Unlike Lancia and Peugeot who elected to create purpose-built Group B specials from scratch, Audi was determined to prove a tweaked version of its Quattro could cut the mustard against the new…
Read MoreFew cars have had such a transformative effect on their maker’s fortunes as the Audi Quattro. Unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show in March 1980, the Quattro rapidly changed Audi’s image from…
Read MoreIn his early twenties, German-born Walter Treser graduated with an engineering degree from a Swiss university and, over the course of the 1963-64 seasons, took in a number of races and hillclimbs…
Read MoreAlthough its four-wheel drive system initially handed the Quattro a sufficient advantage that it was able to claim two World Rally Championsip Driver and Manufacturer crowns between 1982 and ‘84…
Read MoreFrom a commercial and sporting sense, Audi’s Quattro was the first machine to successfully harness four-wheel drive which means it ranks among the most significant cars of the 20th century.
Read MoreHaving debuted during the 2009 season, Audi’s R8 LMS went on to become one of the most successful GT3 racing cars of its era. An improved Evolution variant came on stream for the 2010…
Read MoreAlthough a renowned Audi tuner, Abt Sportsline’s decision to challenge the Mercedes-Benz and Opel works teams with its own TT-based challenger for the newly reformed DTM was incredibly…
Read MoreIn the midst of a trend for unimaginative retro-themed automotive styling around the turn of the millennium, Audi broke with convention to create a genuinely fresh design language for some of its…
Read MoreAlthough the World Rally Championship-winning Quattro produced between 1980 and 1991 played a large part in propelling Audi into the wider consciousness of the motoring public, it wasn’t until…
Read MoreAlthough Audi had produced evolutionary A1 and A2 variants of the regular Quattro which between them recorded ten WRC victories during 1983 and ‘84, the firm’s first proper Group B special based…
Read MoreAs had been the case since 2006, the 2008 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) was a straight contest between Audi and Mercedes-Benz. Mercedes supplied the latest ‘08-spec. C-class to the…
Read MoreOf all the iconic motor cars introduced during the 1980s, perhaps the most influential was Audi’s Quattro. With its four-wheel drive transmission, turbocharged inline five cylinder engine and…
Read MoreAlthough the Quattro delivered Audi a brace of World Rally Championship titles in 1982 (Manufacturers’) and ‘83 (Drivers’), it had been conceived before the new era of Group B specials…
Read MoreWhen the first generation Type 8L A3 was launched in September 1996, it marked Audi’s return to the compact class after an absence of 18 years. The last Audi to compete in this market had been the 50…
Read MoreWith 13 victories from 15 attempts between 2000 and 2014, Audi’s early 21st century domination at the Le Mans 24 Hours was of a manner hitherto unseen. Of the German firm’s two losses, one came…
Read MoreHaving introduced four-wheel drive to non-utility type vehicles and changed the sport of rallying forever, the Audi Quattro was arguably the most influential performance car of its era. It also had a…
Read MoreAlthough the 227bhp B4-based S2 launched in 1991 was an extremely accomplished machine, it was soon overshadowed by the first in a series of super high performance RS-badged Audis.
Read MoreIn 2002, Audi launched their first mid-range RS-badged offering: the C5 RS6. Prior to this, only the more compact B4 and B5-based models had been manufactured in RS trim (the RS2 Avant and RS4…
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