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Let’s go beyond the glittering message of the ads. For decades, Audi has relied heavily on the impact of Quattro to promote its products. And it was not something without real support: the Quattro all-wheel-drive system has propelled the Ingolstadt brand s thundering rise in motorsport. However, there is still a lot to tell about the subject. Time for a fast journey through the past, Quattro style.
About the 1981 Audi Coupe Quattro and the Sometimes Bitter Taste of Supremacy 3 May 2021, 11:20 UTC ·
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Something everybody knows: four-wheel-drive is absolutely necessary for driving off-road and two-wheel-drive is definitely enough for driving on tarmac. Now, let’s have a look somewhere in Germany during the second part of the seventies: it hadn t been long since the VW group had resurrected the Audi brand.
Record-breaking rally cars: Audi Quattro becomes world s most expensive rally car sold at auction for £1.8million - as a Peugeot 205 T16 and Renault 5 Turbo also achieve record fees
The 1988 Audi Sport Quattro S1 rally icon sold for €2,016,600 (£1,771,434) at a Paris auction of Friday night
It was not only the highest figure paid for an Audi Quattro but the biggest fee ever for any rally car at auction
It was one of seven legendary Group B rally cars from a French museum offered to the highest bidder
A race winning 1985 Peugeot 205 Turbo T16 and Renault 5 Maxi Turbo from the same year also sold for record amounts for their respective model types
Next Chapter >It turned up to the 1980 Algarve Rally as a mere course car and finished almost 30 minutes ahead of the proper competitors.
The year after, it completely revolutionised rallying with its four-wheel drive system making its rivals look slow and antiquated. That’s the accolade we bestow on the Audi Quattro.
It’s a big one; no other car has changed a form of motorsport in the way rallying was remodelled by the Quattro. But in the 40 years since it was launched, there are arguably more significant milestones this boxy coupe can take credit for. Firstly, it proved how effective four-wheel drive was in a performance road car. No, it wasn’t the first fast four-wheel driver – the Jensen FF gets the credit for that – but the Quattro’s all-wheel drive system is what elevated the Audi into a different league. It wasn’t just any 200bhp coupe, it was a supercar-baiting star.
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