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All-Wheel Driven Podcast
by Audi Club North America
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.
Episodes
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All Wheel Driven: The Long Way to the Grid: Dawn Brazier’s Audi R8 Spyder Racing Journey
What does it take to turn a track-day enthusiast into a licensed competition driver? For Dawn Brazier, the journey meant four days of intensive instruction, pushing her 2017 Audi R8 Spyder beyond her comfort zone, and learning that earning a racing license is only the beginning.On this episode of...
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Audi News Roundup: F1 in Madrid, RS Q5 & the Q9 & A6 Make the Cut for Vehicles of the Year
Audi is entering one of the busiest stretches of 2026, both on the road and at the racetrack. On this episode of *All Wheel Driven*, Joe Kucinski breaks down the latest developments from Audi, including the team’s first Spanish Grand Prix in Madrid, the upcoming RS Q5, recognition for the new A6...
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Learning a New Mountain: David Hackl Takes His Audi quattro to Mt. Washington
After more than a decade and 13 starts at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, David Hackl knows what it takes to race a mountain. But in 2026, he faced a completely different challenge when he brought his 1983 Audi quattro to the historic Climb to the Clouds at Mt. Washington for the first...
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Audi News Roundup: Zandvoort, the Five-Cylinder’s Future & Monterey Car Week
It’s been another busy stretch for the Four Rings. On this episode of All Wheel Driven, Joe Kucinski breaks down the latest Audi news from Formula 1, performance-car development, and the global enthusiast community.First, we head to Zandvoort for a look at Audi’s first Formula 1 season and the…
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From Powder to quattro: Todd Richards' Lifelong Audi Journey
What happens when a professional snowboarder becomes an Audi enthusiast for nearly three decades? On this episode of All Wheel Driven, Joe Kucinski sits down with Todd Richards—professional snowboarder, NBC Sports analyst, and lifelong Audi enthusiast—to talk about the cars that have been part of...
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Audi News Roundup: Formula 1 Momentum, Award-Winning SUVs, Strong Sales, and Goodwood Highlights
Join us for another episode of All Wheel Driven as we break down the biggest stories from across the Audi world. This month, we recap the action from the Belgian and Hungarian Grands Prix and discuss what Audi can learn as it prepares for its Formula 1 debut. We also dive into Audi's strong...
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All-Wheel Driven: Rob Wilmoth Reflects on His Pikes Peak Journey
Following his rookie appearance at the 2026 Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, Audi Club North America member Rob Wilmoth joined All Wheel Driven to reflect on one of the most rewarding experiences of his racing career. A member of the Audi Club Carolinas chapter, HPDE Driving...
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Audi News Roundup: New Models, Pikes Peak Stories, and Audi's Global Motorsport Presence
In this episode of All Wheel Driven, we cover the latest news from across the Audi world, from the debut of the all-new Audi A6 allroad to the excitement of Pikes Peak and Audi's growing Formula 1 program. We recap our recent conversation with Pikes Peak competitor Alex Kim, discuss his…
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Alex Kim: Pikes Peak, Audi Loyalty, and the Art of the IMSA Tribute Car
In this episode of All Wheel Driven, host Joe Kucinski welcomes Audi Club member, Pikes Peak competitor, and Audi enthusiast Alex Kim for a conversation that goes far beyond horsepower figures and lap times. Alex shares the story of his lifelong connection to the Audi brand, the role the…
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Audi News Round Up: New Leadership in F1, the 'New' Old Lucca, Q9 Details Revealed
This episode of *All Wheel Driven* delivers a broad look at the latest developments surrounding Audi, blending motorsport coverage, enthusiast culture, future product previews, and automotive heritage into a comprehensive news roundup. A major focus centers on Audi’s growing momentum in Formula…
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The Audi 5-Cylinder Engine: A Legacy of Innovation and Sound
Few engines in automotive history are as recognizable as Audi’s legendary inline-five. In this episode of All Wheel Driven, host Joe Kucinski is joined by long-time Audi Club North America member, Board Director, and quattro magazine contributor Carson Heter to explore the origins, evolution, and...
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Ice Driving Audis: Crossing the Finnish Line
This episode of All Wheel Driven explores Audi Club North America’s Finland Driving Experience, set in the Arctic landscape of Lapland. Framed as a major step in the Club’s evolution toward global programming, the episode blends firsthand participant insights with a broader look at how...
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Audi News Roundup - F1 Reflections After Three Races
This episode of All Wheel Driven takes a deeper look at Audi’s entry into Formula 1 through its Audi Revolut program, using the first three races of the season—Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne, Chinese Grand Prix in China, and Japanese Grand Prix in Japan—as a lens to evaluate early…
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The All-New 2026 Audi Q3: Big Upgrades for Audi’s Smallest SUV?
In this episode of the All-Wheel Driven Podcast, Audi Club North America takes a deep dive into the all-new Audi Q3—Audi’s redesigned compact luxury SUV. Special host Zach Miller kicks things off with an overview of what listeners can expect before the discussion shifts to the Q3’s updated design...
