Walther Rohrl drives the Audi Quattro up the Col de Turini
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Walther Rohrl drives the Audi Quattro up the Col de Turini
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"The Audi Quattro was the car of the show at Geneva in 1980; 14 months later, it is still fascinating and unique. It has no direct competitor, if only because no other Grand Touring car has four-wheel-drive. But it’s no homologation special; the Quattro is being built at the hardly negligible rate of 10 a day. And one only has to ride in the Quattro to realise by its refinement that it truly is a genuine GT car.
Although not the first performance car to feature four-wheel-drive, the Quattro is the one that gets the ball rolling, especially thanks to its domination in the world of rallying. The floorplan is essentially that of an Audi 80, though with a 0.5in longer wheelbase and wider track. Much of the running gear, like the MacPherson strut suspension and servo-assisted brakes, is adapted from the Audi 200.
Power comes from a KKK turbocharged five-cylinder 2144cc engine producing 200bhp (DIN) at 5500rpm, and 210lb ft of torque at 3500rpm. The deliberately small turbocharger keeps lag to a minimum. A clever, orange-sized bevel gear differential splits torque 50:50 front to rear, and sends output forward through the hollow gearbox shaft and backwards to the rear drive. The centre and rear differentials are lockable by means of levers alongside the handbrake. In this Video Rally legend Walther Rohrl drives the Audi Quattro up the Col de Turini stage of the Monte Carlo Rally."
Follow for Autocar's original road test of the Audi Quattro:
http://www.autocar.co.uk/CarReviews/...-2.0-T/204149/
"The Audi Quattro was the car of the show at Geneva in 1980; 14 months later, it is still fascinating and unique. It has no direct competitor, if only because no other Grand Touring car has four-wheel-drive. But it’s no homologation special; the Quattro is being built at the hardly negligible rate of 10 a day. And one only has to ride in the Quattro to realise by its refinement that it truly is a genuine GT car.
Although not the first performance car to feature four-wheel-drive, the Quattro is the one that gets the ball rolling, especially thanks to its domination in the world of rallying. The floorplan is essentially that of an Audi 80, though with a 0.5in longer wheelbase and wider track. Much of the running gear, like the MacPherson strut suspension and servo-assisted brakes, is adapted from the Audi 200.
Power comes from a KKK turbocharged five-cylinder 2144cc engine producing 200bhp (DIN) at 5500rpm, and 210lb ft of torque at 3500rpm. The deliberately small turbocharger keeps lag to a minimum. A clever, orange-sized bevel gear differential splits torque 50:50 front to rear, and sends output forward through the hollow gearbox shaft and backwards to the rear drive. The centre and rear differentials are lockable by means of levers alongside the handbrake. In this Video Rally legend Walther Rohrl drives the Audi Quattro up the Col de Turini stage of the Monte Carlo Rally."
Follow for Autocar's original road test of the Audi Quattro:
http://www.autocar.co.uk/CarReviews/...-2.0-T/204149/
