Audi Quattro concept car

THIRTY Years ago, The Quattro was born. It recaliberated what a car would do over real-world roads. It also proved that all wheel traction was absolutely the thing to have in rallying.Audi has made a whole lot of Quattros. So this is an anniversary worth celebrating.The Quattro's designer was Wolfgang Egger.By the way, its lighweight panels, aluminium and carbon over the steel platform, and stripped cabin help cut weight to just 1300Kg.That is the same as the ur-Quattro, and in place of the RS5's V8 and seven-speed DSG, it has much lighter assembly of a turbo five cylinder and manual box as the original did.It is the engine from the TT RS, but it is turned lengthwise and hopped up to twice the ur-Quattro 's power, at 300kw for sub-four second to 100km/h.

A modern take on the old but the asymmetric bonnet vents, the black strip between the tail-lamp, the ear spoiler, and even then instrument binnacle with digi-dials.The Audi four ring logo is impressed into the C-post.The C post shape is retro, but Egger say it is very significant for future Audis. And the headlights are all-LED, and the light shines from a pair of horizontal blades in each lamp unit.when the car is turned on, these blade rotate to vertical,like the car is opening its eyes...

Inside, the lightweight theme continues.Dash door skin and seats all have pared-back visual mass.They are simple, to focus the driver's attention on the high binnacle and the array of switches it carries agin, a nod back 30 years, but a piece of relevant ergonomic simplification in these days when most dashes have as many button as Jenson's family tree.

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