1984 Audi Sport humour

[5cylinderman]

My apologies if this has been posted already but I've never seen it before.

[UrS4boy]

My apologies if this has been posted already but I've never seen it before.

Thanks. I don't remember enough about the early/mid 80's rallye scene to know if those comments in the comic are valid or just rude.

[bluequattro]

Iirc that cartoon is from the old cars and car conversions magazine
I followed rallying in the early 80s (well as much as an 11 year old lad can) and I think early sport quattros weren't enjoyed by all the drivers compared to lwb ones that seemed tougher (but I could be wrong!)

[Durindart]

cool find, never seen it before
great sense of humour, and true. the sportquattro was anything else than competitive. ask walter röhrl what he thinks about this car...

[URquattroGus]

There is quite a good amount of truth there. Good find!

[Ian Simmonds]

They hated the arrival of the sport, it was intransigent and unreliable compared to the A2. When the PDK box arrived in the S1E2 it made them even worse. Even Rohrl hated that, and he was the only one to really, properly get to grips with the thing. If you look at the rally results from the period, ISTR the short chassis only managed one or two international wins.

[Flipman]

They mention it in "Still Too Fast To Race"

starts at: 42:00

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xni...o#.UQ4wX1eIuf4

[5cylinderman]

These were done by Jim Bamber who was well known in CCC magazine circles years ago.
Maybe the older members of the Forum might remember him.
Here's a few more.