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The original quattro is such an fascinating vehicle in so many aspects, for instance, not unlike the Volkswagen Beetle before it, it was born in part out of a military contract, but in this case for a war that never came. What follows are just small bits of some of its' mostly behind the scenes history.
It might be said that, despite being revolutionary at its' debut, it was evolution (i.e.: traditional hot-rodding) more so than a lot of technology, that allowed it the long history of success that we can look back on and be inspired by. Happily, it is the legacy of that era that allows us to yet play with them still. We lucky few.
The first article is very short and is here, lifted from a 2014 thread titled "Ackermann Angle" on the Audi Classic forum in a post by Groundhog:
"At the end of the day I speak as someone with twenty-five years of hands on experience in motorsport not only with the Audi UK rally team but working on numerous special projects and research and development at all levels on numerous cars right down to road cars. (The MK1 Escort BDA is still the finest race car ever made) and more than advise you based on this I can do no more.
This talk of suspension reminded me of an incident on a rally once when Michelle Mouton came on the radio to say she had hit something and bent the suspension on the Quattro and to advise at the next service parts would need changing so we got out a complete front suspension to change wholesale to save time. Fifteen minutes later she came back on – she hit something else and, she assumed, bent back the suspension and reckoned the car was driving better than it had ever done – in fact other than making sure nothing was going to fail she insisted the set up remained for the rest of the race and was adapted for her own personal set up in the future. Many years latter I took, on behalf of David Sutton, a Quattro to Goodwood for her drive and the first thing she said was has the suspension been set for me or do I need to bend it?."
The other piece, much longer (complete with a period video clip), is found on Audiworld-com surprisingly, so I will simply provide a link:
https://www.audiworld.com/articles/a...ttro-goodness/
Points of intersection:
The S1 (BTW, after seeing how well this car corners, one wonders why someone would ever want to lower theirs).png Even the car itself was an intersection, an amalgam, part sedan, part coupe.png Driver-s signature .png La Pilote formidibale!.png A multi-faceted multi-national effort .png
It might be said that, despite being revolutionary at its' debut, it was evolution (i.e.: traditional hot-rodding) more so than a lot of technology, that allowed it the long history of success that we can look back on and be inspired by. Happily, it is the legacy of that era that allows us to yet play with them still. We lucky few.
The first article is very short and is here, lifted from a 2014 thread titled "Ackermann Angle" on the Audi Classic forum in a post by Groundhog:
"At the end of the day I speak as someone with twenty-five years of hands on experience in motorsport not only with the Audi UK rally team but working on numerous special projects and research and development at all levels on numerous cars right down to road cars. (The MK1 Escort BDA is still the finest race car ever made) and more than advise you based on this I can do no more.
This talk of suspension reminded me of an incident on a rally once when Michelle Mouton came on the radio to say she had hit something and bent the suspension on the Quattro and to advise at the next service parts would need changing so we got out a complete front suspension to change wholesale to save time. Fifteen minutes later she came back on – she hit something else and, she assumed, bent back the suspension and reckoned the car was driving better than it had ever done – in fact other than making sure nothing was going to fail she insisted the set up remained for the rest of the race and was adapted for her own personal set up in the future. Many years latter I took, on behalf of David Sutton, a Quattro to Goodwood for her drive and the first thing she said was has the suspension been set for me or do I need to bend it?."
The other piece, much longer (complete with a period video clip), is found on Audiworld-com surprisingly, so I will simply provide a link:
https://www.audiworld.com/articles/a...ttro-goodness/
Points of intersection:
The S1 (BTW, after seeing how well this car corners, one wonders why someone would ever want to lower theirs).png Even the car itself was an intersection, an amalgam, part sedan, part coupe.png Driver-s signature .png La Pilote formidibale!.png A multi-faceted multi-national effort .png
. Kindest Regards Lynn.
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