This Car Was Too Heavy. How did it Keep Winning?

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  • Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
  • The 80s were a wild time for Audi. The development of their Quattro four-wheel drive system had helped them claim 2 WRC titles during rally’s outrageous Group B era, but after Group B’s collapse in 1986 Audi were left with a lot of great knowledge and tech, but no challenge...
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  • @automobilistic
    @automobilistic  14 дней назад +4

    Check out the BMW DTM story here: ruclips.net/video/Wwk6sfCiNTY/видео.html

  • @TheBaldMiddleAgedMetalHead
    @TheBaldMiddleAgedMetalHead 23 дня назад +164

    I love the Audi mentality of performance products.. fuck weight and weight distribution.. Power and AWD will fix everything.

    • @RST9413
      @RST9413 18 дней назад +5

      Fuck what? Front weight bias is the best thing you can get from these cars.

    • @indominusrex1652
      @indominusrex1652 15 дней назад +9

      As a famous person once said "speed and power solves everything"

    • @CorvusRemalius
      @CorvusRemalius 10 дней назад +3

      ​@@indominusrex1652didn't work often, especially for Richard Hammond.

  • @Tacko14
    @Tacko14 Месяц назад +432

    Stuck seems like a fun guy there. Hanging out of his window, kissing his co podium goers, hulahooping... Never knew that. Can I adopt him as my distant uncle?

    • @masterkamen371
      @masterkamen371 Месяц назад +24

      His father is Hans Stuck the senior, one of the legends of pre-WW2 Grand Prix racing. Raced with Auto Union back in the 1930s and dominated in much the same fashion. It seems that motorsport success comes natural to the family.

    • @kuchenblechmafiagmbh1381
      @kuchenblechmafiagmbh1381 26 дней назад +6

      He was also the president of the DMSB (Deutscher MotorSport Bund) - the governing body for almost all automotive sports in Germany from 2012-2020.
      I heard in some podcasts from people that were in a team or had to do with him, that he was doing a bunch of pranks in the paddock, pits etc. so yes, he's really a funny guy.

    • @jaobrunelli
      @jaobrunelli 21 день назад

      I was going to comment the same. Amazing party guy.

    • @nickacelvn
      @nickacelvn 21 день назад

      Ha ha, nice comment m8 maybe we could invite him around for Christmas, get him jacked up on a cpl of bottles of bubbly and have a great time?

    • @bobsmith369
      @bobsmith369 17 дней назад

      @@masterkamen371 For a guy that was named after his father, the fact that he is funny is quite impressive

  • @reneengelke3218
    @reneengelke3218 Месяц назад +336

    There is quite a lot more to it. About the high weight of the V8: Group A rules heavily favoured large displacement cars (including turbos due to the 1,4x displacement factor). The DTM tried to mitigate this by limiting tyre width and imposing a minimum weight. In 1992 the BMWs and Mercedes had to run 40kg above regulation weight whereas the Audi V8 had to run 120kg above regulation weight. Due to this there wasnt any reason for Audi to decrease the weight of the V8.
    About the crankshaft: The Group A rules state that the original crankshaft must be used but that it can be modified. Audi played the rules and reheated original crankshafts to then twist the rod journals into a flatplane configuration.
    The OMS (governing body of the DTM) checked the engine after the Zolder race and deemed it legal.
    After the Wunstorf race BMW complained to the OMS which once again deemed the engine legal. BMW appealed this descision and suprisingly the OMS court ruled in favor of BMW deeming the crankshaft as illegal.
    Just a week later at the AVUS race a report by the TÜV and OMS was published which one again deemed the crankshaft as legal.
    At the next race weekend at Hockenheim BMW once again protested the crankshaft and once again this protest was denied due to the report and the previous decisions. Similar to the Wunstorf race, BMW appealed this decision and suddenly the crankshaft was ruled illegal again.
    Audi was sick of this inconsistency and left.

    • @Paul_VanGo
      @Paul_VanGo Месяц назад +73

      Thue that. Audi didn't cheat, they actually played the rules by the letter.
      And by the time the others could make the cars by the ever changing rules they themselves virtually dictated (the rule maker was literally working for Mercedes), Audi stuck to the Group A annex J rules and kept on winning.
      In the end they bullied Audi out of the championship.
      The organisation did the same when Alfa Romeo a few years later won everything too, also by playing by the ever changing Class 1 rules.
      Just like ousting the pulverizing Sierra earlier, the rules were changed to what especially Mercedes had in the pipeline, but they didn't expect the competition to be more creative.
      Until virtually everybody else left the series, ending with only Mercedes and Opel and in combination with ludicrous ticket prices, that became the end of the only real DTM championship.
      What came after was a farce.

    • @Preen59
      @Preen59 Месяц назад +17

      Well said. They made staged forging tooling to "adjust" the crank plane. Bloody sensational interpretation.

