in STEM & the Auto Industry

    17/06/2023

    Montana Throne, Software Engineer at Integrated Engineering, Talks about IE's New App and Being a Woman in STEM & the Auto Industry

    As we continue our women's takeover series to support the summer Q3_2023 issue of quattro Magazine, Talia Pakkala catches up with Montana Throne to discuss the role of women in STEM, the challenges of being a woman in the traditionally male-dominated auto industry, and digs into her projects at Integrated Engineering (IE), most notably their new app and how that will change the tuning experience for IE customers.

    59 min
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À propos

The official podcast of Audi Club North America, Unfair Advantage is recorded for Audi enthusiasts by Audi enthusiasts, talking about brand topics with personalities from around the Audi enthusiast community.

Informations

  • Création
    Audi Club North America
  • Années d’activité
    2019 - 2024
  • Épisodes
    44
  • Classification
    Contenu explicite
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    © Audi Club North America
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