@nuuskamuikkunen407 driving it's 1.7l 80bhp is like asking asthmatic kid run uphill 120km/h is feels like 120mph It's almost 50 years old It's wonderful in heavy off-road, but if you drive it anywhere else, you're starting to think about committing suicide
Thank you for your comment. Yes, you are right. Audi recognized the potential of this car for rallying back then and converted Röhrl's original Quattro. That was unique in rallying at the time.
That is actually a saab differential in most of those cars.... yes saab, the now dead brand. Saab engineer made this insane traction clutch that sits between the front axel and left+right back wheel, one unit, simple add on to make pretty much any car 4x4... or... AWD. But the made more money selling it to other, so the made a doughter company that relised it on the market just before GM bought saab. Now named Haldex. Audi use to have cars with quatro with there own 4x4 and AWD with haldex. But nowdays they just call it what ever name.
The Quatro was entered in the world rally championship in '81, everyone thought it would be bad since it was a 4wd (rwd was the norm and 4wd was considered too heavy), it was so dominant 4wd became the standard for Group B.
I've owned 4x4 pickups and jeeps in my life, and I've also owned an Audi Allroad. That Allroad, by far, is the best 4 wheel drive vehicle I have ever owned. Snow, ice, mud...anything that didn't require a lot of ground clearance (It's not a rock crawler), and that car was through it without an issue. It was amazing the places it went. Backwoods Colorado, exploring ghost towns, all of it. All quiet and comfortable in a fine Audi interior.
When you need a true rock crawler, when clearance is the criterion, you need an Unimog (universal motor geraet). It is the only car/truck I know where they integrated a gear into the wheel hubs so that the axles are on the upper edge of the hubs and not in the middle. The gain in clearance is massive. And the whole design is over 70 years old - they just grew with time.
@@feedingravens the first generation Humvee also has planetary gear sets on the hubs to do the same thing for ground clearance... However yeah, I would own a Unimog loooong before I'd own a Humvee lol
Adi may be good, but not this good. The Audi in the ski jump tower was pulled by a rope. There's footage floating around showing the preparations for the ad
@@johnscaramis2515 Nope. They had safety net and rope but neither was needed or used. The only "cheat" was, that tyres were not street legal. They tried with normal tyres but the drive was too wobbly. That tower can be seen from my childhood home. Just like a trapetze artist has a safety wire, do did they. And just like The artist, they didn't use that wire for the performance, it was there just for safety.
Yes, I drive a 57 plate (169) and provided ground clearance isn't compromised I can guarantee it will go anywhere. Given it's comparatively low weight it would easily get up the climbs shown in the video 👍🇬🇧....oh and it was made Poland not Italy 🤪
I live in Sweden, where we have loads of snow. I have a panda (2007 model) with good winter tires. The roads where I live are really bad in the winter with loads of snow and ice but that little panda has never let me down. Also the engine doesn't have the most power (50hp but there is a 110 HP version) but it's enough and bullet proof. I've never had any issues after 150k km and I've a abused it a lot during the years. My aunt bought I brand new in Germany a d it has been in the family since then.
I'll have to agree. I have '87 Audi 80 Quattro and it is the best 4wd i've driven. Most fun that you can do with your pants on, especially in the winter.
New quattro (and Xdrive too) are smarter and more efficient, but the amount of beating those Torsens can take is crazy. They're basically unbreakable unless you really try (barring some material error).
Its horses for courses and the Tor(que)Sen(sing) differential is by and large excellent for the road but not for off road, where locking diffs work best and for the track most racers will tell you a plate lsd (ZF type) is king. And then there is Land Rovers open diffs in the axles that are controlled by the brake calipers that can provide a wealth of traction that can apportion power to all the wheels individually depending on their tractive ability - surely the ultimate automatic system.
For many years Audi used to have an open test track on the ice at Lake Åre next to Sweden's biggest ski resort where people could test their own car on the ice and then borrow a Audi 4WD and compare and they were impressive. That was 20 years ago, so I thought others had caught up, but maybe not.
Glad you enjoyed the audis! I live in sweden and drive a A6 Allroad, with 300hp v6 diesel with quattro 4wd. Never under all my years driving it had it let me down. Last fall i repainted my house, so i hired a 3.5 ton (metric) skylift. When i was done i hooked it to my car and drove it up a 30 degree mudhill, didn´t even spun the wheels. Keep up the interesting and fun videos!
They are excellent, but how often do you need that 4wd? I have been driving 80s fwd cars in snow for the past 20 years with bad tires without a problem. In a cheap 80s Corolla you can just have fun and not worry about something breaking when in a 2020 Sports Hybrid Corolla you get electrical faults and and the whole engine is shaking after few small puddles. And I have never gotten stuck anywhere.
Not a bad choice of car. If you are driving any citroen from the 70-80:ies or a saab from the same era, you are also pretty sure not to get stuck. But i must say most of that still comes down to the driver. You are most likely a highly skilled driver, but when you get older or tired things can go south fast. It´s like the comparision between the porsche 944 turbo and the corvette. The porsche was half a second faster to 60 if you did everything right, clutch, engine rev, gearshift etc. On the other hand, the corvette delivered every time, just any idiot pushed the gas to the floor..@@oskar6747
@@oskar6747 How often to you nned that 4WD ... true, and I wasn't to need it either, just liked all the rest of the Q3, including its consumption that is good as an efficient 2WD. But we have that favorite camp side by the sea, and there are those 3 spots with the perfect ocean view up the little dune that almost always are available for us because so few other cars make it up the slope. We may never need it anywhere else, but man how many times have we been happy to have 4WD.
The best / most used benefit of Audi Quattro-drive is, that it pulls you round fast corners, like driving on rails. That is, what most of us like so much in day to day use - there is sooo much traction in any driving situation. Ok.. and in Winter on snow it shows even more... just be smart enough to remember, that though you can accelerate better and go faster through snowy-corners - your breaking is the same as everybody else' (and no matter how many weels you drive... winter tires on snow are a must)
I have ouned a Audi A6 Quattro. You will never get anything better than that. The differential and the electronic behind is outstanding. The only thing to stop it is the ride hight. It can get hanging on it's belly. Most people is driving it wrong. They give it to much throttle. As it's shown in you movie. Just let it get a grip, and it will do what you ask of it. The force is always send to the wheel that HAS grib. The differential is doing the work.
Audi Quattro exists (in different versions, of course) since at least the early 1980s. I was a young child when I first heard about that car, and female racer Michèle Mouton.
Great old Audi TV commercial, I think it was part of the 'introduction' ad campaign for the original TT here in the US. I was a young adult (and sportscar/rally enthusiast) in the '80s, I had quite the 'schoolboy crush' on that woman. 😆 ruclips.net/video/C2zO2bdoblg/видео.html
I owne a '81 Audi Coupe Quattro and it was the only car I never sold as it is an awesome car. The unique sound of those 5 cylinders is giving me goosebumbs every time.
