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(Thread Starter) |  Three For Three: Guiness Record Driver aims to pilot Audi A3 across three continents in three days  Pattner receives the keys in Ingolstadt - Click above for a high-res image gallery There are road trips and there are road trips. This one is a fine example of the latter. With an endless roster of driving records under his belt, German auto journalist Gerhard Plattner is gearing up to drive on three continents in just three days, in the process setting yet another world record. His weapon of choice? An Audi A3 1.9 TDI, which the German automaker enthusiastically handed over just the other day. This will hardly be the first time Plattner has set new records in a Four-Ringed car, as he already set the record for driving around the world in an Audi S2 way back in 1991, a record that still stands to this day. Known by some as "the most versatile driver in the world", Plattner has covered some 7 million kilometers (4.3 million miles) in his career, but this could be the most daunting challenge yet. Together with co-pilot Franz Doppler, Plattner will be driving on three continents - Asia, Africa and Europe - in three days. Rather than taking the shortest route (from Egypt, along the Mediterranean coast through Israel and Syria and up into Turkey), the German duo will start in Morocco, cross the Gibraltar into Spain, across Spain, Italy, through the Alps, across the Balkans and on to Istanbul. The tour kicks off on June 8 and is scheduled to end on June 11, so stay tuned, and check out the images below and details in the press release after the jump in the meantime. Gallery: Gerhard Plattner Receives Audi A3 for 3-Continent Tour   [Source: Audi]Continue reading Three For Three: Guiness Record Driver aims to pilot Audi A3 across three continents in three days Three For Three: Guiness Record Driver aims to pilot Audi A3 across three continents in three days originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments More... |
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