Volkswagen-owned Audi is preparing to launch a heir to the race-winning Quattro of the early 1980s, a report out of Germany indicates. Price-wise the car will fill the crevasse between the
TT and the R8 but aesthetically it will lie somewhere between the A5 and
the Q5. Loosely inspired by the Quattro Concept
that bowed at the 2010 Paris Motor Show, the upcoming coupe will have
short overhangs, a completely flat roof and several hood-mounted air
vents reminiscent of the original Quattro coupe’s vents. An anonymous source told Germany’s Auto Bild
that the car will be powered by a supercharged five-cylinder engine
that will propel it from zero to 62 mph in a little over four seconds.
Audi will equip the coupe with a dual-clutch S-Tronic gearbox that will quite evidently send power to all four wheels. If the rumor is true, the Quattro is in the early stages of development and it is dubbed Q35 internally. Auto Bild speculates that the 35 means the car’s launch will coincide with the original Quattro’s 35th birthday in 2015. Introduced in 1980, the original Quattro was developed to compete in
the Group B category of rally racing. It was the first Group B car to
feature all-wheel drive, a setup that was not allowed prior to 1979.
The innovative system enabled Audi to capture first place overall in
1982 and 1984. (leftlanenews)
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