This reminds me so much of that age old commercial where an audi 100 (stock!) drove up a ski ramp in i think finland? only "assistance" he got were spiked tires, not even snowchains. that was wild. if you haven´t seen this definetly worth checking out!
The Audi, going up the stone hill @2:24, was filmed in South Africa on a 4x4 track called De Wildt on the border of two provinces, North West and Gauteng. The license plate has 6 digits plus 2 extras that indicate the Province of GP(Gauteng Province).
Lekker dag, I have heard about this area, cheatah game logde but never been there. Will remember it by my next trip in the gangster provience, totsins, Thomas
Most / all this footage looks to be "northern Sweden", where they have a "harsh climate car testing area" which many manufacturers go to. Frozen lakes, snowy inclines ... and if you come early you can even do the "muddy autumn season".
I have a Q7 and I have taken it off-road several times in Colorado and California. I would put it up against most stock pickups for off-road. I also have a built Jeep on 40s. The q7 just gets traction and this is on summer tires. The air suspension gives it enough lift. And for winter, you can't get any better in the snow.
My last car was a VW Touareg (same platform as Audi Q7) luxury car, with adjustable air suspension and incredible off road. They make incredible cars for off road.
I've been a VW guy most of my life (I'm 61 now). I had a 1987 Audi 4000 Quattro, and I think it's the best car I ever owned. That car could hand a foot and a half of snow no problem with it's Nokian winter tires. I live in a snowbelt area and I used to go carve the powder with it. That was 1987... with new electronics and computers in todays models, I can only imagine how good they are now. VW's 4Motion system is basically the VW branded version of Quattro.
Hey, I would suggest to check out the "Wölfe im Schafspelz" series by Grip. It´s about massiv understatement cars and how they win aginst sports cars on the autobahn. I love every part and they never fail to impress.
Those a city vehicles. They are polished, fancy, modern and good looking. They are meant for the road, they are not pure SUV, just jacked up. But whenever you need them they always deliver. Audi's quattro is no joke.
As always a great video. Not too long ago i watched some videos from the channel "The Fast Lane Car" and they took a VW Touareg SUV to MOAB and some crazy trails and also compared it to a Wrangler and a pickup truck. That was fun to watch and maybe you might enjoy it too. Often only the tires and approach angle hold smaller SUVs back.
Can't remember the year but the first time Audie went to Pikes peak they shocked the local boys when it pissed all over it ??What made it worse was when they realised it was being driven by French Rally Driver Michelle Mouchon & She Aced it ? The Start of the Quatro Legend !!
The legend started 1981... ...but Micheles victory 1985 was awesome! And best was the insult to injury: She compared her really brutal stint to to the top to - _verbally!_ - a "...dance, a BALLET" around the corners!!! Now imagine all those Bud-light dozed, bigheaded hardcore superhero Gung-Ho Yanks not only FUCKED OVER HARD by a little french girl, but also told their no.1 national pride hillclimb was nothing more than a _BALLET_ for her??? When i saw that video first time i just lost it - i laughed out so hard, i fell from my chair!
I'd love to see a few of those cars with a bit of a lifted suspension, and some detected mud/snow tires.. I bet they'll do a LOT more than most Americans think they would.
We're currently driving an Audi A4 B5 (the follow-up of the Audi 80) wagon from 2001 and an Audi A3 8P from 2003. Sadly both aren't quattros, but still they're great! I've driven a Volkswagen Golf Mk5 and a Golf Mk7 wagon before.
Amazing stuff, but have in mind......in winter conditions the break distance is the same as what ever you drive...people tend to mess this up with 4x4 wheel drive! 😅 Greetings from Sweden!
Had an A4 Quattro when I was in Michigan and it was night and day difference in the snow, felt like there was control the whole time. Just point the wheel and give it a little gas and yup that’s where it’s heading
It's funny, Audi in Europe have always been synonymous with all weather conditions power. The whole Quattro brand of Audi that both engineers their LMP racers and provides expertise for their allroad and S/RS road cars is the biggest brand image for Audi - similar to BMW M and AMG. Audi all wheel drive here is as famous as Subaru AWD in the US.
9:59 The Holden Commodore I had it has the abs system. It would get you out of a bog by braking the wheel that slipped. I got out of a few bogs but you can smell the brake pads burning. I don't think it would last long.
I owned an Audi A4 Quattro for 7 years and it was just brilliant. As I live in the UK I put all season tyres on it and it would go anywhere. Snow, ice, rain, mud and yes sunshine when we got it. It never let me down, nor did the tyres.
European & Japanese ideas of what traction control & astonishing road-holding performance is, are very different to American "standards" for the same thing! 😂😂😂
I drive a 22 years old first gen. A8 W12 it has quattro it just not only help with snow and ice but also with stability at high speeds . ( it will reach the 200mph) you will always feel connected to the road.
Audi Quattro is so amazing, for safety i'd wish every car had this. Owned an A5 once with 340hp and even in the pooring rain and fresh tires it didnt slip when i pulled up. and it was a V6 diesel it pulled crazy!
You can think of the quattro system, as the reverse of a diff. Instead of giving more power to the wheel which is slipping, it gives it to the wheel which has the most grip. Between all 4 wheels, front/back + left/right. Unlike most other 4x4s with either limited slip diffs or diff-locks. Quattro actively adjusts where the engine power goes, to maximise the traction.
own a 2006 Audi Q7 3.0 Tdi for with 425000 km (264000 mls) and it is by far the best most reliable car I have ever had, Q7's are great for Australian roads both tar and dirt, wet and dry.
Hey Ian friend, just a little head up so u can understand Quattro ,,, while all 4x4 are known as Reactive Transmissions , the Quattro is well know as Proactive ... clearing up : Reactive means, the system rteacts starting the moment the traction is lost and tried to find a way to regain that traction .... PROACTIVE : 24/7 looking for small loss in each wheel and try to correct the traction via ECU. .. thats the difference between Quattro , Xdrive,Motion etc... eacj has a different buil in system they are proud of.
This was how the system was explained to me. In normal driving these cars are 2 wheel drive, often the front wheels. The Quattro system only send drive to rear wheels when it’s needed and turns it off if only the front has grip. It also links into antilock braking system and the traction control systems to assist if more than 2 wheels are slipping. Four wheel drive systems fitted on street and performance cars don’t have the “Off Road” reasons for having it fitted. It has become associated with ‘start line’ traction for acceleration and improved handling at speed on tarmac surfaces. As you said Ian, Quattro was invented for rally cars where traction is the key to winning. People seem to have forgotten about that.
