It’s the kind of pairing nearly any rally fan could only dream of orchestrating. EVO Magazine has just published (online) a head-to-head comparo between the legnedary Audi ur quattro and the Lancia Stratos – two rallying legends of their time that couldn’t be more opposite.
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The fans have delivered their verdict, and the winner is – the Audi quattro. With more than fifteen thousand “Likes”, Facebook users chose eleven cars for display in the new special exhibition “I like it” to be held in the Audi museum mobile. Most votes went to the 1984 Audi quattro with four-wheel steering, with the A1 clubsport quattro and Audi TT clubsport quattro joining the winner on the podium in second and third places.
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AUDI AG celebrates a very special event today – the five millionth Audi with a quattro drive system. The car is a white Audi A6 allroad 3.0 TDI; it rolled off the assembly line at the Neckarsulm plant. The record is a testament to the leading role played by the pioneering all-wheel drive – no other premium brand in the world can claim such high sales figures for a four-wheel drive or a comparable range of models boasting more than 140 quattro variants. More…
Audi factory driver André Lotterer was in action on Saturday in the historic rally ‘Legend Boucles de Spa’ as ambassador for the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC): his Audi quattro Group 4 from the 1981 season advertised for the 6-hour race at Spa on May 4. Due to a leaking fuel tank in the 32-year [...] More…
André Lotterer, defending Endurance World Champion with the Audi R18 e-tron quattro, travels back in time to the origins of quattro drive: this coming weekend (February 16) the Audi factory driver contests the Belgian historic rally ‘Legend Boucles de Spa’ in an Audi quattro Group 4 from the 1981 season. The victorious motorsport history of [...] More…
We found one very interesting Audi ur quattro on Ebay, though we’re trying to determine if it’s worth the asking price. What you see here is what looks like one very clean ur quattro chassis, albeit for the mere asking price of $50,000 US. Is it worth the price? You be the judge. Here’s what [...] More…
It just so happened that several incredible YouTube videos crossed our desk at about the same time this afternoon. The first, found via Jalopnik, is something you wouldn’t believe unless you see. It involves a powersliding ur quattro rally car and snapping a telephone pole. The video was shot at Austria’s Klausner/Söllner Jänner Rally. Next up [...] More…
En route to the Paris Motor Show, we stopped off for a visit to Ingolstadt. While you can sometimes spot a preproduction test mule (like a facelifted R8 Spyder test mule we caught back in July) on the less trafficked areas around Audi’s worldwide HQ, we find there’s often plenty for the sharp eyed aficionado even within the more public and tourist-oriented side by the Audi Forum Ingolstadt.
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On Friday we ribbed our friends over at Fast Lane Daily for suggesting the death of the Audi quattro Concept was as a result of production plans for a model based on the crosslane coupe concept. Since confirmation of the quattro Concept’s death was made last fall, it seemed like more building of drama by those seeking to tell a good story than actual news… but a new story by the well-sourced Georg Kacher over at CAR Magazine this morning has us re-thinking what’s really going on here. More…
You may be on a bit of Top Gear television withdrawal what with the BBC’s decision to bump the show to instead cover the Olympics this summer. If so, we think we’ve got something you may be interested in – albeit you’ll have to read it rather than watch it. Top Gear host Richard Hammond [...] More…
It is a sad day indeed for the design industry and the automotive world. Sergio Pininfarina, the mind behind some of the most beautiful and significant cars to ever turn a wheel, has died. According to the company that bears his name, the legendary automotive designer passed away last night at his home in Turin, Italy. Born in 1926, Pininfarina died at the age of 85.
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• Latest electrified generation of the successful all-wheel drive • Audi sets benchmarks in terms of assembly space, weight and performance • Four more weeks to go before the start of the Le Mans 24 Hours [source: Audi Sport] In a month from now a prestigious success will be at stake for Audi. On June [...] More…