    • @andrewrollason4963
      @andrewrollason4963 Месяц назад +7

      " Group A rules heavily favoured large displacement cars"
      They did not.
      Mercedes abandoned the 560SEC as a viable Group A car because the rules did not allow them to put wide enough tyres on the car.
      The advantage that cars like the Jaguar XJS and Holden Commodore initially had, was eaten up when turbo cars of less than 2.7L could put better tyres on for the weight.

    • @tydawidowski6245
      @tydawidowski6245 Месяц назад +1

      @@andrewrollason4963true. The Sierra was the brilliant. I know Godzilla came and conquered everything but I love the Sierra. As a proud Dick Johnson and DJR it’s great that he built the fastest and best sierra’s in the world

    • @fuckin_fentoon6128
      @fuckin_fentoon6128 24 дня назад

      It amazes me why BMW or Mercedes didn’t use a bigger model either, imagine a M5 and a c124 out there.

  • @driverjamescopeland
    @driverjamescopeland Месяц назад +75

    I drove a '92 V8 Quattro for nearly a week, before deciding not to trade for it. I was stupid and should've kept the car. My truck was nice, and the ladies liked it much better... but that car was AMAZING for the year and mileage. At 180k miles, and having previously owned a 4000 CS, I was fearful of repair costs. Little did I know, the V8 Quattro was one of the most dependable cars Audi ever produced.
    I often look back and wonder how things would've been different, had I kept the V8.

    • @ClinicalDecisionYikesYT
      @ClinicalDecisionYikesYT 24 дня назад +13

      Imagine caring what the ladies think. What a shame.

    • @fabricefauconnier2358
      @fabricefauconnier2358 16 дней назад +2

      @driverjamescopeland Twenty years ago,I trade for an 95 S6 avant V8 with 200000 kms equipped with the same 290hp 4,2L. I used it for ten years without any engine issue.
      The only bad news were that spi joint, ensuring oilproofing between the gearbox and the rear shaft that had to be changed at 250000 kms.
      Much money for nothing..

    • @ssnerd583
      @ssnerd583 13 дней назад

      MANY were leery of the Audi reliability.....many still are....lol

    • @fabricefauconnier2358
      @fabricefauconnier2358 13 дней назад

      ​@@ssnerd583as for mercedes benz.
      Buy japanese !

    • @fabricefauconnier2358
      @fabricefauconnier2358 13 дней назад

      @@ssnerd583 as for mercedes benz.
      Buy japanese

  • @Doberio
    @Doberio 21 день назад +110

    Schumacher... ramming opponents off the track since the late 80's.

    • @yuril4102
      @yuril4102 12 дней назад

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @Nakkisampyla
      @Nakkisampyla 11 дней назад +1

      What a crook

    • @user-nd3nb1oq9e
      @user-nd3nb1oq9e 11 дней назад +3

      If he wanted that backing...he had to do some favors. He wouldn't been the first.

  • @max-si8nt
    @max-si8nt Месяц назад +75

    That's not the whole truth. The "new" crankshaft used in 1992 was based on the series crankshaft. It was only bent the other way around during production. This was even accepted by the racing commissioners of the DTM and declared compliant with the rules. When the competition complained during the season, this was declared illegal and Audi got out of the DTM. This story comes from an interview with Ulrich Baretzky. He was head of racing engine development at Audi from the end of 1980 until Le Man's exit from Audi in 2016.

  • @LOLHICRONO
    @LOLHICRONO 18 дней назад +21

    0:43 ah the classic "holy shit we suck in comparison, better ban this new competition!"

    • @maxmustermann8167
      @maxmustermann8167 15 дней назад +1

      Its more like Audi was always looking for blind spots in the rules to win but never won a fair competition with similiar competitors. Its like a man would fight in olympic boxing......oh no....

    • @musiccer7446
      @musiccer7446 15 дней назад +15

      @@maxmustermann8167there is no loopholes, if you win by the rules you won fair, end of story

    • @Chris-sm2uj
      @Chris-sm2uj 13 дней назад

      ​@@maxmustermann8167 I too like to spread misinformation on the internet. Stop believing russian propaganda. The woman won gold. Suck it up buttercup

  • @HaHaThatIsFunny
    @HaHaThatIsFunny 16 дней назад +10

    When I was in high school I got to hang out with Hurley Haywood and Hans Stuck in the Audi pits. Just me and two legends talking uninterrupted for about an hour, one of the most amazing moments of my life. They were both so humble and friendly

  • @ora2j251
    @ora2j251 Месяц назад +48

    The v8 is my favorite DTM car ever. It's probably the car i have driven the most in Assetto Corsa. It's really different than the other DTM cars, you gotta really send it.