Audi shocks the racing world in the 30s, the WRC in the 80s and the IMSA in the the 90s. Wait what they will do in 2026 in F1. I am so looking forward to it.
I am Not shocked 😂. Have personally seen an A6 pull a full semi truck plus trailer up a snowy hill, and an A4 pulling a John Deere out of a ditch.( no idea about the engine it had, and guessing the trailer was empty) . Also seen clips from fifth gear , so we know the Touareg can tow a Boeing 747 without breaking a sweat. So from what i've seen real life and on screen, they are like the farmers sons that went to college. You get an educated man that still knows how to hold a shovle. And i like those people. And those cars.
I owned an A6 Allroad 2.5 tdi with 200hp in the italian alps, went literally everywhere. 40cm fresh snow, hydraulic lift and off I went, like a plow. Sometimes I was the only one capable of leaving for work, obviously with good winter tires, no chains. Best car I ever had. One day a bike drove into me from behind, bike was destroyed, guy was fine, Audi had a little dent. Absolute tank!!
Driver knowledge helps. These shown are all mechanical Torsen AWD where the smaller Audi Q system is electronic Haldex like I have on my S3. The local point to point horse racing course is a ploughed field 42 weeks a year. Leaving, times I know I'd have needed a tractor in a normal FWD car that I have had no trouble getting out...yet there are Range and Discovery drivers with low understanding of their vehicles that will always get stuck. It bombs round B roads but for the six odd weeks a year it gets shitty here, even the Haldex gives me immense reassurance.
I was very surprised to see so much Audi, when i was in Sweden once. But it was logical: while wintertime they have a lot of havy snowed and iced roads. A Audi Quatro with spike tyres is the best You can drive in this circumstances
I had a Q7 from 07 to 12, that was probably the most stable and capable truck I've owned. I've pulled a lot of trucks out of snow banks and icy inclines..
Great stuff man! Here in Brazil we have a hatchback called FIAT Uno. It's cheap, small but indestructible. They don't sell them anymore, but you still can spot a lot of them, specially in the country areas. You should look it up. Cheers! ✌🏽
According to my memory 4WD was available for special off road vehicles until the 1970ies - at least in Germany - but possibly in Austria, Switzerland and other European countries too. AFAIR only Subaru was offering "normal" passenger cars with 4WD (around that time small offroad cars like Suzuki became popular as well). And I think it was an option for some vans like the VW Bus / Bully. Here again the original first generation Audi Quattro was the first car/sports car with permanent 4WD. After that Audi started to offer other models to be equipped with 4WD too. Seeing Audi having success with that strategy other manufacturers in Germany started trying that too. There's a reasonable use for such cars in Europe since quite a number of people are living in the countryside. And you don't have to live in the Alps to appreciate 4WD. Roads are covered and improved with tarmac but particularly during winter you'd have to wait quite some time for road service coming along to clear the roads from snow and ice, spreading grit material too. Still - just concerning the road - a front wheel drive will often be perfectly sufficient. But as soon as the car leaves the road you'd find yourself in a difficult situation quite often. That's when a 4WD is a serious advantage. Another reason to have 4WD is more frequently pulling trailers like camping trailers or trailers for transporting bigger stuff or animals eg. horses. It's not really necessary but in certain situations it could be more comfortable to have 4WD. A problem with real offroad vehicles can be seen in the position of their centre of mass which is comparably high above the road. With normal cars the centre of mass is usually a bit deeper and nearer to the surface of the road so that they tend to provide a more stable connection to the ground which is improved even more by the more comfortable design of their suspension.
The Audi 4 wheel drive system was designed for rally driving. Everyone thought they were crazy because of the extra weight but it wasn't long before everybody had 4x4 in their rally cars.
5:33 Probably the reason why they are so good at being daily drivers in places like you said is that they are thoroughly tested in extreme conditions. Quattro from Audi is without any doubt one of the best "day to day" 4x4 systems in existence
Currently, many passenger cars from the Volkswagen group have a 4 x4 drive. For example, Skoda Octavia 4x4 as seen in the video titled ŠKODA OCTAVIA 4X4 SNOW COMPILATION!! What I like most about Volkswagen is the windshield heating system based on foil covered with silver particles (in summer it reduces the heating of the car interior) . Check out the Suzuki Jimny car
@@mbc1994 The point here is that Audi belongs to Volkswagen. It is known that Audi uses other technologies, after all, it is a premium brand that is valued very highly. Although currently, in the era of cost minimization, universal car platforms are being designed. What differentiates the brands on these platforms is the quality of the materials used. I can say from experience that, for example, the pistons in the Audi A 2 engine had thicker walls than the pistons in the Skoda Fabia engine, although both small cars had the same engine.
Lifted my wife's '19 Outback 3 inches and slapped some aggressive siped ATs on it. I'd trust that thing with my life on mud or snow over my Tundra every day of the week. Modern AWD tech is bonkers.
Having two driven axles wasn't necessarily a new idea, but it had never been applied to a small vehicle like a sedan. In doing so, Audi created what we now refer to as all-wheel drive. For a while they where smashing every rally, untill the competition caught up. So yeah, they're awesome at this kind of stuff. However due to all the complex technology, the average annual Audi maintenance and repair cost is relatively high. Largely because Audis experience unexpected issues at a rate roughly double that of the average vehicle. While needed repairs aren't much more likely than average to be severe, even common Audi repairs can be costly.
There were 4wds or awds in smaller cars, even in the US. But the difference is in the Quattro´s internal distribution system - Audi built the first "non-clumsy" awd.
You might be surprised how many of them use the (Swedish) Haldex awd trans. From VAG (Inc quartro) to Saab to GM and Ford en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haldex_Traction
@jarls5890 smaller in the audi garage, but haldex has an impressive range of larger vehicles from VW transporters to bugatti chiron. Its a versatile platform and with the right traction control works great off road. The torsen is the daddy in audi, no doubt. I was just saying how surprisingly widespread the haldex is
@@chiggsmcfallen2711 Yes no doubt! Haldex's big advantage over Torsen is fuel efficiency as the electronic/hydraulic system disconnects "half the wheels" when "not needed" as I understand it. Unlike Torsen which is on "all the time" (it is one big lump of gears and cogs).
Watch a lot of Matt's offroad recovery, and count the amount of Audi/Volkswagens that need rescue. It's mostly Jeep and Ford. And rented Honda's for some reason. Never a Q7.
