Audi Quattro anyone?

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I retract my opinion. I was like a kid that found out Santa wasn’t real when someone took me for a ride in one. Guess we need to find these things out.

Merits are the sound of the 5 cylinder Turbo engine and solid build.

I enjoy Audi’s marketing of the Quattro System and admire they still use it as a tool to sell cars as if it’s some great new technology that they invented.

I agree- quattro is worth piss all when coupled with my auto box! I do like the torque biasing diff though

[hotwire 352]

No need to put a pic of mine up, it looks just the same as the one on this thread

ur quattro's turned rallying on its ear with its quattro system, for this reason it will always be a motorsport classic.

I think the ur quattro is to Audi fans what the E30 M3 is to BMW fans. Both have there place in Motorsport history, both are great drivers cars and both will be respected by true car/motorsport enthusiasts.

The last model ur quattro RR (20V) is a rare car, they have 220BHP, only 3 were sold new in NZ.

The Daddy of all quattros is the Sport though (short wheel base model).

Audi replaced the ur quattro with the S2, basically the same engine as the RR but in an Audi 80 shell and available in 3 variants, coupe, wagon and sedan. In 1993 Audi did a facelift to the S2 range introducing most notibly a 6 speed gearbox and upped power to 230BHP.

In between 1994-95 Audi and Porsche built the RS2, this was the last evolution of the ur quattros 5 cylinder turbo engine. The RS2 puts out 315BHP, is limited to do 262km/h, gets to 60mph in 4.8sec's and 30mph in 1.5sec's (faster than the then current F1 race cars and the McLaren F1 3 seater supercar).

Hopefully I didnt bore you BMW boys to much.

Oh, Apex, the ur quattro that you were for a ride in couldnt have been right, these cars do handle well, have good feedback and grip very well.

Totally agree -these cars rewrote the rally scene & therefore have a place in history - as do E30 M3's & many other cars. They are still highly regarded by the enthusiasts for their pedegree & shear driving pleasure.

Yes to the handling, feedback & grip - i found mine a real buzz to drive - even though non turbo. A little agricultural in build quality when comparing to BMW but more than made up for with it's driveabilty.

That 2.2 5 cyl engine was almost bullet proof - from it's basic form to outputs described above

When I got my Quattro coupe - I was under the impression that at the time there were only 80 in NZ with only 18 UR Quattro Turbos - this unsubstantiated though:-)