- This article refers to the car named the Audi Quattro. Audi's Quattro all wheel drive system is described on its own page.
The Audi Quattro was a famous and historically significant Audi road and Rally car. Officially, the model name is simply "Quattro", always with a capital "Q" (although the graphics on the car, confusingly, refer to the AWD system and use a lowercase "q"). The word "quattro" with the lowercase "q" is used to refer to either the Audi AWD system, or any AWD version of an Audi automobile. Audi Quattro 84 This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ...
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Quattro is a permanent all wheel drive system used on Audi brand automobiles. ...
Four wheel drive or 4x4, is a type of four wheeled vehicle drivetrain configuration that enables all four wheels to receive power from the engine simultaneously in order to provide maximum traction. ...
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Rally refers to competition, as in rally racing with automobiles a political rally, a march or parade e. ...
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Audi released the original Quattro in 1980, making it both the first car to feature Audi's quattro All Wheel Drive system (hence its name) and the first to mate quattro with a turbocharged engine. The powerplant was a 2.1 L, single overhead cam, 10 valve straight-5 originally making 160 hp (149 kW) and eventually receiving upgrades to 200 hp and then to a twin-cam setup producing 220 hp (164 kW). It is considered one of the most significant rally cars of all time, and was one of the first to take advantage of the then-recently changed rules which allowed the use of all-wheel-drive in competition racing. Many critics doubted the viability of all-wheel-drive racers, thinking them to be too heavy and complex, yet the Quattro was an instant success, winning its first rally on its first outing. It won competition after competition for the next two years. Audi is an automobile maker in Germany, and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group. ...
1980 (MCMLXXX) is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...
Four wheel drive or 4x4, is a type of four wheeled vehicle drivetrain configuration that enables all four wheels to receive power from the engine simultaneously in order to provide maximum traction. ...
Single overhead cam (also SOHC) refers to the internal combustion engine design where one camshaft is located above the valves. ...
The straight-5 or inline-5 is an internal combustion engine with five cylinders aligned in one row, sharing a single engine block and crank case. ...
Total road car production is around 11 000 vehicles over the period 1980-1990. The body style received very little modification during it's production run, the only significant changes were made for the 1985 model year, and included a new, sloping front grill and headlights and trim and badging changes. All Quattros were hand built in Germany by a dedicated crew.
North American Distribution Sales of the Quattro in North America began with the 1983 model year and would continue through 1986.
The Audi Sport Quattro The Audi Sport Quattro was a Quattro program car developed for Group B rallying homologation, and sold as a production car in limited numbers - it featured a different body shell and a significantly shorter wheelbase. Group B Ford RS200 In relation to motorsport governed by the FIA, Group A and Group B referred to two sets of regulations for competition vehicles in touring car and rally racing. ...
Rallying (international) or rally racing (US) is a form of automobile racing that takes place on public roads with modified production or specially built road cars. ...
Homologation is a technical term, derived from the Greek homologos for agree, which is used in English to signify the granting of approval by an official authority. ...
Other Information The Quattro is also famous for being a career highlight of one of the pre-eminent women in rally racing, Michèle Mouton. Michèle Mouton is one of the most well-known female rally drivers. ...
In 2004, Sports Car International named this car number four on the list of Top Sports Cars of the 1980s.
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Sports Car International magazine compiled a list of the Top Sports Cars of the last few decades. ...
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