UK Friends-16valve Audi 80 ?

[Tom Nas]

Per Lindgren <lindgre at online.no> wrote:

>Tom, what was the 80 Competition? I saw one for sale (2.0-16V quattro) here in
>Norway (, and I've seen the "Competition" badge for the dashboard in the ETKA
>but never heard of this car. Was it a homologation model for the DTM cars or
>something like that.

For the Italian touring car series, they wanted the 16v in that. After 
that, they used the same cars in the DTM. The result was very nice: lowered 
sports suspension, 5-spoke alloys (of a very handsome design, reminiscent 
of some Porsche alloys), quattro script upholstery on sports seats, dash 
with the three dials in the centre console, free-standing rear spoiler and 
an S2-like (but actually different) front bumper with spoiler lip. I've 
seen a number of these with front strut bars, so I assume these were either 
an option or standard issue for some time. As far as I can ascertain, the 
Competition was available in black, red, dark green metallic and silver.
I've been looking at those cars for years now, and if it hadn't been for 
the 16v I would've bought one.
Not too common, though. Though no-one seems to know what these cars are, 
the sporty specs have kept prices up in general.

>And does anyone know what basic specs did the DTM 80q's had? I guess it was a
>2.0 as the rest of the pack, but dont know.

I think the rules said 2.0 max. I'll look through my literature to see if I 
can find the specs.
I've got a few (though not very good, bad lighting) shots of an 80 
Competition which I could scan, also.

Tom