  • @floodo1
    @floodo1 Месяц назад +114

    dominating while hundreds of KILOS overweight is truly nuts

  • @alphakky
    @alphakky 24 дня назад +18

    Changing the rules to kill the champions aren't new. The ACO changed the rules for LeMans so that Ford couldn't use their mighty 7 liter motors.

  • @TheLuisg92
    @TheLuisg92 Месяц назад +57

    I still can’t believe how those cars managed to handle that well with so much weight hanging ahead of the front axle. Also, the packaging of the cooling system looks cramped. Knowing who was at the head of Audi at the time, I can only imagine the amount of time and effort that went into making these cars competitive.

    • @bapr3887
      @bapr3887 Месяц назад +10

      Because this weight was hanging ahead of the front axle. Seriously. This is perfect balance for full time awd car and this layout was making front axle grippy and rear lightweight loose.
      In every sucessfull full time awd car, you have not only engine but whole system ahead of the front axle, additionaly audis had their gearbox behind front axle. Thats why ultra big V8 in Audis had anyway 60/40 weight distibution, when small and light inline 3 in newest yaris GR making 62/38 weight distribution.

    • @BastianKH
      @BastianKH 26 дней назад +2

      ​@@bapr3887It's not true. The RS200 proves you wrong f.e. And the others had the engines so far in front because of packaging problems, not because they wanted it like this. It's always the best for road racing to have the weight as low and close to the center as possible for a quick and easy direction change. Simple physics. And the weight distribution isn't everything, if you have the weights so far in front and the back. For straight line performance It's not so important, but for cornering.

    • @bapr3887
      @bapr3887 26 дней назад +5

      @@BastianKH 99% of video is about touring car racing, normal cars, sedans, car that you can buy and go for grocery store and hehe full size luxury cars.
      So you by adding midengine rockets from hell to prove your point...actually proves my point.
      We talk about normal cars, not midships, f1, bolids etc, and when there is nothing left and you need to take midship to beat normal car, this normal car is made by genius.

    • @BastianKH
      @BastianKH 26 дней назад

      @@bapr3887 They have nearly nothing to do with the road cars anymore. Have you seen them live in person? The shell is close to stock, but that's it. Look at the engine positions in E30 and 190E f.e. And tooootally different kinematics as well. You can't really compare it with road cars.

    • @griffins750
      @griffins750 25 дней назад +5

      ⁠@@bapr3887Just because he’s talking about an RS200 doesn’t mean he’s wrong… Having that much weight over the front axles is known to cause understeer in road cars AND race cars… Look no further than Audi’s own Sport Quattro S1 rally car, which was a mismatch of two different chassis in order to shorten the wheel base because Audi was struggling with understeer so much… If you want an example of understeer, look at the road going variants of the Quattro, they have a well garnered reputation for understeer…

  • @marcom2248
    @marcom2248 22 дня назад +7

    At first I thought: wait what? An American is talking about overweight German cars? But your storytelling, editing and even your pronounciation of German words is top notch.
    Very well done 👍

    • @automobilistic
      @automobilistic  22 дня назад +5

      Thank you! But to clarify: I am very much not American haha

    • @marcom2248
      @marcom2248 21 день назад

      ​@@automobilisticYupp, but I realised that later... Well done, mate...

  • @WoefDesign
    @WoefDesign 23 дня назад +16

    God those cars looked so beautiful

  • @berserkfuryyy6798
    @berserkfuryyy6798 Месяц назад +19

    Audi-"Screw you guys, I'm going home!"

  • @104thDIVTimberwolf
    @104thDIVTimberwolf Месяц назад +19

    Putting Hans Stuck in the driver's seat is almost a form of cheating.

    • @TestDriveInline5
      @TestDriveInline5 26 дней назад +9

      I would say, putting Walter Röhrl into the game to cover Stuck's six, that is for sure cheating 😅

  • @dumbysl4w547
    @dumbysl4w547 Месяц назад +43

    my favorite car youtuber uploaded

  • @alphakky
    @alphakky 24 дня назад +11

    Then the A4 began to dominate.
    Then Audi went to IMSA and TransAm and dominated there.
    Until they changed the rules again.
    Off to LeMans and history.
    Don't forget Pikes Peak.

    • @Vazin
      @Vazin 6 дней назад +1

      And Audi dominated in the Wesbank Modifieds too, during the early 90's :D

  • @Reznor_Meeks
    @Reznor_Meeks Месяц назад +5

    This channel is such a gem
    So impressive your work mate, I really hope you give yourself some credit
    Looking forward to the next, cheers !

  • @ih8temoney
    @ih8temoney Месяц назад +6

    Sad that they Banned AWD systems instead of incorporating it into the championships, like WEC does with hybrids and no hybrids, we could have had multi-class racing based on drive systems, a 4wd class and 2wd class championship.

