Got this from the fantastic Alpine Portugal page
Category Archives: rally
come to me, oh clean ur quattro.
4Star Classics has some great stuff, and here they present a VERY clean late-model year 1989 Audi (Ur) quattro 10v. It is often thought that these late-model year quattros (made until 1990/91) were some of the best coupes made in this configuration. Sales in this country had all but ended by then, but continued in Europe. This particular one is right-hand drive, but with an immaculate interior and beautiful paint work—as well as those fantastic euro-spec bumpers and headlights.
Costs a little bit over 10,000 GBP….and well worth it.
foto of the day (2): 131A
Fiat 131 Abarth
german car company websites…
I like presentations, and stylistic analysis of what is being represented. I find it interesting to check out of some of the german companies to see how their website front pages compare. Yes you mind find this a bit insignificant, and without any real substance——BUT i feel it does have substance. I feel it shows the philosophies of these companies….and to whom they are catering to.
BMW: A cluttered, and slightly primitive looking site—-doesn’t really look like it is fitting in with the brand image.
AUDI: The most minimalist website out of all the 4 brands I looked at. No added frames or unnecessary features. I like the focused energy going on here—with the nice grey background.
MERCEDES-BENZ: a nice website with a photo-heavy base with border navigation on the top margin. Same type of grey shades as Audi uses; however used quite differently. The most ‘movement’ is seen on the MB site, as well as the smallest lettering.
PORSCHE: Much better than the BMW site, but still a bit dissappointing. The ‘small’ icon photos of each car on the left navigator bar is quite annoying, imo.
VW: simple and uncomplicated with a clear goal of shoving its new Jetta into sales-heaven…..
video of the day. vintage rallycross.
Somebody posting a ‘newer’ rallycross video reminded me of these older Rallycross videos available….this one has an A110 vs. a Stratos in the 1978 European championship! Epic cool.
video of the day. 5 Cylinder hell.
What an amazing sound…..i’ve still heard nothing that compares. That popping is just pure EVIL.
5-Cylinder Fury: Audi TT-RS & Audi Sport quattro
Fourtitude has posted some absolutely STELLAR photos of the absolutely legendary Audi Sport quattro and the new heir to the throne and future classic Audi TT-RS. Obviously, being the Audiphile that I am—i was overcome with excitement frantically downloading every glorious photo I could. Here are some of my favourites. Follow the link here to see the whole huge gallery of Audi porn.
It is a great article as well, with a link to the gallery of 100+ photos at the bottom right hand side of the page:
http://www.fourtitude.com/news/publish/Features/article_6779.shtml
foto of the day. monaco hatch.
The engine of the year for us in the USA is most definitely the new 2.5L 5 cylinder turbo that is being introduced in the TT-RS this autumn. The TT-RS is probably the most exciting sports car being released on US shores in 2011 after the truly remarkable BMW 1M. I had a conversation with Audi Of America’s product manager today about the imminent launch of the car. The details are still in their final stages, but the first cars will be delivered in the early Autumn it seems. Exciting stuff—especially as I have a few friends ordering one. For anyone here interested—ordering guides are now available from Audi dealers across the US—pricing, however, is not finalized yet. The car will be arriving, however, with the upgraded 360hp “RS Plus” configuration. It’s gonna be an epic daily driver…
So here’s a car which shares the glorious engine….but a car which will never make it to US shores in this form—-that being said, the 2013 Audi A3 which is slated for US shores may end up with an RS3 version with the same glorious engine—so all is not lost!
poster of the day. A110.
I want this original poster.
A110 of the day. climber.
I have literally 1000s and 1000s of photos of my favourite car ever, the Alpine A110. I am slowly dispersing these through IEDEI so others can enjoy them. Many of these are very rare, and I have collected them over the past 5 years or so. I don’t have a lot of information on some of them—but when I have info I will pass that along as well. The more vintage and grainy—-the BETTER.
from 1976
2011 Targa Tasmania begins!
Walter Rohrl is part of the team behind the Porsche 911.
foto of the day. alpine.
just the logo…just the badge….but the stuff my dreams are made of.
“spring” drive
some of us from the QW TT entourage went out for a drive on Saturday. Obviously as you can see there is still snow in places! But a beautiful day, and some wonderful roads with some of the best cars made in recent years——the TT is still a magical car to own and drive…
(foto taken by IEDEI)
(foto taken by Sal Coppola)
art of the day. A110.
illustrated by Guy Allen. see more pics and link to more info at Motoring Con Brio
vintage scca rally pics…
these photos were taken by a gentleman named Dan Hirschfield on a “Kodak Instamatic”. cool.
rest of the pics: http://www.realautosport.com/OldPics/Hirschfeld/
“the sound”
For me, there are no race cars (aside from Can-Am cars) which even come close to the insanely sinister snarling, crackling, popping, growling, wastegate ditching roar by the rallye quattro. I had read an article in the past, which commented that the quattro made other rally cars of that era sound like family estate cars. I could listen to this all day…
foto of the day. women of the A110.
i love this photo! so lovely. Francois Conconi looks so cool. The other woman, is of course, Michele Mouton. Dunno who the bearded bloke is…ha
foto of the day. people & quattro.
what an amazing photo, documenting the insanity of those 80s WRC Group B events; where people were literally inches and feet away from the most amazing rally cars driving full-on through the crowds. Everyone was brave; the drivers and the fans. This is from the 1984 Portugal Rally.
(click to enlarge)
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