Audi's legendary Sport Quattro S1 was a powerhouse of international rally in the Group B era of the 1980s, but due to its short wheelbase it was always a bit difficult to drive and resulted in lots of ...

as it was meant merely as a homologation vehicle to adhere to Group B rally rules. Add CarBuzz to your Google News feed. Like the Ur-Quattro, the Sport Quattro came standard with Audi's famous ...

Audi has many models in its catalog designed for performance first and foremost, even though its best and boldest (the Audi R8) has been laid to rest. While we may one day see an R8 revival, that ...

A vast luxury sedan probably wouldn't be your first choice of rally car, but then the Audi's all-wheel drive diesel is no ...

Of course, such a tremendous automobile is a limited affair, with only 85 units produced in the U.S. and 660 globally. The ...

The resulting Audi quattro – known as the Ur-quattro, ‘Ur’ being ‘original’ in German – was unveiled at the 1980 Geneva motor show, ahead of the model’s debut for the 1981 rally season.

It was a bespoke rally machine ... for the Ur-Quattro, with Mikkola winning the drivers’ crown. Following the introduction of the short-wheelbase Sport version in ’84, Audi retained its ...

There have been two modern re-imaginings of the original 1984 Audi Ur-Quattro: the Quattro Concept of 2010 (shown above) and the Sport Quattro Concept revealed at the 2013 Frankfurt Motor Show.