Quattro is the best System. i own a RSQ3 Sporback , my Wife has a TTRS and i also got an Oldtimer an Urquattro from 1984. 5 Cylinders Sound is so Unique and reminds me about when i was young watching Walter Röhrl rallying in the S1.
from my experience driving audis... they drive like a sledgehammer, very front heavy, understeer alot but because of that extra front weight, they can get you out from muddy situations :D
there was a video of audi 4x4 in Russia, where everyone was stuck in the snow on the road and the audi drives off road besides the road in 5 foot snow like 40 MPH....pushing wet snow over his winshield and roof....how did he know where he is going, IDK edit: if you google " Audi goes through deep snow like a plow" you get something similar of a video
the Audi quatro system, and the Subaru awd, are fitted to regular daily drivers, and are forever what you want. Any other vehicle with actual 4 wheel drive, are built like a off-roader, lifted and bigger tyres, like a landrover, jeep, rav4, landcruiser etc etc, . So I can see this is an eye opener for an american :P.. welcome to the world dude =)
They tested the old Lada in offroad against Hummer, Jeep (Wrangler or such) and Suzuki Samurai... It was a battle between Lada and Suzuki at the end, no other competition was spotted :)
When I think of off-road here in Germany, I think of Rally first. Nobody drives a jeep or truck at the rally. From small cars like a VW Polo to larger ones like Audi A6 or the like.
They don't show the large spikes that were mounted here. They show how to climb a mountain, but they don't show how often he had to repeat it. if you have to take this car to the workshop. then you also pay a mountain of money😢 I wouldn't buy this car. Many greetings from Germany😁
Ian, remember watching Walter Röhrl? This was the beginning of quattro, as fas as I know. No jeeps or SUVs in rally And best thing: from the off-road track directly on the Autobahn, driving over 250 km/h (if wished)
Walter Röhrl+ Audi wasn´t a good start he don´t get the same material what his Teammate get. search the story about where he want push his Audi in front of a camera over the cliff if Audi(Roland Gumpert) don´t give him the same good material, he is Worldchampion with a Fiat 124 and a Opel Ascona and not with Audi.
@@mariojakel5544 not getting the some of the same material and not winning isn't synonymous with not being a big part in testing the quattro when initially introduced and developed. Wasn't there even the races in the US where Audi tested it? And let's not forget his rage fueled "Nebelfahrt" in Arganil, after his own Fiat service car caused him to crash and he didn't get any support as Fiat preferred his team colleague. This revenge he took by showing his superior skills was incredible.
@@ileana8360 it was simply cheaper hire Walter as drive against him. His skill are undisputed he show it many Times like the legendary night of arganil(Portugal) in his Fiat or 2min faster at the Nürburgring in the Rain as Nicky Lauda. As a Person he is a typical bavarian Grantler :)
@@mariojakel5544 well, as I've mentioned, I love his Arganil revenge and even repeating it decades later was phenomenal. However, in my book, he isn't a Grantler, but a flat out narcissist with an effing lot of talent and skill. And as I don't have to socialise in any way with him, I can enjoy watching and admire him. A Grantler has to much of a sympathatic touch to be attributed to Walter.
Walter Röhrl has nothing to do with the developement of the original Audi Quattro. He didn´t join Audi until 1984. Only after that he was involved, mainly in the Trans Am and the IMSA GTO. And do not call him "narcissist" again - you have obviously no clue what you´re blabbering about.
Quite a few of those Audi Q7:s looked to be first gen to me, which is essentially the same car as the first gen VW Toureg and Porsche Cayenne (Newer ones still share platform, but gen 1 was widely thought to be the best for off road). Both the VW and Porsche platform siblings are even better offroad though, courtesy of their better ground clearance, better approach/departure angle and (I think) more comprehensive off road packs availible as options. There are better cars off road these days, but I dont think there is any car built that can combine the off road ability, with daily driver comfort, with the pretty fast on road performance that platform can do with larger engines... Certainly nothing came remotely close at the time. Downside is of course the so-so reliability in the long run...
coming from eastern Europe, the mud covered audi wagon really hits home
Where we go we don't need roads... or have them..
Lada Niva is the GOAT.
@nuuskamuikkunen407 driving it's 1.7l 80bhp is like asking asthmatic kid run uphill
120km/h is feels like 120mph
It's almost 50 years old
It's wonderful in heavy off-road, but if you drive it anywhere else, you're starting to think about committing suicide
Thank you for your comment. Yes, you are right. Audi recognized the potential of this car for rallying back then and converted Röhrl's original Quattro. That was unique in rallying at the time.
You only need to drive through hammerfest for that in spring (some road is always dug up).
German engineering at its best!
Audi has the slogan: Vorsprung durch Technik = advantage through technology
That is actually a saab differential in most of those cars.... yes saab, the now dead brand.
Saab engineer made this insane traction clutch that sits between the front axel and left+right back wheel, one unit, simple add on to make pretty much any car 4x4... or... AWD.
But the made more money selling it to other, so the made a doughter company that relised it on the market just before GM bought saab. Now named Haldex.
Audi use to have cars with quatro with there own 4x4 and AWD with haldex. But nowdays they just call it what ever name.
Actually, the 4wd for Audi was invented at Steyr in Austria for Audi (the same place where the Steyr AUG rivle comes from)
@@matsv201 But it is not just the differential which does the work ...
Torsen differential is invented by american Vernon Gleasman.
absolutely @@jaketzi8816
In one publicity stunt they let a Quattro drive up a Ski jump ramp.
That was back in the 80's.
They are good at it for ever.
The Quatro was entered in the world rally championship in '81, everyone thought it would be bad since it was a 4wd (rwd was the norm and 4wd was considered too heavy), it was so dominant 4wd became the standard for Group B.
Wasn't that also like Audi V8? A big and heavy limo.
They did it twice actually. First in 1986 and again in 2005
Yes: good at publicity stunts. Audi Quattro sucks, and Quattro isn't even a 4wd system, it's just a marketing name.
I've owned 4x4 pickups and jeeps in my life, and I've also owned an Audi Allroad. That Allroad, by far, is the best 4 wheel drive vehicle I have ever owned. Snow, ice, mud...anything that didn't require a lot of ground clearance (It's not a rock crawler), and that car was through it without an issue. It was amazing the places it went. Backwoods Colorado, exploring ghost towns, all of it. All quiet and comfortable in a fine Audi interior.
When you need a true rock crawler, when clearance is the criterion, you need an Unimog (universal motor geraet). It is the only car/truck I know where they integrated a gear into the wheel hubs so that the axles are on the upper edge of the hubs and not in the middle. The gain in clearance is massive.
And the whole design is over 70 years old - they just grew with time.
@@feedingravens the first generation Humvee also has planetary gear sets on the hubs to do the same thing for ground clearance... However yeah, I would own a Unimog loooong before I'd own a Humvee lol
One of the worst ever: unreliable, terminal understeer, no feel for the driver...what could be worse?