  • @TheThejpmshow
    @TheThejpmshow 25 дней назад +7

    ‘Absolute barge’
    Well said 😃

  • @magruster
    @magruster Месяц назад +41

    Still waiting for Audi to make a WRC comeback 😐

    • @kingster3835
      @kingster3835 Месяц назад +6

      quite possibly gonna happen when WRC goes full eletcric... (hopefully not)

    • @imvivalamilo
      @imvivalamilo Месяц назад

      @@kingster3835WRC went hybrid in 2022 but they are going back to ICE soon

    • @ghomerhust
      @ghomerhust Месяц назад +4

      they dont make anything small enough. they canceled ALL 2 door cars. so its sedans or SUVs for them. too large for going against Hyundais and Fiestas

    • @gamer_garage
      @gamer_garage Месяц назад

      and also the WEC

    • @km6832
      @km6832 Месяц назад +1

      Time for that is gone. When they were making the A1 was the time they shouldve returned

  • @speedhunter7156
    @speedhunter7156 Месяц назад +6

    There was one more AWD Audi racing project in the US which again follows a similar story SCCA World Challenge where they brought S4's and RS6's to glory with a former Porsche team well until Pratt and Miller with GM backing took a Cadillac and dominated starting a trend for the car

    • @bapr3887
      @bapr3887 Месяц назад

      Not one more. Biggest AWD audi racing project was mighty audi 90 imsa/gto and therefore 200 lemans. You mean probably about early 00s Rs6 with Randy Pobst domination. Yep, this was again weirdly domination in very big RS6 vs small race cars. Go and watch "unfair advantage" in yt about 200 lemans/90 imsa.

    • @speedhunter7156
      @speedhunter7156 Месяц назад +1

      @@bapr3887 i know all about that story but the RS6 Project was an S4 originally

  • @Squatopotamous
    @Squatopotamous 26 дней назад +2

    I Owned a 1990 Audi V8 and the only thing fast about that car was that it sounded like it. I just can’t wrap my head around the fact they made it a race car lol

    • @RST9413
      @RST9413 18 дней назад

      Sometimes some people can t be fast even with a v10. Probably your case

  • @cruduxcruo1
    @cruduxcruo1 Месяц назад +4

    Please do a video on Australian touring cars! It would be awesome to hear you talk about Brock and the mountain

  • @nickwells20
    @nickwells20 18 дней назад +1

    The new RS6 hatch honoring the trans am car is so good looking. Its got the white with orange and all white wheels. Check it out if you haven't seen it yet.

  • @jstewlly4747
    @jstewlly4747 Месяц назад +5

    Watched twice already I love Audi I own 1 and looking to get Rs5 B8 and turn it into this beast for track

    • @MrCukydoh
      @MrCukydoh 22 дня назад +1

      lmao.. have you driven a B8 RS5? it's a heavy boy.

    • @jstewlly4747
      @jstewlly4747 22 дня назад +1

      @@MrCukydoh yes and it's so heavy my Audi a5 3.2 is so heavy that's why I been thinking about GR86 bro what you think??? Get my dream car or a car I can whip around and enjoy???? And knowing it's new working on it myself??? What would you choose??

    • @MrCukydoh
      @MrCukydoh 22 дня назад

      @@jstewlly4747 i briefly ran a RS5. lovely daily, the M3 is a better track car, still need to drive a C63

    • @jstewlly4747
      @jstewlly4747 22 дня назад

      @MrCukydoh I drove C63 it was so fun yet pretty unstable I was scared I'm not a trq guy but damn was it fun

  • @curbyourshi1056
    @curbyourshi1056 Месяц назад +1

    1/3 of the way through, enjoying the content and presentation, totally subbed.

  • @jpegjared
    @jpegjared Месяц назад

    just found your channel, went on a binge pretty much watched as much as i can so I can process the info of race cars of the years. Thank you for the info I was lacking on cars I have a love for, I’ve learned a lot I thought I already knew. If you made car documentary based on a certain topic like JGTC or BTCC I’d watch.

  • @brady.7793
    @brady.7793 Месяц назад +4

    We can only hope that audi makes this kind of a splash when they hit f1

  • @groeacht8525
    @groeacht8525 Месяц назад +1

    If you ever start doing driver profiles I'd love one on Walter Röhrl, he just seems to have been everywhere in the 80s und 90s

  • @Ottobon
    @Ottobon Месяц назад +1

    always the best euro motorsports vids. cheers

  • @manchomiranda9861
    @manchomiranda9861 26 дней назад +1

    Very happy i stumbled upon your channel.

