Audi quattro
(1980 - 1991)
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Car articles about Audi quattro by year
Forty years ago, permanent all-wheel drive began its triumphant advance in passenger cars. Audi used the drive concept in large-scale passenger car production for the first time. It started with the original Quattro, but gradually the 4x4 concept became established in all model series. How have the cars aged, which ones have an exceptional status? Are there alternatives to the original Quattro? This report looks back to the beginnings and traces the career of all-wheel drive in Audi passenger cars.
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.
Sometimes you get the feeling that Audi itself didn't really know what it was doing when it unveiled the Quattro super-coupé at the 1980 Geneva Motor Show. As we know today, the car changed the perception of the manufacturer from Ingolstadt in Bavaria forever.
When a car collection goes up in flames, it is always a cause for mourning. But if one of the burnt cars is a car that made rally history, there is no other option, at least for a true enthusiast, than to rebuild the car as originally as possible without sparing any expense. This article explains how a burnt rally Audi quattro was restored and turned out to be the oldest Audi quattro still in existence.
In March 1981, Pininfarina presented the Audi Quartz at the Geneva Motor Show, a reinterpretation of the Audi Quattro, which had been shown for the first time a year earlier. Created with the help of Automobil Revue to mark its 75th birthday, the elegant coupé thrilled visitors to the show at the time. The prototype was an exception in many respects, not least because it was drivable and even underwent a test drive. This report tells the story of the Audi Quartz and shows it together with its production counterpart, the Audi Quattro, in many pictures.
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.
Four rings, four driven wheels, five doors and five cylinders with turbo - equipped in this way, the Audi 200 Avant Quattro was the perfect car for Switzerland - and also for actress Audrey Hepburn, who once ordered the "lhasa green" example in our photos. Thanks to its outstanding aerodynamics, the all-wheel drive truck from Ingolstadt left far behind. However, it lost valuable cargo space due to its sleek hatchback. This article presents the top version of the Audi Type 44.
In 1988, Audi won the American Trans Am Championship at the first attempt with an Audi 200 quattro Trans Am, which was used for the first time and only in that year. The dominance was so overwhelming that the regulations were changed for the following year and all-wheel drive and European engines were banned. This report looks at the history and concept of the Audi 200 quattro Trans Am. In addition, interviews were conducted with two of those directly involved - Dieter Basche and Erwin Himmel - which shed further light on the story.
After the Audi 200 Quattro won the TransAm championship in 1988, Audi switched to the IMSA series. The regulations were more permissive, but the demands were higher. A car had to be built for both the street circuits and the tracks. In this report, we tell you how the Audi Sport Team mastered this challenge, what caused them problems and how the US adventure with quattro ended.
Audi experimented with aluminum bodies early on. However, the first vehicles were mostly concept studies. One of these was the quattro Spyder, which was thought to have a good chance of going into series production. There were various reasons why the Spyder was ultimately not built. But even later, many a tear was shed for the "little R8". This report tells the story of the Audi quattro Spyder presented in Frankfurt in 1991 and shows it in historical and contemporary images.
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All 5 Audi quattro models
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