• One of 20 works cars retained by Audi's Motorsport Department • Winner of the 1986 Welsh International and National Breakdown rallies • Present ownership since December 2003 • Extensively restored • Featured extensively on video and in books, articles, rally reports and advertisements • Carefully stored since last used in 2017 One of the most influential designs of recent decades, the Audi Quattro brought four-wheel drive into the motoring mainstream.

Introduced in 1980, the Quattro was based on the outwardly similar Coupé's practical and stylish three-door 'fast hatch-back' bodyshell but used a different floorpan to accommodate its four-wheel-drive transmission and independent rear suspension.

The engine was a development of the 2.1-litre, five-cylinder unit first seen in the 200 saloon, equipped with a KKK turbocharger and producing 200bhp in road trim, considerably more being available in race tune.

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