106rallye

Anyone had a look in the Audi dealers on Berkley street recently? got a mint red SWB Quattro in there. Not been open when I have been passed so not sure if its for sale or show but they are very

Puff The Magic Wagon!

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The SWB is the "Sport" & not many were made. £50k new in the late 80s.

They are mega desirable

Saw one once on the M11, waved & it turned out to be on its way to Europe for an EVO article!

106rallye

this one looks absoulutly mint might see if I can pop in see if its for sale!

Ralph Wiggum

expect a massssive price,

dialynx have got one for a demo car that runs 2 secs to 60 crazy crazy car that sounds fantastic, there was a immaculate red one on the audi stand at goodwood FoS this year, gleaming white wheels, perhaps the same car lol, i be suprised if it was anything under 50k

Chris L

Hmmm - this one:



One of my all time favourite cars

Dazzler

I always thought they looked a little odd when I was a nipper. I did like them coz they were so rare, and a proper rally car for the road, but their very short wheel base reminded of something a kid would draw.

Still, would have one though!

Jeff Wiltshire

Dialynx make replicas out of 'normal' quattros.....Not sure if Keith's demo car is a real one or a rep, it's very fast which ever it is !. Kim Collins at QST in Haywards Heath has a real Quattro Sport.

Ralph Wiggum

99% sure dialynx demo car is a real sport quattro

106rallye

yep that is exactly what it looks like from the outside at least! the show room was dark but it looked like it had full grey leather bucket seats I would really like to see one on the road, I remember having a book called dream cars when i was a kid and this was in it

VWscooby

One of my favourite cars ever too. Always promised myself one when I was a kid.

Anyone know roughly how much Dialynx charge for a conversion? I know it would will vary but just wondering. Doubt I will be able to find or afford a real one when my time comes!!!

garygg

Dialynx are not doing conversions any more. They will build customer cars, but ask Keith @ Dialynx to shorten a normal quattro to a SWB one and he will 99% say no. Too complicated getting/making parts now

You can pick up old converted ones for around 20k and the real ones which haven't been crashed around £50k +. One sold for around this mark recently that had been crashed and Audi put a value of £75k on theirs in a recent autocar test.

Realistically, its not about the money, its actually finding 1 for sale. 214 made, of which only around 176 as customer cars, of which 6 came to the UK officially and of this 1 is hidden away at Audi. The other Sports (non uk models) were imported afater wards. This makes for only around 10 - 15 sports in the UK max. 1 recently badly crashed sitting at Dialynx awaiting serious rebuild if possible!

Nice cars !

trails

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ex-girlfriends brother in law has a 600bhp+ monster in his garage, its a yellow beastie...the really sad thing is for the nigh on four years i was with her he never even started it let alone drove it (

Andy M3

i think tiff and vicky had a race quattro v's evo vi at the time i think. quattro was all over the place. Evo smoked it around a track ?!? so not that fast.

garygg

I think you will find that a) the modern car will always win as the press want it that way as per a recent topic from Top Gear on this forum
b) I know for fact the sport used was a dog
c) the sport is quoted at 4.5sec with sub 11 sec to 100. In terms of handling, they are not in the modern evo category, but neither is it too far away either
d) haven driven both the evo and the sport, the driver will make all the difference. 306 bhp in a 4wd sport will see most things off, but the same talented driver in the Evo would be marginally quicker in the Evo, but not by much !

Don't forget these cars had to be made for rallying due to rules etc. The road cars share many bits of the rally cars of their time. It cost £55k back in 1985 which in todays terms is around £130k. Each of the sports could be adjusted and it would be interesting to see whether the sport had had recent shocks/suspension check or even replace. 20 years on the original shock will account for a difference as per your comment !

MattOz

There's a red Sport Quattro that lives near me and has been owend by the same bloke for years. It's fantastic and sounds as good as it looks.

Back in 2001, there was a green one for sale in the UK at £34k. Shoulda bought it. Doh!

Matt

FASTER MIKE!!

theres a red one kicking about carlisle looks and sound sweet

MattOz

Saw the red one that lives near me last night. It's now sporting a half cage and a nice "UR" numberplate! Very very tasty indeed!

Matt

Scott_Drayton

Also, lets not forget the Quattro was the mother to all 4wd rally cars. Since it was the first 4wd Rally Car to win the a WRC race in back in '81, then to win constructors championship in '82, every car that has won since, has been 4wd. It began an era that has yet to have passed - Escossie, Subarus, Lancias, etc etc.

One day.....i tell myself......one day.

SPEN555

Hardly smoked it round the track. IIRC, the evo was only just in front!

SC008Y_MAD

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...and its all because of that car that we have cars like the Impreza, legacys, evos skylines etc...

Hail that car

GC8

On the off chance that it hasnt been mentioned; whilst theyre very nice to look at, theyre a pig to drive; the shortened wheelbase makes them as stable as an F16.....


Simon

garygg

Haven driven them I think you will find thats an urban myth !. They were shortened for rallying to make them more suitable for the twisties and to make it less of a handful

They were twitchy when running at 600bhp+, but in standard 306bhp or 450 in 1st rally configuration they were/are a dream. Slightly prone to understeer but most 4wds running 300 bhp + are probably anyway.

Michael Robinson

a car that leaves me speechless !

totally amazing ! i can only dream of owning one ! unless there is a owner out there that want's a type R in p/x ! lol

CrisPDuk

It's dead easy to tell the difference if you've got a side on view of it.

Dialynx built all their cars by taking a std quattro and cutting a portion (300mm?) out from behind the B pillars. Simply put, Audi built the originals by taking everything forward of the B pillars from an 80 sport, and welding a shortened rear portion, with B pillars from a coupe to it, factory approved cut'n'shut style
The reason for this was because 80 had a steeper windscreen which was preferred by the drivers, the shorter doors (all 80s were 4 doors) were a bonus

CrisPDuk

PS: either way you get a seriously car, especially if it's got a nice heavily blown 20v up front