Do NOT put OEM brake pads on these.  They have a severe design fault where the pads where down to the rivets and destroy the rotors before the sensors tell you to replace pads.  I run Redstuff pads.  They wear really well, minimal brake dust and no damage to my rotors.  They’ve been on my RS4 for three years.

Don’t think so.  Like all of Trumps Trump-line of suits, ties, etc. not mad in the USA.  Same goes for Ivanka’s crap line of crap she sells.  All made in China or Taiwan.

It’s a little smaller and better looking but, yes, it almost does look like the front end of the X7.

I have a feeling this will be GM’s “New Coke”.  The mid-engine will come out.  It’ll be rife with issues.  Everyone will scream for the old front-engine.  And the “Classic Corvette” will be born.

The FSI engines are the ones that have the carbon issue - I have a 2008 GLI that I cleaned last summer. Good God it was disgusting. This has the TSI which made the carbon issue less of an issue.

Small, non-automotive, correction.  The Who dressed like and played for the Mods.  Their music was certainly Rocker but they were a Mods band.

Even bigger question...Is he going to levy his tariffs on Buicks made in Germany and Buick and Chevy SUVs made in China and Korea?  I don’t think he knows how the economy works.  The largest BMW plant in the world is in South Carolina making SUVs for the US and for EXPORT to other countries.  The largest Toyota…

Great article!  I have an ‘08 RS4 and the only way I can afford to own it is to do my own work on it.  Fortunately, I love working on cars.

I love the ‘03 RS6!  I still want one.  I have an RS4, which is fantastic, but I still covet an RS6.

I love everything about mine except the engine.  Definitely under-powered for the size of the vehicle.  A V-6 would have improved performance and gas mileage.

I have a 2006 EX with 224,000 on it. The only issue I ever had with it was at 190,000 miles when I had to replace the original alternator and starter. I followed the maintenance schedule religiously and never had an issue. And it’s still in the family, going strong. My son has had it for the last 6 years and loves it.

Search for photos of BMW’s South Carolina plant and get back to me.  It’s their largest plant in the world.  Every BMW SUV comes out of that plant.  They build 800,000 vehicles a year there.  And it’s spotless.  As is Toyota’s largest plant in the world in Kentucky.  Spotless.  It can and is done by manufacturers who…

Absolutely. I’ve heard the Model 3s have the same build quality as Hyundais when the first came out. Loose parts, giant and inconsistent panel gaps etc. My wife’s nephew had a Model S. It was amazing to drive but it was also amazingly poorly built, especially considering his cost $107,00. He got rid of it after a year…

You say that but their motors have a history of failure rate after as little as 30,000 miles.