great video on the 5

[Dan DiBiase]

Great video for sure. I'm always amazed that no spectators ever seem to get
injured during those rallies back in the day, being so close to the road.

Dan D
'04 A4 1.8Tq MT-6
Central NJ USA
http://dandibiase.cbintouch.com/


On Fri, Feb 1, 2019 at 5:53 PM Dave <Dave at eaton.kiwi> wrote:

> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICPgFXcFuRU <
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICPgFXcFuRU>
>
> those who have a soft spot for the i-5 audi would love this video.  it has
> cameos for hans stuck, walter röhrl  hurley haywood and others like peter
> lietner (the designer of the i5 engine) and ulrich baretzky (v10, v12, fsi
> etc) with some great footage from the 80’s on rally and circuit.
>
> a nice line from early in the video "back then, this is audi, a teachers
> car…”
>
> also some hilarious video clips of ferdinand piëch and the audi executive
> team looking like extras in a ‘b’ horror movie, and piëch himself looking
> like a dead ringer for christopher waltz from “inglourious basterds” :-)
>
> i had forgotten the magic of the sound of a racing 5, and the thrill of
> hearing a group b rally car, powered by that i5 engine coming closer over a
> twisty gravel road…
>
> i still have fond memories of a private dinner with walter rohrl where he
> talked about those years, and of him driving my ur-quattro 20v around a
> circuit with me hanging on in the passenger seat...
>
> enjoy
>
> dave
> ’08 rs6 avant
>
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