Check the ads Audi made driving up the ski jump tower. They filmed that twice. The place is Pitkävuori, Jämsä, Finland.
Adi may be good, but not this good. The Audi in the ski jump tower was pulled by a rope. There's footage floating around showing the preparations for the ad
@@johnscaramis2515 Untrue. The rope was for safety in case the car would not make it.
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Nope. They had safety net and rope but neither was needed or used. The only "cheat" was, that tyres were not street legal. They tried with normal tyres but the drive was too wobbly. That tower can be seen from my childhood home.
Just like a trapetze artist has a safety wire, do did they. And just like The artist, they didn't use that wire for the performance, it was there just for safety.
@@PekkaSiltala you're right, I remembered that wrong. However the rope always was slightly under tension, maybe that's why I misremembered
She didn't show the steel cable that was tied under the car
one legendary 4x4 here in Europe was the Fiat Panda 4x4. look it up!
Yes, I drive a 57 plate (169) and provided ground clearance isn't compromised I can guarantee it will go anywhere. Given it's comparatively low weight it would easily get up the climbs shown in the video 👍🇬🇧....oh and it was made Poland not Italy 🤪
@@steddie4514 OK sockpuppets
I live in Sweden, where we have loads of snow. I have a panda (2007 model) with good winter tires. The roads where I live are really bad in the winter with loads of snow and ice but that little panda has never let me down. Also the engine doesn't have the most power (50hp but there is a 110 HP version) but it's enough and bullet proof. I've never had any issues after 150k km and I've a abused it a lot during the years. My aunt bought I brand new in Germany a d it has been in the family since then.
Totally true, il mitico pandino
I saw it everywhere in Italian alps 😂
Torsen differential is pure gold, some say it's the best 4wd system ever made
I'll have to agree. I have '87 Audi 80 Quattro and it is the best 4wd i've driven. Most fun that you can do with your pants on, especially in the winter.
New quattro (and Xdrive too) are smarter and more efficient, but the amount of beating those Torsens can take is crazy. They're basically unbreakable unless you really try (barring some material error).
Its horses for courses and the Tor(que)Sen(sing) differential is by and large excellent for the road but not for off road, where locking diffs work best and for the track most racers will tell you a plate lsd (ZF type) is king. And then there is Land Rovers open diffs in the axles that are controlled by the brake calipers that can provide a wealth of traction that can apportion power to all the wheels individually depending on their tractive ability - surely the ultimate automatic system.
AWD not 4wd
@@jone8626😂😂😂
For many years Audi used to have an open test track on the ice at Lake Åre next to Sweden's biggest ski resort where people could test their own car on the ice and then borrow a Audi 4WD and compare and they were impressive. That was 20 years ago, so I thought others had caught up, but maybe not.
Glad you enjoyed the audis! I live in sweden and drive a A6 Allroad, with 300hp v6 diesel with quattro 4wd. Never under all my years driving it had it let me down. Last fall i repainted my house, so i hired a 3.5 ton (metric) skylift. When i was done i hooked it to my car and drove it up a 30 degree mudhill, didn´t even spun the wheels. Keep up the interesting and fun videos!
They are excellent, but how often do you need that 4wd? I have been driving 80s fwd cars in snow for the past 20 years with bad tires without a problem. In a cheap 80s Corolla you can just have fun and not worry about something breaking when in a 2020 Sports Hybrid Corolla you get electrical faults and and the whole engine is shaking after few small puddles. And I have never gotten stuck anywhere.
Not a bad choice of car. If you are driving any citroen from the 70-80:ies or a saab from the same era, you are also pretty sure not to get stuck. But i must say most of that still comes down to the driver. You are most likely a highly skilled driver, but when you get older or tired things can go south fast. It´s like the comparision between the porsche 944 turbo and the corvette. The porsche was half a second faster to 60 if you did everything right, clutch, engine rev, gearshift etc. On the other hand, the corvette delivered every time, just any idiot pushed the gas to the floor..@@oskar6747
@@oskar6747 How often to you nned that 4WD ... true, and I wasn't to need it either, just liked all the rest of the Q3, including its consumption that is good as an efficient 2WD. But we have that favorite camp side by the sea, and there are those 3 spots with the perfect ocean view up the little dune that almost always are available for us because so few other cars make it up the slope. We may never need it anywhere else, but man how many times have we been happy to have 4WD.
The best / most used benefit of Audi Quattro-drive is, that it pulls you round fast corners, like driving on rails. That is, what most of us like so much in day to day use - there is sooo much traction in any driving situation.
Ok.. and in Winter on snow it shows even more... just be smart enough to remember, that though you can accelerate better and go faster through snowy-corners - your breaking is the same as everybody else'
(and no matter how many weels you drive... winter tires on snow are a must)
And they are fast as hell and drive like they're on rails because of the Quattro system.
I have ouned a Audi A6 Quattro. You will never get anything better than that. The differential and the electronic behind is outstanding. The only thing to stop it is the ride hight. It can get hanging on it's belly. Most people is driving it wrong. They give it to much throttle. As it's shown in you movie. Just let it get a grip, and it will do what you ask of it. The force is always send to the wheel that HAS grib. The differential is doing the work.
im german and not really a car guy, and its super fun to learn german things with you. expanding my interests a little. your enthusiasm is infectious
Audi Quattro exists (in different versions, of course) since at least the early 1980s.
I was a young child when I first heard about that car, and female racer Michèle Mouton.
Great old Audi TV commercial, I think it was part of the 'introduction' ad campaign for the original TT here in the US. I was a young adult (and sportscar/rally enthusiast) in the '80s, I had quite the 'schoolboy crush' on that woman. 😆
ruclips.net/video/C2zO2bdoblg/видео.html
Same here I've watched the progress on the quattro system for the last 4 decades amazing system 👌
Pikes peak with Michele Mouton in here Audi
Humiliating for all Us greats
@@RedbadvanRijn-ft3vv , and that was back before they paved it all, too!
@@panamafloyd1469 Funny! - they used several bits of Walter Röhrls driving!
The Audi Quattro Coupe…a rarity these days. I owned 3 Coupe GT’s back in the day. That 5 pot sound… Turn the stereo down & listen to the symphony…😁
I owne a '81 Audi Coupe Quattro and it was the only car I never sold as it is an awesome car. The unique sound of those 5 cylinders is giving me goosebumbs every time.
Look twice before you buy an Audi.
i had one to😂
Look twice before you buy an Audi.
i had one to😂😮😊
Look twice before you buy an Audi.
i had one to😂😮
@@melliW1 1.9, 2.1, 2.2. Which one was your favourite?
It's important to mention that all those clips looked to be on road tyres
Great point. Even more impressive for Audi
I'm missing the Audi Quattro Ski Jump commercials in this video.
