All-Wheel Driven Podcast

Mar 06 2025 46 ep. 72 mins 3
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All-Wheel Driven is the official podcast of Audi Club North America, where we’re driven by our shared passion for Audi and the amazing people who bring it to life. Twice a month, we dive into everything from new models and performance innovations to motorsport highlights, auction insights, marketplace trends, and stories from our passionate community. Whether you're a Club member, an Audi owner, or simply a fan of all-wheel drive, there’s something here for you. This is Audi Club, and this is All-Wheel Driven. Subscribe now and stay connected at audiclubna.org.

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All-Wheel Driven | Episode 1 – Audi Forum, Q6 & SQ6 e-tron, & Dream Garages

Mar 06 2025 79 mins  
In the first episode of Audi Club North America's new podcast, All-Wheel Driven, we dive into all things Audi Forum with special guests from the Audi Club Chicagoland chapter. Plus, Executive Director Chris May shares his firsthand experience test-driving the 2025 Audi Q6 & SQ6 e-tron at an exclusive Audi of America press event. And of course, we couldn’t have a conversat

Introducing All-Wheel Driven: A New Podcast by Audi Club

Mar 04 2025 1 mins  
Audi Club North America is excited to announce our podcast has evolved to become All-Wheel Driven, a brand-new, twice-monthly podcast where we'll cover everything Audi. Driven by our passion for the brand and the incredible people who bring it to life, All-Wheel Driven dives into new models, performance innovations, motorsport, auction insights, and stories from our passionate

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

Sep 24 2024 36 mins  
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,

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

Jun 13 2024 112 mins  
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 wo

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

Feb 29 2024 145 mins  
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.

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

Nov 14 2023 93 mins  
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.

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

Sep 20 2023 85 mins  
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

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

Jun 18 2023 52 mins  
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

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

Jun 17 2023 48 mins  
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.

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

Jun 17 2023 59 mins  
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