Choyamba chinatulutsidwa mu 1980, a Audi Quattro inali galimoto yoyamba yamasewera padziko lapansi kuphatikiza mawilo anayi (monga dzina lake lachitsanzo limatanthawuzira) ndi injini ya turbo - ndipo dziko lamasewera silidzakhalanso chimodzimodzi ...
Patatha chaka chimodzi pambuyo pake, idakhala galimoto yoyamba yochitira misonkhano kuti ipindule ndi malamulo atsopano a FIA, omwe amalola kugwiritsa ntchito magudumu onse. Popeza inali galimoto yokhayo yomwe inali ndi luso laukadaulo, idapambana pamisonkhano yambiri, Anapambana mpikisano wa World Manufacturers 'World Championship mu 1982 ndi 1984, komanso Driver's World Championship mu 1983 ndi 1984.
"Msewu" Audi Quattro anali ndi 200 hp chifukwa cha injini ya 2.1 yamphamvu zisanu, yomwe inamasuliridwa kukhala sprint kuchokera ku 0 mpaka 100 km / h mu 7.0s yokha ndi liwiro la 220 km / h. Kunja, kunali kolimba, mapangidwe a "German" omwe adapanga sukulu ndikusonkhanitsa okonda.
Mitundu ya mpikisanoyi idatchedwa A1, A2 ndi S1 - yomalizayi yochokera ku Audi Sport Quattro, chitsanzo chokhala ndi chassis chachifupi, kuwonetsetsa kuti mayendedwe apamwamba azitha kuyenda bwino.
Mu 1986, zitsanzo zomaliza za S1 zidakhazikitsidwa, zomwe zimaganiziridwa kuyambira nthawi imeneyo ngati imodzi mwamagalimoto amphamvu kwambiri omwe adachitikapo. kutulutsa pafupifupi 600 hp ndikuwoloka chigoli cha 100 km/h mu 3.0s.