  • @lordlarssen
    @lordlarssen Месяц назад

    Love your channel .... So much info and facts I never knew or even heard of ... THANKX :D🤘

  • @2003AudiS3
    @2003AudiS3 Месяц назад +1

    I don’t know if you have done anything on pikes peaks but there have been many interesting cars built for the event. If I remember correctly, there was once a dual engine golf built by VW

  • @Stroke2Engineering
    @Stroke2Engineering 19 дней назад

    During that time DTM ran two 100km-races on Sunday with a repait break in between.
    The race.in Saturday and Sunday was introduced in 2015, after there was only one race on Sunday since 2003.

  • @wraith600original1
    @wraith600original1 19 дней назад +1

    a few issues with Aero as well look at the clip at around @11:38 that Audi has its front wheels off the ground up hill 😲😲😲😲

  • @SANDSCORCHER
    @SANDSCORCHER Месяц назад

    Every day’s a school day😎👍🏻
    Excellent video. Thanks for sharing.

  • @PawelTyczynski
    @PawelTyczynski Месяц назад +1

    So many Audi "experts" and still nobody noticed some kind of a non-EU version Audi 100 C1 at 2:39.

  • @spinnetti
    @spinnetti Месяц назад +1

    Awesome.... Definitely an Audi fan. In the spirit of the v8, I race a Lexus LS400 in circuit racing lol (Though I have Audi street cars).

  • @JohnCharb87
    @JohnCharb87 Месяц назад +5

    Wait I recognize that footage of the track and wooden area. Motorweek!! Probably one of the best American automotive related media ever produced.

  • @splitsecondmagician
    @splitsecondmagician 13 дней назад +3

    Remember when cars looked good and had their own personalities? These days, all vehicles go for the edgy technology look, which sucks and is ugly.

    • @dani8361
      @dani8361 12 дней назад

      literally all of these cars look like a brick

    • @moonwalkehh
      @moonwalkehh 11 дней назад

      @@dani8361a lot better looking than anything else

  • @laugesteffensen8768
    @laugesteffensen8768 20 дней назад

    The A4 B5 STW car is gonna be my favorite for all time, simply amazing!

  • @Aniket2712
    @Aniket2712 8 дней назад +1

    6:28 .... WHAT? Never heard of him!!

  • @mrbute-vv5qx
    @mrbute-vv5qx Месяц назад +8

    In 1988 Audi went to North America to teach them how to pronounce Audi. In 1989 Audi were forced out of North America

    • @jfv65
      @jfv65 19 дней назад

      #Audi5000😉

  • @GarrisonHundt
    @GarrisonHundt Месяц назад +1

    I bet you could head that thing screaming from miles away. The third loudest thing on the planet, second is a J-79 jet engine, and 1 is 787B

  • @christopherpardell4418
    @christopherpardell4418 Месяц назад +2

    I have had a 2005 3.2L TT Quattro SLine with DSG for the past 18 years. Yeah yeah- I KNOW its a haldex, but it still puts power down in all 4 corners and the car just will not hydroplane and holds power thru twisty turns and curves better than any RWD I’ve driven or been very distantly chased by. It’s also been the lowest cost of ownership car I have ever had, not costing me anything beyond scheduled maintenance until very recently when I decided to spruce it up so it will stay new looking and driving another 18 years.
    It’s not the fastest car on the road, but it is the funnest, most affordable, and most practical. ( iv’e brought lumber home in my TT. ) And it’s possibly the best quality of build Audi ever achieved, with its all aluminum trim.

    • @baktru
      @baktru 12 дней назад

      I had a rainy drag "race" against one of those at the red lights once. The TT was much faster than I had expected. At the next lights is when I saw the 3.2 badge :p

  • @wortexinternational2598
    @wortexinternational2598 14 дней назад +1

    had a beautiful 1990 V8. Loved that car. Until a scambag guy decided to steal it. My life changed after so I never got a chance to get the same car but got close a few times. The one I really wanted was a 1993 V8 4.2l Manual !!!

  • @jasotpatakasu8673
    @jasotpatakasu8673 Месяц назад +2

    Cool story, I found an interesting topic for video tho. I hear from many that rx7 was dominant in IMSA which is IMO more interesting than Mazda's french single triumph at Le Mans.
    Yet i cannot find any similar video on this topic

    • @automobilistic
      @automobilistic  Месяц назад +4

      The Mazda IMSA entries are on my list!

    • @Giratina575
      @Giratina575 Месяц назад

      I read up on that car. It was indeed a monster

    • @MiguelGarcia-vj7oo
      @MiguelGarcia-vj7oo Месяц назад +1

      ​@@automobilistic can you also cover the domination of the 935 family of race cars and when Kremer beat Porsche at their own game?

    • @jasotpatakasu8673
      @jasotpatakasu8673 Месяц назад

      @@MiguelGarcia-vj7oo You can give a watch in a meantime to huge three part documentary of 935 by small you tuber ARC Driver. None of yt car guys I found made a vid on IMSA's rx-7

  • @kingster3835
    @kingster3835 Месяц назад +2

    Lovely clip into the Golden era of DTM!
    BTW: what maker models are those Toyota GT-One, Sauber and Takata NSX behind you on the shelves? and what scale are those? I would love to have my hands on a NSX LM spec car from 1994... and ARTA NSX .

