Audi Quattro - short history

QUATTRO - a solution that worked on the rally routes, today ensure safety and emotions at all times.

Audi decided to take up the challenge, by which marked the beginning of a new era in the history of the development of the automotive industry. Permanent all-wheel drive developed by Audi is takcsilnie associated with a brand that would be synonymous with it. This ensures excellent driveability, performance and safety - qualities which made the cars from the sign of the four rings have gained immense trust drivers, the best proof is to produce in 2013 a white Audi Allroad 3.0 TDI - five millionth model equipped with quattro drive.

From innovation to the sport, the sport on public roads - the standard scheme of development, high performance cars are an ideal testing ground. In the case of Audi and quattro drive it looked like, although the beginnings were unusual. History of quattro drive (from the Italian "four") dates back to 1967, when the military created the Volkswagen Iltis. 10 years later, an off-road vehicle drive system to the test used in the Audi 80 A significant improvement in traction conditions convinced the Germans to build a new model that uses the quattro drive technology. By 1986, she used the center differential bevel, and then type center differential Torsen (the name comes from the words "torque sensing"), which automatically controls the distribution of torque to the wheels, as well as Haldex coupling (such as the Audi A3 and TT) and center differential with planetary gearbox (Audi V8 with automatic transmission).

Quattro have a lot of success on the rally routes, including the Monte Carlo Rally, Rally Sweden and Rally Portugal. 1985 is the debut of the Sport Quattro S1 with more than 600 horsepower

, coupled to a 6-speed automatic. Few drivers coping with the mastery of the beast. In season 1987 ended the game in the raid group B, but this is not the end of the career model S1. Behind the wheel of Walter Röhrl it won the "race to the clouds" - Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. It was played at the top of Pikes Peak in Colorado on a stretch of nearly 20 km (start at a height of 2,862 m, meta - 4300 m). Athletic success translated into popularizing four-wheel drive in cars civil. Audi have quattro in LeMans Prototype R18 e-tron :

Civilian Version Audi Quattro descended the assembly in the years 1980-1991 - a total of 11 452 copies created. Under the hood of their way engines with a capacity of 2.1 and 2.2 liters, including the most powerful, turbocharged inline "five" 2.2 power of 220 hp. The road version of the Sport Quattro with about 32 cm shorter wheelbase and extended wheelbase (created 224 copies for approval racing), had while 2.1-liter engine of 306 horses of power. New concept car: 

Today, every fourth car under the sign of the four rings is equipped with quattro drive.

Check my last test on Nurburgring : http://youtu.be/9cVxGbFZgmk