Torsten 4wd system is the best. Had a 92 V8 Audi and a 99 Passat 4WD and they were the best winter toys
This reminds me so much of that age old commercial where an audi 100 (stock!) drove up a ski ramp in i think finland? only "assistance" he got were spiked tires, not even snowchains. that was wild. if you haven´t seen this definetly worth checking out!
The Audi, going up the stone hill @2:24, was filmed in South Africa on a 4x4 track called De Wildt on the border of two provinces, North West and Gauteng. The license plate has 6 digits plus 2 extras that indicate the Province of GP(Gauteng Province).
Lekker dag,
I have heard about this area, cheatah game logde but never been there. Will remember it by my next trip in the gangster provience, totsins, Thomas
For these trails im using my Unimog ❤..there is no better crosscar...maybe the Leopard 2 tank...😂😂😂😂😂
Scammell Explorer for me
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Most / all this footage looks to be "northern Sweden", where they have a "harsh climate car testing area" which many manufacturers go to. Frozen lakes, snowy inclines ... and if you come early you can even do the "muddy autumn season".
I have a Q7 and I have taken it off-road several times in Colorado and California. I would put it up against most stock pickups for off-road. I also have a built Jeep on 40s. The q7 just gets traction and this is on summer tires. The air suspension gives it enough lift. And for winter, you can't get any better in the snow.
Have you never seen the old Audi ad? You'd see a Quattro driving UP a ski jump ramp.
My last car was a VW Touareg (same platform as Audi Q7) luxury car, with adjustable air suspension and incredible off road. They make incredible cars for off road.
Remember the S1 in the early-mid 80s... 0 - 60 on gravel in under 5 seconds.
..and don´t forget the Pikes peak record from Walter Röhrl in 1987.
I've been a VW guy most of my life (I'm 61 now). I had a 1987 Audi 4000 Quattro, and I think it's the best car I ever owned. That car could hand a foot and a half of snow no problem with it's Nokian winter tires. I live in a snowbelt area and I used to go carve the powder with it. That was 1987... with new electronics and computers in todays models, I can only imagine how good they are now. VW's 4Motion system is basically the VW branded version of Quattro.
I can only confirm this. here in germany, some streets look like military training grounds.
German engineering is crazy good. They know what they are doing.
Hey, I would suggest to check out the "Wölfe im Schafspelz" series by Grip. It´s about massiv understatement cars and how they win aginst sports cars on the autobahn.
I love every part and they never fail to impress.
Those a city vehicles. They are polished, fancy, modern and good looking. They are meant for the road, they are not pure SUV, just jacked up. But whenever you need them they always deliver. Audi's quattro is no joke.
As always a great video. Not too long ago i watched some videos from the channel "The Fast Lane Car" and they took a VW Touareg SUV to MOAB and some crazy trails and also compared it to a Wrangler and a pickup truck. That was fun to watch and maybe you might enjoy it too. Often only the tires and approach angle hold smaller SUVs back.
As a Mercedes guy, there is no better 4x4 than quattro. Especially on snow, just unbelievable
Subaru. But Audi is in a neck on neck.
Can't remember the year but the first time Audie went to Pikes peak they shocked the local boys when it pissed all over it ??What made it worse was when they realised it was being driven by French Rally Driver Michelle Mouchon & She Aced it ? The Start of the Quatro Legend !!
The legend started 1981...
...but Micheles victory 1985 was awesome! And best was the insult to injury: She compared her really brutal stint to to the top to - _verbally!_ - a "...dance, a BALLET" around the corners!!!
Now imagine all those Bud-light dozed, bigheaded hardcore superhero Gung-Ho Yanks not only FUCKED OVER HARD by a little french girl, but also told their no.1 national pride hillclimb was nothing more than a _BALLET_ for her???
When i saw that video first time i just lost it - i laughed out so hard, i fell from my chair!
I'd love to see a few of those cars with a bit of a lifted suspension, and some detected mud/snow tires.. I bet they'll do a LOT more than most Americans think they would.
We're currently driving an Audi A4 B5 (the follow-up of the Audi 80) wagon from 2001 and an Audi A3 8P from 2003. Sadly both aren't quattros, but still they're great!
I've driven a Volkswagen Golf Mk5 and a Golf Mk7 wagon before.
You should see a tiny Fiat Panda 4x4 in action... its impressive what that little thing can do!
Probably the only good car that Fiat has ever created, that is universally liked basically everywhere.
Amazing stuff, but have in mind......in winter conditions the break distance is the same as what ever you drive...people tend to mess this up with 4x4 wheel drive! 😅
Greetings from Sweden!
Had an A4 Quattro when I was in Michigan and it was night and day difference in the snow, felt like there was control the whole time. Just point the wheel and give it a little gas and yup that’s where it’s heading
You should see newer versions of quattro mind blowing
Ian , Have a look at Audi a8’s towing stuff out on difficult places , I owned one for a few years was awesome Orr road and in the snow
That's one badass limo, but for all things you wouldn't expect in limo.
love all the Aussie legends in the background, gods i miss my VL Calais
It's funny, Audi in Europe have always been synonymous with all weather conditions power. The whole Quattro brand of Audi that both engineers their LMP racers and provides expertise for their allroad and S/RS road cars is the biggest brand image for Audi - similar to BMW M and AMG.
Audi all wheel drive here is as famous as Subaru AWD in the US.
Chapeau for your interest outside US.
Greetings from Bavaria.
For your beer contest :
Try to get Augustiner Edelstoff, from Munich.
Augustiner is one of my favourites ever since I tried it. Normally I stick to "Helles Weizen" and Pilsener (just a few sorts really)
@@RSProduxx "Schneider Weiße" helles Weizenbier
Alt "Schneider Aventinus"
Dunkler Weizenbock.
Heavy Stuff 😁
9:59 The Holden Commodore I had it has the abs system. It would get you out of a bog by braking the wheel that slipped. I got out of a few bogs but you can smell the brake pads burning. I don't think it would last long.
I owned an Audi A4 Quattro for 7 years and it was just brilliant. As I live in the UK I put all season tyres on it and it would go anywhere. Snow, ice, rain, mud and yes sunshine when we got it. It never let me down, nor did the tyres.
Hey Ian,great video.just reminding you that the Bathurst 12 hour endurance race is on this weekend.
European & Japanese ideas of what traction control & astonishing road-holding performance is, are very different to American "standards" for the same thing! 😂😂😂
I drive a 22 years old first gen. A8 W12 it has quattro it just not only help with snow and ice but also with stability at high speeds .
( it will reach the 200mph) you will always feel connected to the road.
Audi Quattro is so amazing, for safety i'd wish every car had this. Owned an A5 once with 340hp and even in the pooring rain and fresh tires it didnt slip when i pulled up. and it was a V6 diesel it pulled crazy!
