This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Audi Quattro. To celebrate, the car that started it all—now known as the Ur-Quattro, or “original Quattro”—has received a futuristic second coming. This concept throws modern tech and styling at the all-wheel-drive rally-weapon idea and hints at weight-saving innovations to come from the four-ringed brand.
The car’s overall stance and proportions are closer to that of the Sport Quattro, the super-limited-production homologation special Audi built to compete in Group B rally beginning in 1984. This new effort, however, is wider, longer, and rides on a longer wheelbase than the Sport Quattro. It’s actually based on the RS5 coupe’s platform, which has been shortened and chopped for use here. The Neue-Quattro trades the RS5’S 4.2-liter V-8 for a more historically correct turbocharged five-cylinder engine. The 2.5-liter TFSI engine is a modified version of the
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