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ENTER SWEEPSTAKES HERE
One of the unique aspects of the 1985 Audi quattro procured for the grand prize of Audi Club North America’s Spring 2022 Sweepstakes is that its original seats had been replaced at some point with more bolstered units from RECARO. As a tastefully built driver, upgrades of this nature aren’t uncommon, but with these we saw an opportunity for improvement.
Most enthusiasts know the RECARO name, a brand whose seat b...
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We recently caught up with New Jersey exotic car dealer and vintage Audi specialist Kevin Ginsberg and chatted about his own Audi enthusiast history, his former ownership of our Audi Club quattro Sweepstakes ’85 “ur” quattro 20V, and multiple other subjects.
Watch it below or check out the Unfair Advantage Podcast by Audi Club on Anchor, or distributed to most major podcast platforms. ENTER THE AUDI CLUB QUATTRO SWEEPSTAKES ...
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words: Bill, photos: autoscout24.de
Iconic cars from my youth are getting harder and more expensive to find and this example is no different. Gleaming in the eye-catching Tornado Red, this one-owner quattro waits for its next owner. Here's the ad (translated from German):
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We picked up the car from the Audi factory in 1989 and ithas been in our family ever since. 1 hand.Completely ...
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There’s a challenge most purchasing a new-to-them 80s car like our Audi Club Sweepstakes 1985 ur quattro 20V can attest, and that’s the challenge of audio. With a brightly lit and colorful head CD player, our quattro’s audio system looks period incorrect for our car, and we needed a change. For that we turned to Audi’s brand sibling Porsche.
Cars of the 80s had both less-than-stellar sound and a nearly universal-sized single-DIN...
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It's that time again...time for one lucky participant to win this 1:18 scale model from our 2022 Audi Club Spring Sweepstakes! In this sweepstakes, we are giving away a 1985 Audi ur-quattro Coupé...the model that started it all.
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This 1:18 scale model is Walter Röhrl's 1987 Audi S1 Pikes Peak winner. Made by Classic Model Replicars, this S1 is festooned with flares and spoilers. E...
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words: George, photos: Formawerx
When it comes to vintage car ownership, enhancing components a driver handles, touches and feels on a daily basis are a key way to enrich the ownership experience. And, while any number of companies can sell you high traffic touch point components such as steering wheels, seats or shift knobs, nobody’s ever taken a run on augmenting the experience of the simple key. Enter Formawerx.
Back when cars like o...
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We've given away some pretty exciting cars in the Audi Club Sweepstakes including the long-awaited Audi RS 6 Avant but this is the 1st time we looked back on Audi heritage. George took some time on Sunday to head over to the garage and give us a walk around tour of the car. Now a lot of people are familiar with the iconic Quattro but George pulls facts out of his head like he's reciting his own story. This car has an interesting histor...
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words: Bill, photos: billo317 via Bring A Trailer
In the upcoming Q1_2022 issue of quattro Magazine, we decided to go off the normal path and devote the majority of the magazine to off-roading your Audi. One of the articles talks about the Volkswagen Iltis, a German military all-wheel drive vehicle. Here's an excerpt (by George Achorn):
By 1976, VW issued a contract to Audi for the building of ten Type 183 prototypes. Wolfsburg would fun...
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words: Bill, photos: Marty Quattro
At first glance, it looks to be a regular 4000 but do a double take and you'll see a couple of things missing. Two doors to be exact. What makes this even better (and rarer) is that it is also a quattro. How rare? Only 362 were made and this one found its way to Canada. Here's the ad:
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1983 Audi 80 quattro 2-door.
Body fully restored, interior refi...
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words: Bill, photos: Bring A Trailer
The first thing you'll notice about this Quattro is the striking color. Originally black, it has been repainted in Galaxy Blue. While purists may chafe at the color change, I love it...similar to Sepang Blue which is one of my favorite Audi blues. Here's the ad:
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This 1983 Audi Quattro was purchased by the seller in 2006, and it was subsequently ...
