Audi took the power unit from the Sport Quattro S1 rally car, and they were ready for racing with the suitable modification. The vehicle initially weighed just 900 kg (1,984 lbs) but carried 300 ...

In the mid-80s, Audi was already making waves in motorsport, particularly with the iconic Sport Quattro rally car. However, as Group B came to an end, Audi shifted gears and aimed for a new ...

The first half of the 80’s had been one heck of a ride for Audi. The Sport Quattro rally car first won the World Rally Championship in 1982, and went on to win again in 1984, coming second in ...

Audi throws down a 700-hp coupe at the Frankfurt auto ... who frequently evoke the imagery of rally racing’s exhilaratingly deranged Group B era. Case in point: Audi’s Sport Quattro concept, ...

Only diehard Audi fans know about the Quattro RS001, a mid-engine prototype rally car that was built in secret and destroyed by then-Audi boss Ferdinand Piech. Only one was made, and a mid-engine ...

The Audi Quattro didn’t just rewrite the high-performance road car rulebook – it also changed the rallying landscape forever. At the end of the Seventies, rear-wheel-drive cars dominated most ...

Proving the capabilities of permanent AWD, the first Quattro race car went on to finish first in the 1981 Algarve rally by 30 minutes—but couldn’t officially be declared the winner, as it hadn ...

Audi's all-wheel-drive Quattro rally car was a game-changer at the World Rally Championship decades ago; more recently, the automaker was the first to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans with a hybrid ...

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Audi has reinvented the 1980s Quattro with RS5 underpinnings. Read a full explanation and see photos of the new Quattro concept along with the original at Car ...

The Audi Sport TT Cup race car joins the Audi R8 LMS ultra, Audi RS 5 DTM, Audi R18 e-tron quattro Le Mans prototype in Audi’s racing arm, and will hit the track in 2015.