Shortly thereafter, the brand started Audi Sport, its racing division that would build the Quattro rally car, which was more powerful and sported a roll cage. Proving the capabilities of permanent ...

But one car changed all that. Whereas rallying had been all about drifting around bends, the rear wheels searching for grip, ...

The Audi Quattro was the first four-wheel-drive rally car and had an undisputed advantage over other rally teams for years, per Snap Lab. In 1981, its year of debut, Audi won the rallies of Sweden ...

Audi dominated Group B early with its Quattro coupe rally cars. But soon purpose-built, mid-engined competitors like the Peugeot 205 T16 and Lancia Delta S4 loomed large. Audi's response was to ...

It’s not planning a comeback, either, so a Swedish team is bringing the Quattro name back to the starting grid with a custom-built, rally-ready evolution of the pocket-sized Audi A1 hatchback.

The "Quattro" badge also adorned a series of road and rally cars produced in the 1980s. It's a vehicle that revolutionized rallying twice and the Quattro S1 E2 is the most iconic version of it.

If you're a Rally fan, the Audi Quattro is already a legend. But the uninitiated might mistake it for an early-'80s Audi Coupe with bigger wheels and a body kit. That impression is not wholly ...

plodding around the rally stage like a depressed elephant, though maybe its aluminum-intensive construction will give it an edge? As it turns out, the old-school Quattro mechanical all-wheel ...

Rally photographer Reinhard Klein recalls the Quattro's arrival as a precursor to things getting out of control. "The Group B rules were shortsighted and the FIA didn't see the Quattro coming." ...

Porsche, Bronco, Defender, and now Quattro. The original rally Audi, aka the Ur-Quattro, is the latest model to get a reimagining-style restoration. Abt Sportsline, a leader in making Audis like ...

Only diehard Audi fans know about the Quattro RS001, a mid-engine prototype rally car that was built in secret and destroyed by then-Audi boss Ferdinand Piech. Only one was made, and a mid-engine ...

Along with Audi's release of the quattro system, it also unveiled the Audi Quattro to go along with it, and to act as a homologation vehicle to meet WRC standards for competition. The original ...