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Audi 200 Turbo Quattro world record car - The same in black

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Created on January 3, 2022

Reading time 10min

Written by:

Paul Krüger

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Wolfgang Wilhelm

Audi AG

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Bonhams

Wolfgang Wilhelm

Audi AG

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Audi 200 Turbo Quattro Nardò (1988) - Keine Aussenspiegel für niedrigeren Luftwiderstand

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Audi 200 Turbo Quattro (1986) – Bei Versuchsfahrten auf dem Talladega Superspeedway

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Audi 200 Turbo Quattro (1986) – Rekordwagen mit 650 PS

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Audi 200 Turbo Quattro (1988) – Bei Weltrekord-Versuchen in Nardò

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Audi 200 Turbo Quattro Nardò (1988) - Einer von drei Weltrekordwagen

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Audi 200 Turbo Quattro Nardò (1988) - Einer von drei Rekordwagen

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Audi 200 Turbo Quattro Nardò (1988) - Frontspoiler aus Kevlar

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Audi 200 Turbo Quattro Nardò (1988) - Seriennahes Heck

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Audi 200 Turbo Quattro Nardò (1988) - Schriftzug wie am Serien-Modell

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Audi 200 Turbo Quattro Nardò (1988) - Seitliches Auspuffrohr und Hitzeschutzblech

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Audi 200 Turbo Quattro Nardò (1988) - Danke für Stossdämpfer und Reifen

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Audi 200 Turbo Quattro Nardò (1988) - Shell stellte das Benzin für die Rekordfahrt

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Audi 200 Turbo Quattro Nardò (1988) - Lufteinlass statt Scheinwerfer

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Audi 200 Turbo Quattro Nardò (1988) - Arg zweckmässiges Cockpit

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Audi 200 Turbo Quattro Nardò (1988) - Schalensitz mit Fünfpunktgurt

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Audi 200 Turbo Quattro Nardò (1988) - Drehzahlmesser und Ladedruck-Anzeige

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Audi 200 Turbo Quattro Nardò (1988) - Instrumente für Drücke und Temperaturen

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Audi 200 Turbo Quattro Nardò (1988) - Sicherungen und Relais neben dem Fahrersitz

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Audi 200 Turbo Quattro Nardò (1988) - Schaltknauf und Manschette aus der Serie

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Audi 200 Turbo Quattro Nardò (1988) - Sechs-Kilo-Halon-Löscher hinter dem Fahrersitz

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Audi 200 Turbo Quattro Nardò (1988) - Ersatzteillager statt Rücksitzbank

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Audi 200 Turbo Quattro Nardò (1988) - Querlenker und Turbolader als Ersatzteile

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Audi 200 Turbo Quattro Nardò (1988) - Ersatz-Turbolader vom Typ KKK K28

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Audi 200 Turbo Quattro Nardò (1988) - Hebel für das Löschsystem

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Audi 200 Turbo Quattro Nardò (1988) - 340 Liter fassender Kraftstofftank

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Audi 200 Turbo Quattro Nardò (1988) - Unlackierte Innenseite der Heckklappe

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Audi 200 Turbo Quattro Nardò (1988) - Fünfventil-Fünfzylinder mit 650 PS

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Audi 200 Turbo Quattro Nardò (1988) - Der erste von drei Rekord-Wagen

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Audi 200 Quattro (1988) - zwei Weltrekorde in Nardo eingefahren - 326,403 km/h über 1000 Kilometer und 324,509 km/h über 500 Meilen

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Audi 200 quattro Trans AM (1988) - der Audi dominierte die Trans AM Serie im Jahr 1988

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Audi 200 quattro 20 V (1989) - kurzzeitig das schnellste Serienmodell der Audi AG

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Audi 200 quattro 20v (1982) - mit Vierradantrieb

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Audi 200 Turbo Quattro (1986) – Prototyp nach NASCAR-Reglement

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Audi 200 Turbo Quattro (1986) – nackter Innenraum mit nur einem Schalensitz

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Summary

50 years after Bernd Rosemeyer, records were to be broken again. With a five-valve five-cylinder engine and 650 hp, Audi launched an attack on Mercedes-Benz in 1988 and sent a specially prepared 200 Turbo Quattro to Italy. The Nardò project was preceded by a similar one with NASCAR ambitions, but it was equally disappointing. This article recalls Audi's record attempts in the USA and Italy and shows many photos of the 1988 car.

This article contains the following chapters

Audi in America
Five times five
Two dates in Alabama
The second attempt
Twelve men and a baby
World records:
International class records:

Estimated reading time: 10min

Preview (beginning of the article)

This is the story of two cars that are often thought to be one and the same, but had very little in common apart from color, drive type and purpose; the story of an oval, a circle and four rings; of 3609 kilometers, twelve hours and 350 kilometers per hour. After Audi had already revolutionized rallying with the Quattro, the Ingolstadt-based company wanted to prove in 1986 that all-wheel drive was not only superior on unpaved tracks, but also on asphalt race tracks. And, incidentally, they were looking for the right advertising coup to boost sales in the USA, as the Americans had little to do with rallies as the Europeans knew them. Only the hill climb at Pikes Peak, which was still run on gravel at the time and had also been won the previous year by Audi (with Michèle Mouton at the wheel), roughly went in this direction. However, the far greater number of motorsport-loving Americans were reached on the NASCAR ovals in the south. If Darrell Waltrip won on Sunday, the local Chevrolet dealer could sell his Monte Carlos at list price on Monday.

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