When Audi dropped its quattro all-wheel drive technology on the rally scene in 1980, it started a revolution. Though those first quattros at the end of the 1980 season couldn’t contend for points, the cars very quickly began winning races in 1981 once homologated. In 1982, Audi’s star driver Michèle Mouton may have narrowly missed the driver’s championship, but the Audi brand took home the manufacturer title. They’d do it again in 1984, though by that time they could see … Continue reading Mittelmotor Saga, Part 1: The Trouble with the quattro