“Ur” is German prefix that in one of it’s meanings is original, primitive or proto-. Such as Ur + shrift (document) is Urshrift or original document. The Audi cognoscenti a few years ago began to refer to the original “small q” quattro of the early 80’s as the Ur-quattro. The Ur-quattro was a ground breaking […]
In the beginning there was one quattro. Not A-blah, blah Quattro, not Q-blah, blah Quattro, but just quattro. And it was a game changer both for Audi and for the sport of rallying. Factory rally cars are few and far between, but your next best alternative on your quest to be the next Buffum are […]
The Audi Ur-Quattro was the original rally car for the masses and offered turbocharged all-wheel-drive goodness in an Audi Coupé based package. Total US sales were only 663 models in the 4 years of production from 1983 to 1986, making it a strangely rare car to find for a decent price wasting away on a […]