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Audi quattro - original version with maximum propulsion

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Created on March 17, 2015

Reading time 6min

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Bruno von Rotz

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Audi quattro (1982) - vergleichsweise schmale Reifen auf dem Ur-Quattro

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Audi quattro (1982) - der Pionier in seinem Element

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Audi quattro (1982) - auch auf Schnee ist die Traktion vorzüglich

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Audi quattro (1982) - ein kleines Küsschen zum Genüsschen

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Audi quattro (1982) - erst der Rallye-Sport etablierte das neue Konzept endgültig

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Audi quattro (1982) - Vortrieb dank Durchtrieb

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Audi quattro (1982) - es ist gar nicht so einfach, quer einen sauberen Strich zu fahren

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Audi quattro (1982) - im Schnee zuhause

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Audi quattro (1982) - optisch nur geringe Unterschiede zum günstigeren "normalen" Coupé

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Audi quattro (1982) - weiss im Schnee

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Audi quattro (1982) - ein Meister am Lenkrad - Marcel Fässler

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Audi quattro (1982) - Blick ins Cockpit des Serien-quattro

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Audi quattro (1982) - das originale quattro-Interieur

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Audi quattro (1982) - Armaturen, die sich kaum von den einfacheren Audi-Modellen unterschieden, später gab es dann Digitalanzeigen

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Audi quattro (1982) - längs eingebauter Fünfzylinder-Reihenmotor

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Audi quattro (1982) - dank Turbo 200 PS stark

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Audi quattro (1982) - ausgebeulte Kotflügel wie im Rennsport

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Audi quattro (1982) - serienmässig mit Heckspoiler

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Audi Quattro (1980) - Ur-Quattro-Premiere am Genfer Automobilsalon 1980

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Audi quattro (1980) - Premiere am Genfer Autosalon 1980

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Audi quattro (1980) - Weltpremiere des 200 PS starken Allrad-Coupés - Genfer Autosalon 1980

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Audi quattro (1980) - Fahrgestell mit permanentem Allradantrieb - Genfer Autosalon 1980

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Audi quattro (1980) - frühe Presseaufnahme im Schnee

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Audi quattro (1980) - frühe Presseaufnahme

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Audi quattro (1982) - mit 2,2 Liter-Fünfzylinder-Turbomotor und 148 kW/200 PS

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Audi Quattro (1980) - allzuviele Quattro-Besitzer hängten wohl nicht ein Boot an den Sportwagen, möglich war es aber

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Audi Quattro (1980) - in flotter Fahrt

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Audi Quattro (1980) - frühe Aufnahme des Serien-Quattro

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Audi Quattro (1980) - so wurde er der Welt präsentiert

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Audi Quattro (1980) - unterwegs

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Audi Quattro (1980) - was macht der Quattro im Weinberg?

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Audi Quattro (1984) - im Strassenaudi auf schlechten Wegen

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Audi Quattro (1980) - am Berg

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Audi Quattro (1980) - farbige Polster für Beifahrer- und Fahrersitz

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Audi Quattro (1980) - Vorderradaufhängung aus Fahrersicht gesehen

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Audi Quattro (1980) - der Fünfzylindermotor auf einer Skizze - die Luft wird im Ladeluftkühler auf 50 Grad heruntergekühlt

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Audi Quattro (1980) - Fünfzylindermotor mit Turbolader Durchsichtszeichnung

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Audi Quattro (1980) - Schnittzeichnung

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Audi Quattro (1980) - Schnittzeichnung zeigt das zusätzliche Differential zwischen Vorder- und Hinterachse

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Audi Quattro (1980) - der Serienquattro (links) und der Sport Quattro rechts - Auto e Moto d'Epoca 2014

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Audi quattro (1984) - Versuchsfahrzeug mit Allradlenkung

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Summary

From 1980 to 1991, Audi built the Urquattro, the first mass-produced passenger car with permanent all-wheel drive. The ideas of a few engineers gave rise to a trend that the car industry has been unable to escape to this day. This vehicle report traces the history of the five-cylinder 4x4 sports car and shows it in historical and current images.

This article contains the following chapters

From Iltis to quattro
The all-wheel drive sports car
Comfort and sportiness
Not a special offer
Name disputes
Successful Urquattro
Further information

Estimated reading time: 6min

Preview (beginning of the article)

The Audi quattro was not the first four-wheel-drive sports car in 1980, as the Dutch built the Spyker with 4x4 drive as early as 1903. The quattro was also not the first mass-produced Gran Turismo with four-wheel drive, as the British were ahead in this respect with the Jensen FF, which could be purchased from 1966. But the Audi quattro can lay claim to having helped the four-wheel drive concept achieve a breakthrough in everyday passenger car use and in rally racing. This automotive milestone was not strategically planned, but came about almost by chance. In the mid-1970s, a certain Jörg Bensinger, head of chassis development, blew his colleagues away on winter test drives at Audi with a car that could be denied any sportiness, the VW Iltis. On slippery surfaces, none of the other test cars in Rovaniemi (Finland) could keep up. "You should have something like this in a really powerful passenger car," Bensinger thought to himself as he looked at the Iltis drivetrain.

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