  • @JamesLv6
    @JamesLv6 18 дней назад +1

    Ford Sierra next, please :)

  • @Tacko14
    @Tacko14 Месяц назад

    Nice touch, that Audi livery with your name in it. I did snigger a bit :)

  • @zoomerzoomer-jn7rf
    @zoomerzoomer-jn7rf 15 дней назад

    lets be honest , a high revving as possible 4 valve audi v8 was probably pushing out 500-600 bhp , bmw and mercedes where making 380bhp with their 2.5 evo's, weighing around 860kg, the audi with 4wd and weighing more needed at least 150-200bhp more to compete with them.

  • @amiigaf4476
    @amiigaf4476 14 дней назад

    That man wasnt stuck he was flying

  • @IOWPCV
    @IOWPCV 16 дней назад

    Great video !

  • @divad7546
    @divad7546 22 дня назад +5

    1:53 2.1 meter ?? Isnt it liter?

    • @automobilistic
      @automobilistic  22 дня назад +7

      Yes, I say "2.1 litre". Not sure where you got "metre" from - does it say that in the subtitles or something?

    • @abda2lh9
      @abda2lh9 16 дней назад +3

      You said meter.​@@automobilistic

    • @automobilistic
      @automobilistic  День назад

      @@abda2lh9 counter point: no I didn't.

  • @Midtable1881
    @Midtable1881 Месяц назад +1

    Mad take here but what if the DTM raced with souped up stripped out S-Classes, 7 Series and A8s?

  • @andrewrollason4963
    @andrewrollason4963 Месяц назад +8

    The "how" is that the DTM banned the nominal Group A competition.
    The Audi V8 Quattro would have roundly been beaten by the Holden Commodore VL SS Group A; which in 1990 did manage to steal a Bathurst win against the Nissan GTR. The VN which came in 1991 was also pretty handy.
    There were plans for the Audi V8 Quattros to appear at Bathurst in 1991 but the factory realised that they'd be beaten; so they didn't show up.

    • @bzilla-d4i
      @bzilla-d4i Месяц назад +4

      Find that very hard to believe, especially considering the differences between those machines, Audi destroyed its rivals from GM in the US in TransAm. Doubt those Aussie and Japanese machines would've made a difference. They were all destroyed by the M3 anyway when you had the R32 GTR and the rest all competing at the 24 hours of Nurburgring event with BMW wiping the floor with Mercedes, Ford, Nissan, Audi and Honda. The Skyline was a good car, but it's dominance is overstated when compared to the E30 M3 which is the most successful race car ever, as well as the Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500 and Mercedes Benz 190e.

    • @andrewrollason4963
      @andrewrollason4963 Месяц назад +1

      @@bzilla-d4i The M3 was an absolute also ran against the Sierra, Commodore and GTR.
      "Doubt those Aussie and Japanese machines would've made a difference."
      GTR killed all and sundry.
      Commodore was inadequate but still managed to win the 1000 against it.

    • @andrewrollason4963
      @andrewrollason4963 Месяц назад

      @@bzilla-d4i "Audi destroyed its rivals from GM in the US in TransAm."
      The TransAm Audi is not this.
      .

    • @bzilla-d4i
      @bzilla-d4i Месяц назад +4

      @@andrewrollason4963 killed all? Well the results speak for themselves when they went head to head, the E30 M3 always came out on top. Despite being a class down. The correction should be the GTR killed all in Japan and Australia. In 1991 Macau the Europeans entered and the R32 driven by Hasemi got his ass kicked by not just the M3 but the 190e as well. When those guys came up against the Europeans they lost hard, Team Lark's McLaren F1 GTR completely shut all of them out when the entered with Ralf Schumacher, nearly driving a complete shutout of the season not winning in only 1 race. They always lost quite handily when they came up against the Europeans. Being dominant in Japan and Australia is one thing, but when facing the European teams they always came up 2nd best. This is not speculation, this is fact. And that's despite the BMW's and Mercedes being non turbo machines way down on power. Even in Japan the E30 M3 is the most successful touring car ever, with 7 titles. The real battles took place in the mid to late 90's between the Primera, Audi A4, Ford Mondeo, Renault Laguna, Honda Accord and the 318is. That was much closer in spec, and a lot more fun to watch

    • @leviathan5207
      @leviathan5207 Месяц назад +3

      Source: you made it the fuck up

  • @shifty1927
    @shifty1927 Месяц назад +280

    Crazy that the E30 was still competitive during this time. It was out powered by the mercs and greatly out powered by the audis. And audi still had to cheat. Then when caught they dropped out and played victim. Not a good look for audi. Bmw would never.😂😂

    • @BrownSofaGamer
      @BrownSofaGamer Месяц назад +123

      Except Audi was winning before they put in the flat-plane crankshaft. I think it’s more impressive that Audi made a full-size, executive car a successful touring car. The illegal crankshaft was just them pushing the rules to try and keep the car competitive for a third season when the weight became a problem.