Audi is the best , I drive quattro for 11 years now
You can think of the quattro system, as the reverse of a diff. Instead of giving more power to the wheel which is slipping, it gives it to the wheel which has the most grip. Between all 4 wheels, front/back + left/right.
Unlike most other 4x4s with either limited slip diffs or diff-locks. Quattro actively adjusts where the engine power goes, to maximise the traction.
"Everything's wrong with this" made my day.
own a 2006 Audi Q7 3.0 Tdi for with 425000 km (264000 mls) and it is by far the best most reliable car I have ever had, Q7's are great for Australian roads both tar and dirt, wet and dry.
Hey Ian friend, just a little head up so u can understand Quattro ,,, while all 4x4 are known as Reactive Transmissions , the Quattro is well know as Proactive ... clearing up : Reactive means, the system rteacts starting the moment the traction is lost and tried to find a way to regain that traction .... PROACTIVE : 24/7 looking for small loss in each wheel and try to correct the traction via ECU. .. thats the difference between Quattro , Xdrive,Motion etc... eacj has a different buil in system they are proud of.
This was how the system was explained to me. In normal driving these cars are 2 wheel drive, often the front wheels. The Quattro system only send drive to rear wheels when it’s needed and turns it off if only the front has grip. It also links into antilock braking system and the traction control systems to assist if more than 2 wheels are slipping.
Four wheel drive systems fitted on street and performance cars don’t have the “Off Road” reasons for having it fitted. It has become associated with ‘start line’ traction for acceleration and improved handling at speed on tarmac surfaces. As you said Ian, Quattro was invented for rally cars where traction is the key to winning. People seem to have forgotten about that.
Audi shocks the racing world in the 30s, the WRC in the 80s and the IMSA in the the 90s. Wait what they will do in 2026 in F1. I am so looking forward to it.
I am Not shocked 😂. Have personally seen an A6 pull a full semi truck plus trailer up a snowy hill, and an A4 pulling a John Deere out of a ditch.( no idea about the engine it had, and guessing the trailer was empty) . Also seen clips from fifth gear , so we know the Touareg can tow a Boeing 747 without breaking a sweat. So from what i've seen real life and on screen, they are like the farmers sons that went to college. You get an educated man that still knows how to hold a shovle. And i like those people. And those cars.
I owned an A6 Allroad 2.5 tdi with 200hp in the italian alps, went literally everywhere. 40cm fresh snow, hydraulic lift and off I went, like a plow. Sometimes I was the only one capable of leaving for work, obviously with good winter tires, no chains. Best car I ever had. One day a bike drove into me from behind, bike was destroyed, guy was fine, Audi had a little dent. Absolute tank!!
Driver knowledge helps. These shown are all mechanical Torsen AWD where the smaller Audi Q system is electronic Haldex like I have on my S3.
The local point to point horse racing course is a ploughed field 42 weeks a year. Leaving, times I know I'd have needed a tractor in a normal FWD car that I have had no trouble getting out...yet there are Range and Discovery drivers with low understanding of their vehicles that will always get stuck.
It bombs round B roads but for the six odd weeks a year it gets shitty here, even the Haldex gives me immense reassurance.
LOL 0:12 LUNA YAWN🤣
I have a Mitsubishi Lancer that also tried to compete and when too many rules entered WRC, they decided to stop.
I was very surprised to see so much Audi, when i was in Sweden once. But it was logical: while wintertime they have a lot of havy snowed and iced roads. A Audi Quatro with spike tyres is the best You can drive in this circumstances
I had a Q7 from 07 to 12, that was probably the most stable and capable truck I've owned. I've pulled a lot of trucks out of snow banks and icy inclines..
Great stuff man! Here in Brazil we have a hatchback called FIAT Uno. It's cheap, small but indestructible. They don't sell them anymore, but you still can spot a lot of them, specially in the country areas.
You should look it up. Cheers! ✌🏽
1:35-2:02 is a russian youtuber called Manager Anton.
He has done some wild stuff with that A6
The video blocks the view 😁 nice cat 🐺
According to my memory 4WD was available for special off road vehicles until the 1970ies - at least in Germany - but possibly in Austria, Switzerland and other European countries too. AFAIR only Subaru was offering "normal" passenger cars with 4WD (around that time small offroad cars like Suzuki became popular as well). And I think it was an option for some vans like the VW Bus / Bully. Here again the original first generation Audi Quattro was the first car/sports car with permanent 4WD. After that Audi started to offer other models to be equipped with 4WD too. Seeing Audi having success with that strategy other manufacturers in Germany started trying that too.
There's a reasonable use for such cars in Europe since quite a number of people are living in the countryside. And you don't have to live in the Alps to appreciate 4WD. Roads are covered and improved with tarmac but particularly during winter you'd have to wait quite some time for road service coming along to clear the roads from snow and ice, spreading grit material too. Still - just concerning the road - a front wheel drive will often be perfectly sufficient. But as soon as the car leaves the road you'd find yourself in a difficult situation quite often. That's when a 4WD is a serious advantage.
Another reason to have 4WD is more frequently pulling trailers like camping trailers or trailers for transporting bigger stuff or animals eg. horses. It's not really necessary but in certain situations it could be more comfortable to have 4WD.
A problem with real offroad vehicles can be seen in the position of their centre of mass which is comparably high above the road. With normal cars the centre of mass is usually a bit deeper and nearer to the surface of the road so that they tend to provide a more stable connection to the ground which is improved even more by the more comfortable design of their suspension.
10:21 As long as a wheel has grip, it moves forward...
"Audi advances through technology" Is an Audi advertising slogan from Germany
The Audi 4 wheel drive system was designed for rally driving. Everyone thought they were crazy because of the extra weight but it wasn't long before everybody had 4x4 in their rally cars.
5:33 Probably the reason why they are so good at being daily drivers in places like you said is that they are thoroughly tested in extreme conditions. Quattro from Audi is without any doubt one of the best "day to day" 4x4 systems in existence
My mum had an Audi 80 B3 quattro when I was very little - tore through flooded, ill-maintained, narrow country roads with ease.
Currently, many passenger cars from the Volkswagen group have a 4 x4 drive. For example, Skoda Octavia 4x4 as seen in the video titled ŠKODA OCTAVIA 4X4 SNOW COMPILATION!! What I like most about Volkswagen is the windshield heating system based on foil covered with silver particles (in summer it reduces the heating of the car interior) . Check out the Suzuki Jimny car
Audi (torsen - quattro) is not the same as VW / SKODA Haldex.
@@mbc1994some vw in past uses also torsen passat b2, and b5
@@generationx227 True , just as some small Audis use Haldex. The point was just to clarify that there are two very different awd systems used.
