Think of Audi in touring cars, and your immediate thought would be of Frank Biela in the 4WD A4, which lead to the banning of 4WD in the catagory, or even Yvan Muller galliantly trying to fend off chasing cars with the A4, albeit in FWD format. But, Audi cut their Super Touring teeth from 1992 to 1994 with the Audi 80 Quattro, running it in Germany for Frank Biela and Emannuele Pirro, and in Italy and Belgium.
It had moderate sucess, and raced in the UK at the FIA Touring Car World Cup at Donington, which Biela, Pirro and Hans Stuck competed (Stuck finished 5th).
Incidently, it has claim to fame to be one of the very few ''homologation specials'' to appear out of the Super Touring era.
It had moderate sucess, and raced in the UK at the FIA Touring Car World Cup at Donington, which Biela, Pirro and Hans Stuck competed (Stuck finished 5th).
Incidently, it has claim to fame to be one of the very few ''homologation specials'' to appear out of the Super Touring era.
Additionally, Audi built about 2500 units of the Quattro Competition for the German and European market. It was a street homologation of the B4-based Super Tourenwagen Cup (STW) race car saloon with four-wheel drive and a modified 140 PS, 16-valve, two-litre petrol engine. The powertrain had its roots in the two-litre, four-cylinder inline engines that most European Audi 80s were equipped with at the time. On the outside, the Quattro Competition featured the same bumpers as the S2, V6 headlights, and a rear wing mounted on the bootlid. Together with the S2 and the RS2 Avant, the Quattro Competition has become an increasingly rare and highly sought-after collector's item.
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