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Randy Pobst: Looking Back With The Track Legend
This episode of the All Wheel Driven podcast features an in-depth interview with race car driver and vehicle development expert Randy Pobst. The conversation explores Pobst’s path into professional motorsports, from his early involvement in club racing to a career filled with championships,...
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Audi News Roundup: “F1 Testing in Bahrain, The New A6, 2026 RS 5 & the Future R8?”
In this episode of All Wheel Driven, Audi Club North America explores a pivotal moment for the four rings, connecting motorsport ambition with product evolution. Audi’s Formula 1 development testing in Bahrain Grand Prix at the Bahrain International Circuit is framed not as a headline-grabbing...
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quattro Season: Car Control in the Snow
This episode of *All Wheel Driven* focuses on “quattro season” and why winter driving is where Audi’s legendary all-wheel-drive system truly proves itself—while also highlighting that technology can never replace skill. Hosted by Joe Kucinski, the conversation brings together leaders from the...
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Audi News Roundup: "F1 Futures, Flagship SUVs & the Road to Electrification"
Audi is entering a pivotal moment in its history. In the Season 2 premiere of All Wheel Driven, Audi Club North America breaks down three major stories shaping the future of the four rings.We take a closer look at Audi’s road to Formula 1, including expectations ahead of its debut, key…
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The Pursuit of Perfection: Audi RS 6 Avant Tribute & Porsche 911 GT3 RS with Nish & Tara Pillai
In this episode, host Joe Kucinski sits down with Tara and Nishant Pillai—two standout voices in the Audi and Porsche enthusiast world. They share the story behind their meticulously crafted and newly revised Audi RS 6 Avant Tribute Edition and their 1 of 1 Nogaro Blue Porsche 911 GT3 RS. They...
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Audi News Roundup: "TDI Dreams & Q6 Reality"
In this episode of All-Wheel Driven, host Joe Kucinski sits down with Rich Ortiz, General Manager at Audi West Chester, to unpack the latest shifts in Audi’s momentum. As enthusiasts still reminisce about the glory days of TDI performance, the brand’s EV future is accelerating — led by the Q6...
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Frog Racing's Preparations for the First-Ever All-Women Team at Pikes Peak & Mt. Washington
From the world of autocross to stage rally and legendary hill climbs, Frog Racing has made its mark on motorsport on the East Coast and beyond. In this episode of All-Wheel Driven, host Joe Kucinski sits down with Emmanuel Cecchet and Margaret Sharron, co-founders of Frog Racing, to discuss their...
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From RS 4 to RS 6 Avant GT: Here's What Q4 Auction Sales Say About Audi’s Collector Market
Steve Johnson, the analyst behind Audi Club’s Auction Watch blog and quattro Magazine’s quarterly Auction Recap, returns to All-Wheel Driven to break down the biggest collector Audi trends from Q4 2025. In this episode, Steve joins host Joe Kucinski to explore what’s hot—and what’s not—across the...
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L’oe Show 2025: Audi Enthusiasts Show Up Big at One of the Hottest VAG Events in the U.S.
Known affectionately as “the biggest little car show,” L’oe Show has outgrown the nickname—and in all the right ways. Held each September in historic downtown Pottstown, Pennsylvania, L’oe Show is a weekend-long celebration of Volkswagen Group vehicles—Audi, Porsche, VW—and a showcase of car...
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034Motorsport Founder/CEO on 20 Years of Audi Tuning Innovation and the Future of Heritage Parts
From humble beginnings in a Bay Area garage to becoming a global leader in Audi performance, Javad Shadzi’s journey with 034Motorsport is a story of passion, perseverance, and innovation. Now celebrating its 20th anniversary, 034Motorsport continues to push the boundaries of performance while...
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Audi's TT Moment 2.0 & Why Enthusiasts Should Pay Attention
Audi is signaling a reset—and it starts with emotion. In Episode 10 of All-Wheel Driven, host Joe Kucinski is joined by Audi Club North America Executive Director Chris May to unpack what CEO Gernot Döllner calls Audi’s need for a “TT Moment 2.0”—a design-led turning point akin to the original…
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Michèle Mouton | 40 Years After Her Historic Pikes Peak Victory — An Audi Club Exclusive Interview
In this episode of All-Wheel Driven, Audi Club North America takes you behind the scenes of the 103rd running of the Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, presented by Gran Turismo. This year, Audi’s legacy was on full display with nine Audis climbing the mountain—alongside a moment four...
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Import to Icon: Pacific German's Rare Imola Yellow 8L S3 Build
Pacific German is one of the West Coast’s most respected family-run Audi and VW specialists, renowned for their expert craftsmanship and meticulous attention to detail. Tyler Setterstrom, their Performance Director and Master Technician, recently completed an exceptional build: an Imola Yellow 8L...
