If you’re a Sport quattro super nerd, or perhaps a regular at Austria’s annual quattro Legende / Audi Welt event, then you may already be familiar with this car. If not, behold, the world’s only short wheelbase 80 Sport quattro. The car has come on the market, creating a one-of-one opportunity for an Audi collector to acquire something that is truly unique.
A SHORT HISTORY
Pardon the pun, but the short history of the Sport quattro, or at least a specific detail, is worth noting. When Audi moved to produce the short-wheelbase Group B homologation special known as the Sport quattro, it used the frontal segment of the Audi 80 sedan. By doing so, the car also had a more upright windscreen than the lower and more angled ur quattro, which was supposedly more desirable to the factory team rally car drivers as it apparently exhibited less glare.
True or not, the 80 windscreen is a definite thing. Now that real Sport quattros tend to trade upward of a half a million dollars, it’s notable that most of those building replicas of the Sport quattro tend to build them using a sedan donor at the front and a Coupé rear to match up with the Sport quattro’s fastback Coupé body style. … which brings us to this car.
Uniquely, the builder of this car went another direction. While the car was shortened consistently with the Sport quattro, he retained the notchback sedan body of the Audi 80. And while there were 2-door notchback Audi 80s over the years, including the super-rare 80 quattro 2-door, Audi never built a notchback Sport quattro. But, this guy did!
ABOUT THE 80 SPORT QUATTRO
The build is based on a 1983 Audi 80. It’s logged just 23,000 km – presumably since the build was completed. The listing states that the owner had owned the car since 1992, though it appears the Sport quattro build itself was completed in 2008.
About the build, the owner states it was built with many “original Sport quattro parts”, with carbon fiber body parts by Koraszewski, which were painted Alpine White by Zinke in Jahnsdorf, Germany.
The interior is finished in black leather. Upgrades include Recaro SE seats that look similar to originals but feature power adjustment buttons that are so very 1980s.
The listing states that the owner would suggest that, while the dashboard looks great, covering it in black leather to match the interior would make it even better. Worth noting, it appears to be an actual Sport quattro dashboard, a common short that’s a typical dead giveaway for a replica.
Also mentioned is that the air conditioning was never quite completed as he’d been waiting for a milled part to complete it.
Mechanically, the car is stated to be “rock solid” and “suitable for long distance use” That’s exemplified by its regular appearance at car events including the aforementioned multiple showings at quattrolegende.
The owner also mentions that pricing is negotiable. The aforementioned pricing is €119,000, which may sound high for an 80 quattro but honestly we’d say that’s quite fair. That number would probably net you a late production ur quattro 20-valve which is a rare car, but not nearly as rare as this one. And, a real sport quattro would likely cost five times more.
The car is located in Edemiss, Germany. Worth noting, it’s also old enough for easy import into the U.S. or Canada, so its German location at this time shouldn’t hinder interested parties from this side of the pond.
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