Audi Coupe quattro: Novel intel!
We found new intel about the rumored revival of the Audi Ur-Quattro…. must read!
It would have been the perfect birthday bash: Audi celebrates its July 16,.2009, centenary with the rebirth of an icon – the original 1980 Coupe Quattro. But it wasn’. to be. Although the concept car was almost complete, the board pulled the handbrake at the eleventh hour. What happened? All of . sudden, the brand chiefs decided that Audi should present itself in . less aggressive and more eco-friendly manner.
Thankfully, good ideas don’. automatically go away when bigwigs order . shift of emphasis. That’. why project Anniversario remains alive and kicking in . sealed-off studio. The exciting concept car is . modern interpretation of the revered Ur-quattro, which was built between 1980 and 1991. The Anniversario’. design is inspired by the European-market Sport Quattro -.. nastier, short-wheelbase Ur-quattro with ..306-hp,.2.1-liter turbocharged five-cylinder engine.
The all-new car is based on the .5 coupe. Chopping the wheelbase would have burst the budget, but Audi did craft new front and rear ends onto . largely unchanged passenger cell. The Anniversario also boasts . tall rear spoiler, wider .-pillars,.. lowered ride height, and wild wheel-arch flares, as well as . lighter hood, trunk lid, and doors.