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source: Audi AG
Four rings, four driven wheels – a 40-year success story
From the lockable center differential to electric torque vectoring
Ahead of the competition: a triumph in motorsports and among customers
The quattro drive has been a technical core area and pillar of Audi for 40 years now. The great success story ranges from the manually lockable center differential in 1980 to the three electric motors tha...
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source: Audi AG
Five-cylinder engine delivering 136 hp presented for the first time in 1976 in the Audi 100
Successful engine concept for series production and rallying
Audi RS 3: modified five-cylinder engine with more torque
Audi presented the first five-cylinder gasoline engine 45 years ago in the second-generation Audi 100. Enhancements and new developments followed with turbocharging, exhaust gas purification and four-valve tec...
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words: Bill, photos: Throttlestop
The ur-quattro was a classic the moment it arrived but its legacy has grown over the years. Today, it's getting harder to find one in pristine condition but here's one. It only has 52,167 miles and one spot of rust on the hatch. I don't know the ownership history of this car but it's being offered by Throttlestop in Wisconsin. Throttlestop just happens to be a sponsor of our Wisconsin chapter so maybe one...
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source: Audi AG
Two world champions from 1984 and 2017 swap cockpits
What connects the legendary Audi Sport quattro S1 with the RS e-tron GT
Can emotionality also transfer to the electric age?
Both are top athletes: Sweden’s Stig Blomqvist wrote rally history with the Audi Sport quattro S1 in the 1980s. It was an era that established the legend of what was then Audi’s revolutionary drive concept. Lucas di Grassi was Aud...
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source: Audi AG
The legend lives: the five-cylinder engine is an expression of Audi’s DNA
Stronger character: the robust sound and characteristic firing order will give you goosebumps
Audi RS 3: new setup for unmatched acceleration and top speed
The five-cylinder engine has been an important component of Audi’s brand DNA ever since the first one was introduced in 1976. Even today, its characteristic firing order and unique sound ...
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source: Audi AG
There is no she or he, no male quattro costumers and female quattro customers. There are more than 11.5 million of them. But there is one quattro feeling: the fine tuning between technology and emotion. And that has stretched across four decades. A simple congratulations to the pioneers would therefore be insufficient. If that's not worth a declaration of love...
Don’t worry, we won’t gush. The real love letters are...
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source: Audi AG
Latest development: torque splitter and electric torque vectoring
Track record of success: approx. 11.8 million Audi vehicles with all-wheel drive manufactured since 1980
Drive system 2.0: electric quattro in the e-tron models
The quattro drive system is synonymous with dynamic handling, driving stability, traction, and safety, as well as technical expertise and top performance – in short, with “Vorsprung durch ...
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source: Audi AG
The vice-champion as Michèle Mouton’s co-driver remembers victory with Audi
Great anticipation for the electric e-tron fleet and the new RS 3
Audi Sport GmbH Managing Director Sebastian Grams: “quattro links the past with the future”
They are historic venues for the international rally scene and they have close ties to Audi: the Col de Turini as a stage of the Monte Carlo Rally and San Romolo as a very crucia...
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words: Bill, photos: Bring A Trailer
I've seen this Avant before...well, I'm 91% certain I've seen it before. Many moons ago in a different life, I was volunteering at a United Way Day of Caring and our assignment was in a park in Nazareth, PA. It was hot, we were moving rocks the size of Beetles from one pile to another, and out of a crew of 7, there were only 3 of us moving those rocks. Needless to say, I was not in the best of moods. W...
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drawings: Ivan Shmatov
We are coming down to the last couple of weeks before someone is named the new owner of an Audi exclusive RS 6 Avant with goodies from Audi Accessories, Thule, Griot's Garage, and Mountain Hardwear so we decided to go out with a bang.
quattro Magazine was fortunate enough to interview Audi Sport designer, Ivan Shmatov, for the Q2_2021 issue (you can read about Ivan HERE) and he gladly designed the cover of the issue...