30 years of Quattro

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Audi is celebrating their 30-year anniversary of Quattro this year...the original quattro remains to this day the true representation of what Audi is/was all about...

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http://www.classicrallies.com/blog/...uattro-at-Essen-Techno-Classica.html#extended
 
ce que je trouve bien c'est que meme dans les modele que audi sort aujourd'hui on retrouve l'inspiration d'il y a 30 ans, surtout dans la game RS
 
The Stratos, 037 and S4 were all very special Lancia's. Unfortunately, after the Delta Integrale, Lancia have lost their way...
 
dave_fonz_164 said:
Lancia Rally > Audi Quattro :)
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LOL right.



The Audi S1 with 591 bhp and weighing just 1,090 kg (that's a better power to weight ratio than a bugatti veyron) is the most powerful rally car EVER built


[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEK7POxpVeE"] Audi Sport Quattro E2 "The Sound"[/ame]
 
johnrambo007 said:
LOL right.



The Audi S1 with 591 bhp and weighing just 1,090 kg (that's a better power to weight ratio than a bugatti veyron) is the most powerful rally car EVER built


Audi Sport Quattro E2 "The Sound"
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Im not disputing the above cars incredible output, but Lancia dominated the Rally scene even when Audi had its infamous Quattro.

BTW....check out the Delta S4 Group B, and here are some facts to back it up, just to be a pain in the ass.


[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Y-iRifVkJc"]YouTube- LANCIA DELTA S4 AUDIO ORIGINALE[/ame]

1994 Didier Auriol Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD Toyota Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
1993 Juha Kankkunen Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD Toyota Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
1992 Carlos Sainz Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD Lancia Lancia Delta HF Integrale
1991 Juha Kankkunen Lancia Delta Integrale 16V Lancia Lancia Delta Integrale 16V
1990 Carlos Sainz Toyota Celica GT-Four Lancia Lancia Delta Integrale 16V
1989 Miki Biasion Lancia Delta Integrale Lancia Lancia Delta Integrale
1988 Miki Biasion Lancia Delta Integrale Lancia Lancia Delta Integrale
1987 Juha Kankkunen Lancia Delta HF 4WD Lancia Lancia Delta HF 4WD
1986 Juha Kankkunen Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 Peugeot Peugeot 205 Turbo 16
1985 Timo Salonen Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 Peugeot Peugeot 205 Turbo 16
1984 Stig Blomqvist Audi Quattro Audi Audi Quattro
1983 Hannu Mikkola Audi Quattro Lancia Lancia Rally 037
1982 Walter Röhrl Opel Ascona 400 Audi Audi Quattro
1981 Ari Vatanen Ford Escort RS1800 Talbot Talbot Sunbeam Lotus
1980 Walter Röhrl Fiat 131 Abarth Fiat Fiat 131 Abarth
1979 Björn Waldegård Ford Escort RS1800* Ford Ford Escort RS1800
1978 Markku Alén*** Fiat 131 Abarth** Fiat Fiat 131 Abarth
1977 Sandro Munari*** Lancia Stratos HF
 
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VWSpeed said:
The Stratos, 037 and S4 were all very special Lancia's. Unfortunately, after the Delta Integrale, Lancia have lost their way...
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True, they have little connection with the curent Lancias in the same way an A3 has little to do with a Quattro from the 80s lol.
 
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Yes, Audi did produce a lot of garbage, the 80, the 100, etc...However, they always had somewhat of a presence in racing (IMSA, later DTM, LeMans), albeit not as much as BMW (which remain the undisputed champs). Whereas Lancia, after the Delta, stopped racing altogether...same thing for Alfa Romeo...both very sporty Italian brands which have a racing heritage...

Same goes for the Japs, they build excellent Rally cars, the Celica, Impreza (remember the B22), Evo, etc...Let's not forget Peugeot, Ford, Citroen...even Porsche...

To this date, the most versatile race car/road car remains the E30 M3...used both in rally and track races...second is the 911...
 
btw how many manufacturer's championships has audi won? how many drivers have won the championship in an audi? give me a break.

plus this was all 30 years ago. what about current wrc? i love it how nobody ever mentions loeb and citroen these days. history is being made right now and u have the chance of seeing it unfold right before your eyes, yet everyone's still raving about what happened in the 80's.
 
ToxicBug said:
btw how many manufacturer's championships has audi won? how many drivers have won the championship in an audi? give me a break.

plus this was all 30 years ago. what about current wrc? i love it how nobody ever mentions loeb and citroen these days. history is being made right now and u have the chance of seeing it unfold right before your eyes, yet everyone's still raving about what happened in the 80's.
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I agree, the Audis won i believe 2WRC in the 80s, while Lancia dominated then followed by the Jap era with the Scoobies and Mitsus and recently its been all Peugeot and Citroen, with the Focus having success too.

The whole Quattro thing is a good marketing tool:)
 
ToxicBug said:
btw how many manufacturer's championships has audi won? how many drivers have won the championship in an audi? give me a break.

plus this was all 30 years ago. what about current wrc? i love it how nobody ever mentions loeb and citroen these days. history is being made right now and u have the chance of seeing it unfold right before your eyes, yet everyone's still raving about what happened in the 80's.
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Did you see the competition in the 80's...Audi, Peugeot, Lancia, Ford, etc...there is no competition today, WRC is basically a two car show, Citroen and Ford. Everyone else pulled out of WRC over the past 2-years.

Quattro was new at the time...same as Renault when they pioneered turbo's in F1.
 
dave_fonz_164 said:
I agree, the Audis won i believe 2WRC in the 80s, while Lancia dominated then followed by the Jap era with the Scoobies and Mitsus and recently its been all Peugeot and Citroen, with the Focus having success too.

The whole Quattro thing is a good marketing tool:)
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exactly, nothing more than that. and they're so good at it that they've convinced the general public that in the 80's audi is the greatest thing that the wrc has ever seen and that their haldex awd equipped audi has something in common with the rally cars.

can't blame them tho, subaru's still trying to give their cars rally heritage (by extension meaning that they have a good wrc team) even though they haven't won a championship since 2003 and now they don't even have a team anymore.
 
VWSpeed said:
Did you see the competition in the 80's...Audi, Peugeot, Lancia, Ford, etc...there is no competition today, WRC is basically a two car show, Citroen and Ford. Everyone else pulled out of WRC over the past 2-years.

Quattro was new at the time...same as Renault when they pioneered turbo's in F1.
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ToxicBug said:
exactly, nothing more than that. and they're so good at it that they've convinced the general public that in the 80's audi is the greatest thing that the wrc has ever seen and that their haldex awd equipped audi has something in common with the rally cars.

can't blame them tho, subaru's still trying to give their cars rally heritage (by extension meaning that they have a good wrc team) even though they haven't won a championship since 2003 and now they don't even have a team anymore.
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The Germans have always been masters of marketing, hence the whole Quattro legend*tu*
 
VWSpeed you gotta tell us that girl's name on your avatar...LOL

Jesus christ that seems unreal lolll i want bigger pics!!
 
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