Audi Reportedly Kills Quattro Sports Car in Favor of an Evoque-like Coupe Crossover

Audi's automobiles have long been praised for their immaculate interior quality and ultra-safe road manners, but they have also been labeled as too clinical.

The R8 supercar changed all that mixing everyday usability with supercar-like performance and entertaining driving dynamics, but it is far too expensive for most buyers.

Having celebrated the original Quattro rally car’s 30th anniversary at the 2010 Paris Auto Show with the Quattro Concept, Audi fans hoped that a production version of the prototype would eventually hit the streets.

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2011 Audi A1 Quattro

This Audi A1 Quattro Clubcport is actually a one-off vehicle which Audi will be introducing this week in the Wörthersee Tour 2011 Audi A1 Quattro. Driven by a highly-modified two.five liter, five-cylinder TFSI unit (direct-injection and turbocharged), the Audi A1 Quattro boasts a total output of 503 PS (370 kW / 496 bhp) and 660 Nm (486.79 lb-ft) of torque.

Wheels are 19-inch alloys wrapped in 255/30/R19 low-profile tires along with the coilover suspension arrives with adjustable compression and rebound damping. The A1 Clubsport Quattro is dressed inside of a Glacier White matte paint complete contrasted while using the high-gloss black roof made of carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP). Inside of is often a leather finish for the middle console as well as seats but there's no rear bench. Alternatively, there is a body-stiffening crossbar and storage space for racing helmets.

And weighing just 1,390 kilograms (3,064 lb), the numbers are great for that which you can think about to become an incredibly nimble A1. 0 to a hundred km/h (62.14 mph) arrives in at 3.7 seconds. The 0 to 200 km/h (124.27 mph) sprint normally takes 10.9 seconds. Top rated speed is electronically restricted to 250 km/h (155.34 mph). Transmission is actually a six-speed manual gearbox driving the Audi Quattro everlasting all-wheel drive - both equally methods borrowed from your TT RS but with modifications. The electrical power band is wide, with an 80 to 120 km/h (49.71 to 74.56 mph) burst in fourth gear taking just two.four seconds. On the outdoors is a full aerodynamic and wide-body kit which broadens the auto by sixty millimeters (two.36 inches). The exhaust pipe comes from the left facet on the Audi A1 Clubsport Quattro, as on the Audi A4 DTM vehicle, just forward in the rear wheel.

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