Audi Quattro (Rally Giants) (Rally Giants Series) - Softcover

Graham Robson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1845841417 ISBN 13: 9781845841416

Publisher: Veloce Publishing Ltd, 2008

Synopsis

The Audi Quattro is a Rally Giant because it was the first to combine four-wheel-drive and a turbocharged engine - not the most sophisticated, but it was the first, and very successful. It was also the first to run with more than 300bhp. As it was re-homologated/transformed from Group 4 into Group B in 1983, it was also the first successful Group B car. The Quattro dominated rallying from the start of 1981 until late 1984 (when the Peugeot 205 T16 took over). Quattros won no fewer than 23 World rallies from 1981 to 1985, won the Makes Championship in 1982 and 1984, and drivers Hannu Mikkola (1983) and Stig Blomqvist (1984) also won the World Drivers' series in Quattros. The Quattro led the World and European rally scene in the first half of the 1980s.

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Review:

The book delves into the first ideas for the Audi right through to its successes at World Rally. As well as the star drivers over the years and the second half of the book details its competition years. Another good book from the 'Rally Giants' series. - Track & Race Cars -

The latest two softbacks from Veloce are part of a series by Robson that will cover 16 of the most important rally cars of the last half-century. Each runs to 120-odd pages and boasts straightforwardly written, authoritative text and a large number of colour and b&w pictures. - Octane -

Graham Robson once again provides a cracking read of the period during the eighties when the Quattros with their distinctive five-cylinder 'blat' were all but invincible ... - Old Stager -

Each and every section � of which there are many within this book's 120 plus pages � brings to light both interesting facts and anecdotes. This book is a very detailed account of what happened and when and has numerous illustrations in both full colour and black and white ... If you have anyone in the family interested in rallying I would suggest this book would make a most welcome present. - Volkswagen Owners Club GB -

... from Clark and Vatanen to Mikkola and Blomqvist, plus all the others behind their many successes; the competition they faced, and lovely little snippets like registration numbers and the occasional blind alley. - New Zealand Classic Car

... Robson's compact and informative series or Veloce provides an ideal reference. --Speedscene

About the Author:

Graham Robson possesses a worldwide reputation as a motoring historian, and has been close to the sport of rallying for many years, as a competitor, team manager, organiser, reporter, commentator and observer; in more than forty years he has never lost touch with the sport. Not only has Graham competed in many British and European events, he's also reported on marathons in South America, and acted as a travelling controller in the legendary London-Mexico World Cup Rally. As a recognised authority on many aspects of classic cars and motoring of that period, he is the most prolific of all authors, with more than 130 published books to his credit. Over the years Graham has owned, driven, described and competed in many of the cars featured in the Rally Giants Series, and his insight to their merits is unmatched.

About this edition

• Publisher: Veloce Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1845841417
• ISBN 13: 9781845841416
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128