Father of all modern high-performance four-wheel-drive road cars, does the original Audi Quattro still have the old magic?
, which had comparable performance, were both around five grand more). ‘Almost beyond belief in its combination of roadholding, handling, traction and performance, the 4WD Quattro knows no peers,’ concluded. The original plan was to build just 400 road cars for homologation, but such was demand that Audi upped production and just kept building them ; by the time the last 20V rolled out in 1991, some 11,452 had been produced and icon status was secure.
The seats are small, set low to the floor and covered in plumply cushioned velour that couldn’t be more ’80s if it was infused with Aramis. Being an early UK car, it’s left-hand drive – right-hand drive wasn’t available until 1983. The same year saw the introduction of ABS and the Quattro’s famous digital dash, so this car has neither.
As we finally leave the motorway behind at Moffat and head down the excellent A708 to St Mary’s Loch, two things become quickly apparent – in tighter turns the Quattro rolls more than any modern performance car, and if you catch it off-boost when you floor the throttle you can count two whole seconds before the kick arrives. We’ve all been spoiled by modern turbos. This is how it used to be.
So the key here is to get the car settled, then feed in the power early and really drive through the corner. Get the timing right for your braking, steering and throttle inputs and you build up a rhythm that’s hugely satisfying. Now the steering seems to be perfectly weighted and nicely geared. Get the chassis balanced and you can almost drive with your fingertips.
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