The quattro rally car won the Jänner Rally in Austria on its debut in January 1981. In February Hannu Mikkola and Arne Hertz took its first world championship round win in Sweden, and in October Michèle Mouton and Fabrizia Pons won the San Remo Rally, the first victory for a female driving crew. Mikkola finished third in the 1981 drivers' standings. In 1982 Audi won the manufacturers' world title for the first time, with Mouton second and Mikkola third in the drivers' standings. The original competition version used a turbocharged inline five of about 304 PS (224 kW) and was based largely on the road car bodyshell; the later A1 and A2 evolutions reached around 355 PS.
The rally version of the original long-wheelbase Audi quattro, which brought permanent four-wheel drive to the World Rally Championship in 1981. It won its first world championship round in Sweden in 1981 and took Audi's first manufacturers' title in 1982.
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The Story
Why the quattro Group 4 mattersTrims
1 trim · 1981–1982Debuted with a win in the Jänner Rally in January 1981; Mikkola and Hertz won in Sweden that February and Mouton and Pons won San Remo in October, the first victory by a female driving crew. Audi took its first manufacturers' world title in 1982.
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quattro Group 4
Coupe · 1981–1982
Body
Coupe
Debut
1981
Production
1981–1982
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