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Bill writes from Germany,

“Congatulations to our friend Jamie on delivery of his new brilliant black A5 S-line. We befriended Jamie on the voyage to Neckarslum, Germany via train as he felt picking up his car from the factory would be a better option for him then to have it delivered. Jamie had been waiting for his car for 6 months!! He chose all the right options… Black exterior, piano black interior trim with 19″ BBS “winter” wheels. The car was absolutely stunning!”

This segment of Bill’s trip through Germany while he was there attending the 2008 Automechanika Event in Frankfurt includes a visit to Audi’s headquarters in Neckarslum, Germany. This is the same place you will go if you are taking advantage of Audi’s European Delivery Program.

It was unfortunate that they were unable to check out the factory Audi R8 tour which had been “closed” temporarily while some “top secret” changes were being made to the R8 line-up. (Hmmm….) However they did get a private escort through the R8 pre-delivery area where there were about 40 different variations of the Audi R8, all with different a color combination or interior trim. Cameras unfortunately were not allowed…

Bill added that the A6 and All-Roads are now the new face-lifted design that just came out this last week. One of the very first RS6 sedans had just rolled off the assembly line and was being prepped for delivery. The Q7 S-line was a very cool look and appeared to be about 2″ lower. The most popular car being prepped by far was Audi’s B8 A5, an obvious “Hot Seller”. And finally, the Gold TT pictured is their latest which features the Audi S3 motor.

Last Friday I mentioned we got another sneak-peak at the B8 A5. This silver S-Line was brought to us by a potential customer who was kind enough to let us take a brake template from his car so we can get a good idea of the types of wheels we’ll have available for this car.

Of course we had to take as many pictures as we could to “soak-in” the beauty that is the B8 A5…

The 66.6mm center bore and high offset specs on the B8 A5s make it difficult for the majority of our current line-up to fit so we’re working on bringing in some new wheels…

We then took the new Hartmann HS5-209 wheel in 19×8.5 (et25) and threw on a set for comparison. The factory wheel is the same diameter and width but 7mm further in so you can see how a 7mm difference in offset gives the car just that slight “edge” and makes for a bit of an aggressive look.

The car will be back to have H&R coil-overs installed soon so you can expect updated pictures then.

We’re unloading one of these today…

We have about a thousand wheels or so we’re unloading to include the highly anticipated B7 RS4 – 252 wheel and G5 wheel, as well as our new HS5 – 209 wheel.

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