    • @Jules-oc3pv
      @Jules-oc3pv Месяц назад +76

      BMW would never what? Win the transam championship in the first year of entering? Dominate the first 2 years of Group B? Win lemans 13 times in 17 years? Win the Dakar rally? Be the first manufacturer to win DTM championships back to back? Be the only manufacturer that won the big 3 European endurance races (Lemans 24h, Spa 24h and Nurburgring 24h) in the same year not once but twice? Win nurburgring 24h 7 times in 13 years? Yeah BMW would never achieve that, but Audi did 😘

    • @shifty1927
      @shifty1927 Месяц назад +15

      @@BrownSofaGamer yea with twice the cylinders and drive wheels. That's all I was pointing out. That the bmw was still holding its own against a far superior vehicle.

    • @shifty1927
      @shifty1927 Месяц назад +18

      @@Jules-oc3pv and even with those accomplishments the e30 m3 has still won more. Bmw did it with the same chassis across all forms of racing. Its known as the most successful road race car in history for a reason. And im not here to hate on audi. I actually like them alot. Their lemans program from 2000 to 2005 with the r8 was untouchable. A pure masterclass in endurance dominance.

    • @shifty1927
      @shifty1927 Месяц назад +6

      @@Jules-oc3pv also bmw has won dakar six times. 3 of those wins were in a row.83,84,85... Says Audi just got their first win there in 2024.

  • @Simon11Aviation
    @Simon11Aviation 17 дней назад +1

    Sittin in a audi sq5 as i watch this

  • @anthooktt1403
    @anthooktt1403 10 дней назад

    talking about turbo bans.. I still dont get why ford did not put 5.0 coyote engine in a racing sierra.. they had built 250ish XR8 sierras with said engine

  • @RST9413
    @RST9413 18 дней назад +1

    Funny how idiots talk about weight distribution without a clue. Its simple if you can use your brain 10%,but seems most of people just copy and paste what they hear at another idiots. Its called pendulum effect its same thing happening with Porsche or most of mid engine cars. This is one of the best things on car. The car have so much turn in and the feeling its just amazing.

  • @djisch
    @djisch Месяц назад +2

    4:48 hit from behind?
    he completely locked up and plowed into someone

  • @EmmanuelFernndezdelaCruz
    @EmmanuelFernndezdelaCruz Месяц назад

    hi there, i just wanna ask where did you get your car models ?,i mean i would love to buy them

  • @imvivalamilo
    @imvivalamilo Месяц назад +1

    Nice video

  • @davidsaintcyr3384
    @davidsaintcyr3384 Месяц назад

    Great vid

  • @ryminsta
    @ryminsta 26 дней назад +1

    Didnt Audi fiddle with the cylinders 😂

  • @giobarbarinimusic
    @giobarbarinimusic Месяц назад +2

    Group A was completely dominated by the Delta

  • @MatsNorway
    @MatsNorway 16 дней назад

    Group A needs to come back.

  • @964cuplove
    @964cuplove 10 дней назад

    You know you’re great if the change the rules in TWO championships just to slow YOU down…

  • @RvNxMcBride
    @RvNxMcBride 17 дней назад

    Audi: shows up, wins, gets to good, goes home.

  • @AnalogDude_
    @AnalogDude_ Месяц назад +1

    These BMW's & Mercedes Benz's where the legendary BMW e30 M3 with 2.3 liter engine and Mercedes Benz 190 2.3 16V.
    The Mercedes Benz 190 had/has multi link suspension on the rear axle, witch was pretty much unmatched/unheard vs the rest of the world in a standard car.
    back than. these cars will not brake out in the back if you want them too, you would simply drift around the corner in a controlled fashion and resume your drive. very cool.

  • @bennyhilla2558
    @bennyhilla2558 24 дня назад

    very nice video with M.Schumacher I WILL PRAY FOR MICHAEL TOMORROW

  • @DAGATHire
    @DAGATHire 15 дней назад

    audi may have won some stuff. But the 190E and E32 to this day are ICONS!
    the foundation on which the legend of DTM is built on those two cars. And audi had sweet F all to do with it.
    Sure enough Audi built a rally legend but no one gives a damn about their boring circuit racing days. Merc and BMW are far more desirable From this era.

  • @JackAdamCarter
    @JackAdamCarter Месяц назад

    It's simple- Audi don't mess around!

