An fara gabatar da shi a cikin 1980, da Audi Quattro Ita ce motar wasanni ta farko a duniya da ta haɗu da tuƙi mai ƙafa huɗu (kamar yadda sunan samfurin ya nuna) da injin turbo - kuma duniyar taron ba za ta sake kasancewa iri ɗaya ba…
Bayan shekara guda bayan kaddamar da shi, ya zama motar zanga-zangar farko don cin gajiyar sababbin ka'idojin FIA, wanda ya ba da damar yin amfani da kullun. Da yake ita ce kawai mota da ke da wannan ci gaban fasaha, ta yi nasara a cikin tarurrukan gangami da yawa. lashe gasar cin kofin duniya na masana'antun a 1982 da 1984, da kuma gasar cin kofin duniya ta direbobi a 1983 da 1984.
The "hanya" Audi Quattro yana da 200 hp godiya ga injin 2.1-cylinder biyar, wanda aka fassara zuwa gudu daga 0 zuwa 100 km / h a cikin kawai 7.0s da babban gudun 220 km / h. A waje, yana da ƙarfi, ƙirar "Jamus" wanda ya sanya makaranta kuma ya tattara masu sha'awar.
An yi wa nau'ikan gasar lakabi da A1, A2 da S1 - na karshen ya dogara ne akan Audi Sport Quattro, abin ƙira tare da guntun chassis, yana tabbatar da ƙarfi akan hanyoyin fasaha.
A cikin 1986, an ƙaddamar da misalai na ƙarshe na S1, waɗanda aka yi la'akari tun lokacin a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin manyan motocin zanga-zangar mafi ƙarfi. isar da kusan 600 hp da ketare burin 100 km/h a cikin 3.0s.
