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Back in the days when most people knew "Quattro" only as the Italian word for "four", Audi presented a car that would shape the carmaker itself as well as the industry as a whole: the Audi Quattro Coupe that debuted in 1980 at the Geneva Motor Show.
- Audi Sport Quattro Concept Pays Tribute To 1980s Rally Legend [69 Photos]
What do we have here; is the Sports Quattro a concept meant to prepare us for a production car or a pure flight of fantasy to get the crowd coming in to Audi's Frankfurt Motor Show stand? Tough question, especially since Audi pulled the same stunt...
- Audi A1 Quattro Versus The Original Ur-quattro From 1989
The original Ur-Quattro from the 1980s is the quintessential Audi that defined the brand with the four-ring logo, both on the track and on the showroom floors. While it’s a completely different world today, some things remain the same for Audi,...
- Audi R9: A Design Study For A High-performance Sports Saloon
Over the years, Audi has shown that it is not afraid to venture into new categories as evidenced by cars like the Ur-Quattro, the V8 / A8, and more recently, the R8 and the A5 and A7 Sportback. The reason why we mentioned these models is that a Russian...
- Audi Brand Promo: Nothing Sticks Like Quattro [with Video]
At the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in Canada, communications Company Lowe Roche has stuck hundreds of 1:43 scale Audi quattro models to metal surfaces as part of an ad campaign by Audi. Fitted with strong magnets and stuck to lamp posts,...
- Volkswagen Officially Adds The Letter 'r' To Its Vocabulary
Volkswagen has announced that R has become official. In the vein of Audi's quattro GmbH (and AMG, M, SVT, SRT, Nismo. etc.), R GmbH - located near Wolfsburg in Warmenau - will be VW's official in-house tuner, allowing for performance and "individualised"...
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Have $19k to Spare? Restored 1983 Audi Ur-Quattro Looking for New Home
Back in the days when most people knew "Quattro" only as the Italian word for "four", Audi presented a car that would shape the carmaker itself as well as the industry as a whole: the Audi Quattro Coupe that debuted in 1980 at the Geneva Motor Show.
Now known as the Ur-Quattro, with Ur roughly translating as "first of its kind" or "the origin" from German, the all-wheel drive sports car that led to the insanity that was the Group B Audi Sport Quattro S1 was produced from 1980 through 1991 (though, U.S. deliveries stopped in 1986).
Read more »- Audi Sport Quattro Concept Pays Tribute To 1980s Rally Legend [69 Photos]
What do we have here; is the Sports Quattro a concept meant to prepare us for a production car or a pure flight of fantasy to get the crowd coming in to Audi's Frankfurt Motor Show stand? Tough question, especially since Audi pulled the same stunt...
- Audi A1 Quattro Versus The Original Ur-quattro From 1989
The original Ur-Quattro from the 1980s is the quintessential Audi that defined the brand with the four-ring logo, both on the track and on the showroom floors. While it’s a completely different world today, some things remain the same for Audi,...
- Audi R9: A Design Study For A High-performance Sports Saloon
Over the years, Audi has shown that it is not afraid to venture into new categories as evidenced by cars like the Ur-Quattro, the V8 / A8, and more recently, the R8 and the A5 and A7 Sportback. The reason why we mentioned these models is that a Russian...
- Audi Brand Promo: Nothing Sticks Like Quattro [with Video]
At the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in Canada, communications Company Lowe Roche has stuck hundreds of 1:43 scale Audi quattro models to metal surfaces as part of an ad campaign by Audi. Fitted with strong magnets and stuck to lamp posts,...
- Volkswagen Officially Adds The Letter 'r' To Its Vocabulary
Volkswagen has announced that R has become official. In the vein of Audi's quattro GmbH (and AMG, M, SVT, SRT, Nismo. etc.), R GmbH - located near Wolfsburg in Warmenau - will be VW's official in-house tuner, allowing for performance and "individualised"...