The game-changing Audi quattro made its UK debut, in London, in 1980. Here, five former members of the Audi UK...
The rules were: One lap of Lime Rock, driving backwards from a standing start. You could bring any car, use...
Two heroes and a heroine. What unites them? The Audi Quattro, rallying’s first four-wheel-drive, turbocharged car. Hannu and Stig each won a world drivers title with the German groundbreaker, and Michèle would have done the same if Walter Röhrl hadn’t got in her way. But she still beat 21 top...
My involve-ment with Audi came directly from my work, as a supplier to Audi, with exhaust systems and catalytic converters....
It was a very difficult decision at the time to go to Audi, which seems strange now. But then I...
Foretelling the future is impossible, yet that is what executives in car companies have to do. When I was a kid, by the year 2000, cities would be traversed by monorails, and we’d all have our private helicopters and wear one-piece jumpsuits. The nearest to disharmony would be at meal...
From the creation of the first automobile to this very day, the German industry’s commitment to technical perfection gave birth...
In 1980, people laughed when they heard Audi was developing a four-wheel-drive rally car. Hadn’t Ford tried that with their...
1985 Audi Quattro E2 Simply put, when the Audi Quattro appeared, it immediately had its detractors. The immense power output with much of the weight at the front looked impossible to take seriously. Then it ran, and the detractors quickly went quiet. It was indeed a beast of a car...
I have competed in many good cars during my rallying career. My very first rally car was the Saab 96,...
October 10, 2023, marks the 40th anniversary of Audi Sport GmbH, which evolved from quattro GmbH. In early summer, Audi...