Audi Quattro Rallye Typ 85

Vehicle Description

Rare Audi quattro Type 85 with uncompromising rally equipment
– Five-cylinder in-line turbo gasoline engine OHC-10V, 280 hp, max. torque 449 Nm at 3869 rpm
rpm Performance diagram available
– 5-speed manual gearbox with sports clutch
– German first registration 02/1982, owned since 2017
– Group 4 Rallyequattro body kit, contemporary 1981 factory rally design
– Factory reproduction of the safety cell, Momo steering wheel, VDO additional display instruments, incl.
Sparco full bucket seats with 6-point seat belts homologated until 2008,
sports exhaust, ventilated sports disc brakes, adjustable brake force distribution,
hydraulic handbrake on rear wheels, Ronal LM rims 7×15” with Michelin Pb20 Racing
tires, 6 Hella Rallye 2000 auxiliary headlights
– Silicone engine hoses, enlarged aluminum radiator for cooling water circuit, special intercooler, enlarged
intercooler, enlarged rear spoiler with oil cooler
– 2024 new turbocharger K24 with boost pressure regulator, as well as suspension springs and dampers
– Audi certificate of identity, eurotax Schwacke vehicle valuation 10/2024, grade 2+,
German registration papers, H registration, next HU in 03/2026

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Here comes the much celebrated “Vorsprung durch Technik” (advance through technology). The Audi quattro with permanent all-wheel drive and five-cylinder turbo engine was legendary from day one. It was built over a whole decade, 11,548 units in total – that’s significantly more than the originally planned 400 for racing homologation purposes! Speaking of racing: I’ll never forget how Walter Röhrl and his cohorts won one rally after another with similar vehicles, outclassing the competition by worlds.
It was the discovery that a 4-wheel-drive VW Iltis had far better traction on a slippery slope than even the most powerful standard car, which led to the development of the quattro – which was given its name by one of the chief engineers, Walter Treser, at that time Director of Pre-Development.
The quattro sparked a veritable all-wheel-boom. Nobody cared that the front half was almost identical to the rather homely Audi 80… With this car, Audi had finally got a foothold in the premium segment. And today? Well-maintained specimens are rare, because as is so often the case with performance cars, they were tuned and tinkered with till the cows came home.
A great vehicle, all the fun on the road plus a huge potential regarding the price development.

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