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Ur-Quattro gave Audi All-Wheel Dominance
Nice to see snobbery and pomposity are alive and well. It is his dream car so perhaps driving too close to the side of the road is not something he wants to do and risk seeing his car written off. I would guess he has never been a rally driver and as such just enjoys driving his car and the pleasure it provides. There appears to be no one else on the road and as such why would you never cross the lines and use more of the road to make your driving experience smoother. Another video focusing on the car and its owner, good stuff Petrolicious. Viedoe from Mullholland provide a useful insght into how riders of the two wheeled kind use the road.
I totally like the plate and that was previously owned by Vasek Polak, Czech as me. I have to agree with Martin that some parts are not original. I saw this June here in Prague on Legendy event the original sport quattro from homologation series. By the way they had also original S1 and A2 versions (not mention several replicas). Stig Blomqvist who attended Legendy as well was amazed when he saw these originals standing on the lawn beside each other. Check the web or FB gallery.
Note for Jacob Bengtsson: I saw there also Lancias 037, Delta, S4 and even ECV1 (it´s a beast even today)
Ohh joy… I have called for more video with Mr. Minassian repeatedly on Instagram, so nice to finally see some.
Although my own small collection of vehicles only have Italians in it, and therefore Mr. Minassians Italians caught me at the time, I can easily enjoy this amazing German as well.
Thank you for another experience for the eyes, the ears and the heart.
Best regards
Jacob
As a frequent rider of the two wheeled kind, and as someone who has logged a few miles along Angeles Crest, I can’t help but focus on the less than ideal driving lines selected by the poor Mr. Minassian. I sure the chap wanted to put on a good show, but whenever I see wheels persistently crossing over the double yellow, I think to myself that either one’s talent or common sense has come to a rather embarrassing end. I dig those gloves.
Awesome to see another one on the road and cared for! Love the video and the story.
However few pointers to the owner, sadly this car is far from original… The 8″ Ronals were not stock on 1983, the dash was swapped from later cars, it has Euro bumpers and black tail lights! Front lights are also updated Euro with sloping grill. Missing the original stripes and front valance stickers, the trunk lid should have “Audi” and ‘quattro” stickers as well, not decals. The trunk lid reflector is European and does not fit the US trims, you can see the gap between them, (if you need them I have a set of Euro trims). Otherwise keep on enjoying and spreading the word, quattro rules!!!!
It was a wicked car back then…and slightly an odd one for me. For all the racing pedigree and charisma, and while really great to drive, I just never ever fancied this car. For me, it was a car that I was marveled by when I got to drive it (which was actually quite often, it was a pretty popular car back in the days), but still rather stand 5 ft away and just admire.
On one hand ; The uR was a milestone in Rally as well as Production Car AWD development . On the other .. as more than a few have successfully argued … it was the beginning of the end of WRC as we [ of a certain age ] once knew it . All but eliminating the abilities of small well run teams to go head to head with the big boys and eventually leading up to Group B’s wretched excesses that finally brought the class to a close and eventually leading to the EconoBox overly homogenized dreck they now try to pass off as WRC [ that by the way is currently on the verge of redundancy ]
Which is to say .. the uR was a mixed blessing at best . And now …. when considering what Audi has become since the uR [ rebadged and re-bodied VW’s in an Audi party dress with the pretense of luxury ] …. as much as I loved the uR [ I was able to test drive both a production version as well as a full blown factory rally car back when they first came to the US ] … I’m finally beginning to see the uR as the ‘ Curse ‘ that many have claimed it to be since it was introduced
e.g. The old saying … ” We shall know them by the fruits of their labors ” … being quite apposite when it comes to the uR
They’ve had their fair share of mishaps and controversy regarding VW, but they wouldn’t be anywhere without it. Plenty of cars have come out since uR that were great, the B7 and B5 RS4s to name two of them. The Audis aren’t simply rebadged VWs, they are just conservative with their commercial designs. Their race heritage hasn’t escaped them either, the racing has just changed.