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From Shop to Summit: Rayteam's Road to Pikes Peak in Two Audi S1 E2s | All-Wheel Driven - Episode 6
From building a reputation as one of the Northeast’s top German automotive specialists to taking on one of motorsport’s most iconic challenges, Rayteam Automotive is proving passion and precision go a long way—especially when quattro is involved. In this episode of All-Wheel Driven, host Zach...
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Auction Watch: Hottest Audi Listings, Hidden Gems & Market Trends
From dissecting top Audi listings to unpacking the market forces shaping enthusiast auctions, Steve Johnson has become a go-to voice for Audi Club North America members. You’ve likely read his sharp takes in quattro Magazine or caught his auction insights on our blog. As the author of our popular...
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Alanis King Talks R8 Revival and Audi F1 Future
From breaking major industry stories as a staff writer at Jalopnik, to shaping editorial direction as editor-at-large at Motor1, to bringing sharp analysis to Business Insider and helping launch content strategy at Cars & Bids, Alanis King has worn nearly every hat in automotive journalism—and…
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Beamer in an Audi: Passion, Mods & Motorsports
She learned to drive stick at seven. That early obsession with driving would one day lead Rachel Beamer to track her own RS 3 and help build a community around the cars she loves. In this episode of All-Wheel Driven, Rachel and her partner William Hoey share how their shared passion for Audi not...
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Audi Forum, Q6 & SQ6 e-tron, & Dream Garages
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...
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Introducing All-Wheel Driven: A New Podcast by Audi Club
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,...
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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.
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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…
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Nicole Batista, Andrea Penta and Christine Pfleckl (and Nathan Brown) talk FCP Euro and the Challenges of Being a Woman in the Auto Industry
As a prominent European automotive parts distributor, FCP Euro is already a leader in the car parts business. That they're also a leader in employment diversity only makes them that much more impressive. Audi Club New Jersey's Louli Kourkounakis catches up with FCP's Nicole Batista, Andrea Penta...
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Erin Vogel, Racer, talks Starting out in Audi Club HPDEs, Instructing & Challenges of Starting Racing as a Woman
Erin Vogel is an Audi Club legacy. She started her performance driving hobby attending Audi Club Southern California High-Performance Driving Events (HPDEs) with her dad, and has quickly progressed from student, to instructor, to aspiring racecar driver. She's an example for ALL Audi Club North...
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AJ Campo and Jessica Ewing, Audi Club Carolinas Leaders, talk about HPDEs with a Built S3, ACNA Nationals 2023, Being a Woman in the Automotive Hobby and Queens of quattro
When AJ Campo relocated from New York to North Carolina during the pandemic, she didn't really know anyone in her newly adopted home. Fortuitously, she'd meet Audi Club Carolinas' Jessica Ewing who approached Campo about her S3 at a cars and coffee. What resulted was a fast friendship, including...
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George Achorn, Audi Club Executive Director, Considers Electrification vs. Internal Combustion. Are We There Yet?
When George Achorn produced the latest issue of quattro Magazine with a heavy focus on electromobility, he thought he knew just about everything he needed to know. He's owned an e-tron since 2019. Even still, driving the new Q4 on the autobahn, the RS e-tron GT on Angeles Crest Highway, diving…
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Marcus Holzinger, Elegend Chairman & Designer, talks about his new Sport quattro-inspired EL1 Electric Car
When Marcus Holzinger revealed his new Elegend EL1, a modern and electric reinterpretation of the Audi Sport quattro, he turned a lot of heads. Initially, it was only going to be a promotional design to celebrate the 40th year of operation for Hote Design, a German design and modeling studio...
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Nick Mercadante, Marketing Manager at 034Motorsport, talks about his 10 Second Audi SQ5, How to Pronounce 034 and More
When 034Motorsport's Nick Mercadante chatted us up at SEMA about his B9 Audi SQ5 and its capabilities at the track (10 second car at the drag strip, passing on the outside at Laguna Seca), we knew we wanted to get the story in quattro Magazine. And, like a lot of stories for the magazine, digging...
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Juha & Vesa Mikkola Talk about Their Father, Audi Rally Legend Hannu Mikkola, and Running the Olympia Revival Rally with Audi Tradition in an ur quattro
Juha & Vesa Mikkola are the sons of Audi rally driving legend Hannu Mikkola. Recently, they had a chance to take part in the Olympia Revival Rally in Germany and at the wheel of an Audi ur quattro rally car prepared and supported by Audi Tradition. The Mikkola brothers caught up with us to talk...
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Javad Shadzi (Part 2), 034Motorsport Founder Tells His Back Story, Talks Business, Racing and Aftermarket
In the second part of our conversation with Javad Shadzi of 034Motorsport, he tells his back story, talks business and also about racing and the latest work coming out of his company.
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Javad Shadzi (Part 1), 034Motorsport Founder Talks Electric Cars, e-tron & Future of Tuning in an EV World
Javad Shadzi built his reputation and his company 034Motorsport by bringing new and useful tech to the Audi I5 tuning space with his 034 EFI product. In this first part of our recent discussion with him, we first dive into EVs and what electrification will mean for owners, enthusiasts and tuners...
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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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