Audi Quattro et R8 : livres - histoire et modèles

Audi Quattro, le succès sur 4 roues

Il y a déjà plus de 30 ans, Audi portait sur les fonts baptismaux la première Quattro, une voiture qui allait non seulement révolutionner la construction automobile mais aussi positionner la marque aux quatre anneaux parmi les grands constructeurs d'outre-Rhin.
Une histoire aux débuts chaotiques, parsemée d'embûches, riches d'espoirs mais non dépourvue de déceptions, et dont les développements n'ont cessé de surprendre.
Cet ouvrage est le premier à retracer cette naissance - des DKW Munga et VW Iltis à la première Quattro et ses successeurs Audi 80, 90, 100, 200 Quattro. Il nous raconte son incroyable parcours sportif, de ses débuts dans les années 1980 au crépuscule de sa vie avec la Quattro S1, créée pour vaincre des sommets aussi difficiles que le célèbre Pikes Peak aux États-Unis. L'histoire s'achève en 1991, lorsque la dernière Quattro sort des chaînes d'Ingolstadt.

Audi Quattro Rally Car Manual (1980-1987) - An insight into the design, engineering and competition history

The original rally Quattro debuted in 1980, and was based on the road car, but with a highly tuned 300 bhp engine. In 1981, Audi Quattro works driver Michele Mouton became the first woman to win a World Championship rally.
The Quattro took the Manufacturers' Championship in 1982 and 1984, and the Drivers' Championship in 1983 and 1984 with Hannu Mikkola and Stig Blomqvist respectively.

Audi implemented a continuous development programme for the Quattro, and the A1 and A2 were produced to meet the Group B regulations introduced in 1983, while the fearsome Sport Quattro S1 was introduced in 1984.
The ultimate development - the S1 E2 - was introduced at the end of 1985, producing over 500bhp, and winning the 1985 San Remo rally in the hands of Walter Röhrl and the famous Pikes Peak hillclimb with Michele Mouton.

This Manual looks at the design, evolution, anatomy and operation of the Quattro, including the Group 4 and Group B rally cars.

Quattro - The Race and Rally Story 1980-2004

The word 'quattro', chosen by Audi for its pioneering high-performance four-wheel-drive cars, immediately captures glamour and excitement in the minds of all motorsport enthusiasts. This book, written by a leading journalist and quattro devotee, explores 24 years of factory-prepared and factory-supported quattros in motorsport, from 1980 to 2004.

It is a tale that extends from rough rally stages to race tracks, from pine-fringed ice trails in the depths of European winters to the shimmering heat haze and melting asphalt of Texas street racing. Along the way, it explains how quattros collected four world rally championships, five American driver/manufacturer crowns and a single-year haul of seven international touring car titles, plus numerous other honours.

Audi Quattro - Group B, Sport, Sport S1 (Rally Giants)

The Audi Quattro is a Rally Giant because it was the first to combine four-wheel-drive and a turbocharged engine - not the most sophisticated, but it was the first, and very successful.
It was also the first to run with more than 300bhp. As it was re-homologated/transformed from Group 4 into Group B in 1983, it was also the first successful Group B car.

The Quattro dominated rallying from the start of 1981 until late 1984 (when the Peugeot 205 T16 took over). Quattros won no fewer than 23 World rallies from 1981 to 1985, won the Makes Championship in 1982 and 1984, and drivers Hannu Mikkola (1983) and Stig Blomqvist (1984) also won the World Drivers' series in Quattros.
The Quattro led the World and European rally scene in the first half of the 1980s.

This book from the "Rally Giants" series provides a compact and authoritative history of where, when and how this Audi became so important to the sport. It covers 1980 to 1986 inclusive, all turbocharged Quattro coupe rally cars, but not normally-aspirated coupes, or any saloons.

Models covered: Audi Quattro (original), Audi Quattro Group B car, Audi Quattro Sport and Audi Quattro Sport S1.

Audi Quattro (1980-1991) - Brooklands Portfolio

Un livre de Brooklands consacré aux voitures Audi Quattro des années 1980-1991. Description des modèles Audi Quattro LHD, Series 1, Series 2, Rally Quattro, Treser, 80 Quattro, Treser roadster, Sport Quattro, 20V Quattro et S2.

• Les articles, parus à l'époque dans la presse automobile anglo-saxonne, sont une bonne source d'information sur l'histoire, l'évolution des modèles et la technique.
• Cet ouvrage contient aussi des impressions de conduite, des tests routiers et comparatifs, des données techniques, etc.

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Audi R8 (WSC Giants)

Prior to 1999 Audi did not have a sportscar in its range, let alone having ever raced one. But between 2000 and 2006 the Audi R8 won 63 of the 80 races in which it competed - including five out of six Le Mans 24-hours - making it the most successful long-distance racing car of all time.

This book charts those races and describes the development of the R8, as well as profiling the 35 drivers who raced it between 2000 and 2006. It also includes the story of the Audi R8R and R8C of 1999. Illustrated in colour throughout with many previously unpublished photos, the book features individual chassis details and results, plus observations from significant individuals - engineers, team managers, drivers etc - concerned with the Audi R8.
By the time the R8 was replaced by the diesel R10, it had revolutionised the marque's image, helping to change it from a staid, but worthy, saloon car manufacturer to one of the world's leading premium car producers.

Audi quattro

Gern erzählt man sich bei Audi die Anekdote, dass ein Vorserienfahrzeug des Audi quattro an einer Steigung im winterlichen Österreich alle heckgetriebenen Limousinen hinter sich ließ - mit Sommerreifen!
Tatsächlich wurde der bekannte Slogan "Vorsprung durch Technik" selten so greifbar umgesetzt, wie mit der Präsentation des permanenten Allradantriebs im Audi quattro, der diese Antriebsvariante als einer der ersten im Serienfahrzeugbau etablierte. Und nicht nur auf schneebedeckten Passstraßen spielten die vier angetriebenen Räder ihre Vorteile aus: Auf Untergründen jeglicher Art fuhr man damit sicherer und vor allem: schneller.

Wer einen Audi quattro fuhr, fiel auf: Der Fünfzylinder-Reihenmotor sorgte für eine heisere Stimme, die ab 1982 im Innenraum verbauten Digitalanzeigen für eine futuristische Optik und das kantige Karosseriedesign mit den markanten Doppelscheinwerfern hatte einen hohen Wiedererkennungswert.
Gekrönt wurde dieses gelungene Paket durch die Erfolge der Sportvariante: Walter Röhrls Sieg bei der Rallye Monte Carlo 1984 und die Rekordfahrt beim Pikes Peak Hillclimb 1987 zementierten den Nimbus der sportlichen Allzweckwaffe.

Ein einzigartiger Bildband würdigt nun, vierzig Jahre nach seiner Vorstellung auf dem Genfer Salon 1980, den Audi quattro. Er zeigt die Chronologie vom Prototyp bis zum finalen Modell, technische Daten, Produktionszahlen, Hintergrundinformationen und unveröffentlichte Fotos aus dem Audi-Werksarchiv.
Das Buch von Audi-Kenner Dirk-Michael Conradt ist ein edles Geschenk zum 40. Geburtstag des Audi quattro sowie für Autoliebhaber und Audi-Fans.