#1 AUDI SPORT QUATTRO S1 Group B Rally Car
GENERAL
Production time 1985 Base in Audi Sport Quattro
Layout Front engine, 4WD Tires Michelin
Length 4240 mm / 166.9 in Width 1860 mm / 73.2 in
Height 1344 mm / 52.9 in Weight 1090 kg / 2403 lbs
Engine Turbocharged Inline 5 DOHC 20 val Wheelbase 2224 mm / 87.6 in
Displacement 2094 cc / 127.8 cu in Gearbox 6sp manual
Brakes Discs w/4 Piston Calipers Base Price ???
PERFORMANCE
Top speed ??? 0-100 kmh / 0-60 mph 2.6 sec
Power 447.7+ kw / 600+ bhp @ 7500 rpm Torque 740 nm / 548.1 ft lbs
The S1 had more power than any other rally car in history, reaching over 600 horsepower in 1986, and it had huge wings to aid with traction on faster stages. Faced with ever-increasing competition, the S1 only managed a single victory, on the San Remo rally in 1985. The curtain call for Audi's Group B program came with the death of Henri Toivonen on the Tour de Corse 1986; following Toivonen's death, Audi, along with Ford, immediately pulled the plug on its Group B rally program. The Quattro in its various iterations competed for four and a half years, winning four championships, and changing the face of rallying forever. Perhaps the most incredible feat Audi ever achieved in rallying never made it to rally competition. After the cancellation of Group B in 1986, Audi announced they had built an engine for rallying with more than 1000 horsepower! The engine was tested in several hillclimbs, but the drivers reported that the car was completely undrivable, with an unsettling tendency to simply go straight in the corners. The Audi engineers never ceased to amaze rally observers during the Group B days, and even today, rally fans remember the Quattro with a mixture of awe and respect.
Production time 1985 Base in Audi Sport Quattro
Layout Front engine, 4WD Tires Michelin
Length 4240 mm / 166.9 in Width 1860 mm / 73.2 in
Height 1344 mm / 52.9 in Weight 1090 kg / 2403 lbs
Engine Turbocharged Inline 5 DOHC 20 val Wheelbase 2224 mm / 87.6 in
Displacement 2094 cc / 127.8 cu in Gearbox 6sp manual
Brakes Discs w/4 Piston Calipers Base Price ???
PERFORMANCE
Top speed ??? 0-100 kmh / 0-60 mph 2.6 sec
Power 447.7+ kw / 600+ bhp @ 7500 rpm Torque 740 nm / 548.1 ft lbs
The S1 had more power than any other rally car in history, reaching over 600 horsepower in 1986, and it had huge wings to aid with traction on faster stages. Faced with ever-increasing competition, the S1 only managed a single victory, on the San Remo rally in 1985. The curtain call for Audi's Group B program came with the death of Henri Toivonen on the Tour de Corse 1986; following Toivonen's death, Audi, along with Ford, immediately pulled the plug on its Group B rally program. The Quattro in its various iterations competed for four and a half years, winning four championships, and changing the face of rallying forever. Perhaps the most incredible feat Audi ever achieved in rallying never made it to rally competition. After the cancellation of Group B in 1986, Audi announced they had built an engine for rallying with more than 1000 horsepower! The engine was tested in several hillclimbs, but the drivers reported that the car was completely undrivable, with an unsettling tendency to simply go straight in the corners. The Audi engineers never ceased to amaze rally observers during the Group B days, and even today, rally fans remember the Quattro with a mixture of awe and respect.
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