Audi Quattro
The Audi Quattro is a road and rally auto, produced by the German automobile manufacturer Audi, part of the Volkswagen Group. It was first shown at the 1980 Geneva Motor Show on three March. The word quattro springs from the Italian word for "four". The name has additionally been utilized by Audi to refer to the quattro four-wheel drive system, or any four-wheel drive version of an Audi model. To avoid perplexity, the first Quattro model is also typically referred to as the Ur-Quattro - the "Ur-" ( German for "primordial" or "ancestral" ) is an augmentative prefix, in this situation meaning "original", and is also applied to the 1st generation Audi S4 and Audi S6 models, as in "Ur-S4" and "Ur-S6". The Audi Quattro was the 1st rally auto to exploit the then-recently modified rules which allowed the utilization of four-wheel drive in competition racing. It won competition after competition for the following 2 years.[1] To honor the successfulness of the first auto, all successive Audis with their trademark quattro 4 wheel drive system were badged "quattro" with a lower case "q". The first auto with the higher case "Q" in the Quattro name is a collector's piece.
Production history
The idea for a high performance four-wheel drive automobile was suggested by Audi's frame engineer, Jrg Bensinger, in 1977, when he discovered that the Volkswagen Iltis jeep, could outperform any other car in snow, whatever how dynamic. Bensinger's idea was to start developing an Audi eighty alternative in co-operation with Walther Treser, Director of Pre-Development.
Quattro - A1 and A2 evolutions
The first Audi Quattro competition vehicle debuted in 1980, first as a development auto, and then on a formal foundation in the 1980 Janner Rally in Austria. Largely, primarily based on the bodyshell of the road-going Quattro models (in opposition to the upcoming Group B vehicles), the engine of the first competition version produced roughly 300 bhp (224 kW; 304 PS). In 1981, Michel Mouton became the 1st female ever to win a world championship rally, piloting an Audi Quattro. Over the following 3 years, Audi would introduce the A1 and A2 evolutions of the Quattro replying to the new Group B rules, raising power from the turbocharged inline 5-cylinder engine to about 350 bhp (261 kW; 355 PS).
Sport Quattro
The Audi Sport Quattro was a Quattro program auto developed for homologation for Group B rallying in 1984, and sold as a production auto in limited numbers. It featured an all aluminum amalgamate 2,133 cc ( 130.2 cu in ) ( 2.1 L ) 20v DOHC engine smaller than that of the Audi Quattro ( so as to qualify for the 3-litre engine class after the scale factor applied to turbo engines ). In road-going form, the engine was capable of manufacturing 225 kW ( 306 PS ; 302 bhp ), with the contest vehicles at first manufacturing around 331 kW ( 450 PS ; 444 bhp ).
Sport Quattro S1
The Audi Sport Quattro S1 was information at the end of 1984 as an update to the Audi Sport Quattro. The car featured an inline 5-cylinder engine that displaced 2,110 cc (128.8 cu in) and model an officially quoted figure of 350 kW (480 PS; 470 bhp). Nonetheless the turbocharger employed a recirculating air system, with the target of keeping the turbo spinning at high r.p.m, when the driver closed the throttle and either to back off during cornering, or on gearshifts. He authorized the engine to pick up full power straight after the resumption of full throttle, reducing turbo lag. The particular power figure was higher than five hundred bhp (373 kW; 507 PS) at 8000 r.p.m.
