Urq - Sport Quattro

[colin cohen]

Sounds like a little BS if you ask me.  There were only 3 Black SQs, one
went to Peich, the other to the German National Soccer team coach and a
third was sold in Germany.  Its unlikely that any or all of these cam to the
US.  There are no records of the factory retaining or painting any cars
black for their own purposes.  All their cars were part of the 118 odd white
cars.  The remaining cars were painted Green 16, Blue 20, Red 60.

Audi did not have time to invent, perfect and homologate 4 wheel steering,
but it is conceivable that this was an Ingolstadt joke.  Shorty as the car
was called, was designed to reduce the inherent understeer of the Urq in
Rally situations, and with its initial 450 and later 700 HP, it was a lot
easier to get the back end out.  In addition the rally cars had separately
actuated Left and Right rear calipers to promote handbrake turn control.
The road cars have separate calipers as well but they are actuated with the
conventional single lever.

The turbo is the KK027 and runs at 17.4 psi although the rally cars had this
up to 40 psi or more.  It kicks in at about 3000 rpm and lifts the front of
the car by an inch as acceleration commences.  red line was 7200 but the
rally cars used 8000 routinely.  the initial cars were uncontrollable (my
words) but by the time the production cars were released in mid 84, they
were much tamer and went on to win initially in S1 and later S2 form.  The
standard cars in A1 and A2 versions remained more successful until late 85.

Audi is currently running a prime time TV ad for the TT which has some great
footage of these young ladies in their flying machines.

Colin