  • @spikeguard
    @spikeguard 19 дней назад

    This is probably why F1 doesn't want Audi to race with other manufacturers in F1.

  • @silvix3137
    @silvix3137 20 дней назад

    now that i think of it, has audi ever made a light roadcar in its class?

  • @sander.
    @sander. 17 дней назад +2

    does anyone know the song name that plays on 6:10

  • @Edgedrifle
    @Edgedrifle 20 дней назад

    Oh how I love Audi

  • @GarrisonHundt
    @GarrisonHundt Месяц назад

    By the way, how do you make your videos. I want to do kind of the same thing as this, so I want to know how you make and edit them

  • @AlexSeidl45
    @AlexSeidl45 16 дней назад

    Yo where can I get one of those pictures like you have from the Circuit de la Sarthe?

  • @yeungkawo
    @yeungkawo 14 дней назад

    Like this video!
    These huge champ Audi is my all time fav

  • @scuffediceposeidon9178
    @scuffediceposeidon9178 20 дней назад

    Lancia and Peugeot were also fast and had no awd. But I don't see the point to claim Audi was cheating. Wasn't like they were hiding the fact using quattro awd

  • @krisztianpap4421
    @krisztianpap4421 20 дней назад

    where are the model cars from?

  • @tydawidowski6245
    @tydawidowski6245 Месяц назад

    Great video. Have seen a bit on this from the dtm 92 season review (might be on RUclips)
    Never been a fan of audi. Sure they innovate but they cheat and bend the rules. Dr Ulrich was a proven source of this.
    I’m a proud bmw fan, don’t mind mercs but always found bmw to be better in more ways. Love the group a e30 M3, lucky to see them in Australia. Love The super touring e36s too. Especially the Bathurst winner that never gets remembered

  • @sanji663
    @sanji663 15 дней назад

    good AWD system
    that's why

  • @gedeuchnixan3830
    @gedeuchnixan3830 19 дней назад

    May the legend Michael Schumacher have as happy days as possible for the rest of his life, you will be remembered.

  • @LustVanGoth
    @LustVanGoth Месяц назад

    all your model caras are frrom the same manufacturer?

  • @Mp-jw1qg
    @Mp-jw1qg 29 дней назад

    one of my earliest memories in life was being 5 years old durring the peak of DTM . the e30 is cemented as my favorite race car of all time. audi's a close second.

  • @Nelson-hl8zq
    @Nelson-hl8zq 14 дней назад

    5:40 💀

  • @IyoMiyo
    @IyoMiyo 24 дня назад

    Do you have sources for the bgm you used?

  • @georgesgranger6362
    @georgesgranger6362 18 дней назад

    Schumacher showing even in a road car he cant drive with the best 😂

  • @Mikikaric
    @Mikikaric 13 дней назад

    V8 against 4 inline??

  • @redbomberr4594
    @redbomberr4594 14 дней назад

    Just gotta say, I think that's a Merc climbing Mt Panorama at 2:06. Why didn't Audi bring this monster over here? Maybe they could've tamed the GTR....maybe! I wish motor sport would stop this horse sh*t changing the rules to force excessively successful cars out and let them stay, make all the rest pickup their game. Would make for a better future.

  • @sirlorax9744
    @sirlorax9744 Месяц назад +1

    seems like Audi took quite some inspiration from AMG's Rote Sau for this one

  • @RUfromthe40s
    @RUfromthe40s 20 дней назад

    well weight is not all, a good driver even if the car is heavy the superiority in building suspenctions superior to all others and always perfect handling cars would m,ake it a winner if it were like others and the drivers were all equal then weight was a factor but in this situation was proven not to be ,the sirra cosworth not RS500 won a lot with extra weight

  • @BlackStigv
    @BlackStigv Месяц назад

    Meanwhile... This is an opel omega evo, a "luxury" car, modified for dtm by (i cant remember the name)

  • @darnellavery1545
    @darnellavery1545 Месяц назад

    Wasn't this cor covered already on here? Need a vid on the ford GT40 and GT

    • @automobilistic
      @automobilistic  Месяц назад +2

      Never covered this before. But the ford is on the list :)

    • @darnellavery1545
      @darnellavery1545 Месяц назад

      @@automobilistic hell yeah

  • @AlanFormula12022
    @AlanFormula12022 Месяц назад

    Wish Audi returned to DTM again btw.

    • @charlienash1050
      @charlienash1050 Месяц назад

      They did, back in 2012 or so. But they've been absent for a few years as of late once more, unless you wanna count GT3 Audi R8s.

    • @bapr3887
      @bapr3887 Месяц назад

      Audi returned to DTM and dominated it again. RS5 DTM is one of most sucessful racing cars in racing history.

    • @bapr3887
      @bapr3887 Месяц назад +1

      @@charlienash1050 They back to DTM in 2000 as privateers ABT team. When DTM also reopened.