@@mbc1994 The point here is that Audi belongs to Volkswagen. It is known that Audi uses other technologies, after all, it is a premium brand that is valued very highly. Although currently, in the era of cost minimization, universal car platforms are being designed. What differentiates the brands on these platforms is the quality of the materials used. I can say from experience that, for example, the pistons in the Audi A 2 engine had thicker walls than the pistons in the Skoda Fabia engine, although both small cars had the same engine.
Look up the Audi Quattro Sky Jump video commercial, the Original or Remake
the q7 and the touareg and the cayenne of that generation (2006) had very good traction control, which allowed them to really be effective off roading
its all the same audi car underneath , same platform different shell
Lifted my wife's '19 Outback 3 inches and slapped some aggressive siped ATs on it. I'd trust that thing with my life on mud or snow over my Tundra every day of the week. Modern AWD tech is bonkers.
TBH I wouldn´t have thought they´d do so well in hard offroading stuff, especially with regular street/ winter tyres
Having two driven axles wasn't necessarily a new idea, but it had never been applied to a small vehicle like a sedan. In doing so, Audi created what we now refer to as all-wheel drive. For a while they where smashing every rally, untill the competition caught up. So yeah, they're awesome at this kind of stuff. However due to all the complex technology, the average annual Audi maintenance and repair cost is relatively high. Largely because Audis experience unexpected issues at a rate roughly double that of the average vehicle. While needed repairs aren't much more likely than average to be severe, even common Audi repairs can be costly.
There were 4wds or awds in smaller cars, even in the US. But the difference is in the Quattro´s internal distribution system - Audi built the first "non-clumsy" awd.
When the Audi Quattro first came out in 1980 it completely changed world rallying. Within a few years every rally car was 4WD.
You might be surprised how many of them use the (Swedish) Haldex awd trans. From VAG (Inc quartro) to Saab to GM and Ford
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haldex_Traction
My Yeti uses the Haldex AWD system. It's great.
Sure - mostly the smaller vehicles, A3, S3, Q3 of the Audis. The rest uses "proper" Quattro with the Torsen diff.
@jarls5890 smaller in the audi garage, but haldex has an impressive range of larger vehicles from VW transporters to bugatti chiron. Its a versatile platform and with the right traction control works great off road. The torsen is the daddy in audi, no doubt. I was just saying how surprisingly widespread the haldex is
@@chiggsmcfallen2711 Yes no doubt! Haldex's big advantage over Torsen is fuel efficiency as the electronic/hydraulic system disconnects "half the wheels" when "not needed" as I understand it. Unlike Torsen which is on "all the time" (it is one big lump of gears and cogs).
@@jarls5890👍50mpg in my haldex octavia. 20 in my LR discovery
The AUDI QUATTRO system was introduced in 1980, as a very clever permanent 4wheel drive system.😊😊😊
Audi have done at least two winter stunts official. One driving up a big ski jump, and one driving up one of the steepest ski slopes
With good winter tires a jeep is also really good for stuff like that.. Greetings from Augsburg /Germany
And this is why we rarely drive pickup trucks 😉
I HAVE SEEN AN AUDI A6 QUATTRO PULL A LOADED SEMI ON A SNOWY ROAD. VERY IMPRESSIVE. AUDI HAVE SOME OF THE BEST 4X4s
4:10 This also works with a fully grown 40 ton truck
Watch a lot of Matt's offroad recovery, and count the amount of Audi/Volkswagens that need rescue. It's mostly Jeep and Ford. And rented Honda's for some reason. Never a Q7.
I appreciate you saying Audi correctly. Most people in the US pronounce it wrong.
Quattro is the best System. i own a RSQ3 Sporback , my Wife has a TTRS and i also got an Oldtimer an Urquattro from 1984. 5 Cylinders Sound is so Unique and reminds me about when i was young watching Walter Röhrl rallying in the S1.
from my experience driving audis... they drive like a sledgehammer, very front heavy, understeer alot but because of that extra front weight, they can get you out from muddy situations :D
there was a video of audi 4x4 in Russia, where everyone was stuck in the snow on the road and the audi drives off road besides the road in 5 foot snow like 40 MPH....pushing wet snow over his winshield and roof....how did he know where he is going, IDK
edit: if you google " Audi goes through deep snow like a plow"
you get something similar of a video
ruclips.net/video/S0ul5GUFeoo/видео.html
the Audi quatro system, and the Subaru awd, are fitted to regular daily drivers, and are forever what you want. Any other vehicle with actual 4 wheel drive, are built like a off-roader, lifted and bigger tyres, like a landrover, jeep, rav4, landcruiser etc etc, . So I can see this is an eye opener for an american :P.. welcome to the world dude =)
There is an old lada 4x4 you should check out. The thing was unstoppable
Or check out the suzuki jimny
That's the Lada Niva you're referring to...
They tested the old Lada in offroad against Hummer, Jeep (Wrangler or such) and Suzuki Samurai... It was a battle between Lada and Suzuki at the end, no other competition was spotted :)
@@mikeilkycook6832 that's the fella
@@RSProduxx nice, it's like the Russian 2cv
Pls watch the demo where the the audi drove up a ski ramp and the new one where a etron drove on snow with 85% steep
When I think of off-road here in Germany, I think of Rally first. Nobody drives a jeep or truck at the rally. From small cars like a VW Polo to larger ones like Audi A6 or the like.
They don't show the large spikes that were mounted here. They show how to climb a mountain, but they don't show how often he had to repeat it.
if you have to take this car to the workshop. then you also pay a mountain of money😢
I wouldn't buy this car.
Many greetings from Germany😁
Audi Quatro appeared from 1980! And was built and sold even to USA from then. Audi Q7 was also sold in the USA from 2007!
I have a 2011 Q7 3.0lt tdi and love it .11 to 1200km out of a tank of diesel .😊
easy way to do the power management on the wheels is have open diff and just brake the wheel that is spinning to let the wheel with traction the work
No, the easiest way is AUDI QUATTRO, let the car do it for you!!!😊😊😊
Ian, remember watching Walter Röhrl? This was the beginning of quattro, as fas as I know. No jeeps or SUVs in rally
And best thing: from the off-road track directly on the Autobahn, driving over 250 km/h (if wished)
Walter Röhrl+ Audi wasn´t a good start he don´t get the same material what his Teammate get. search the story about where he want push his Audi in front of a camera over the cliff if Audi(Roland Gumpert) don´t give him the same good material, he is Worldchampion with a Fiat 124 and a Opel Ascona and not with Audi.
@@mariojakel5544 not getting the some of the same material and not winning isn't synonymous with not being a big part in testing the quattro when initially introduced and developed. Wasn't there even the races in the US where Audi tested it? And let's not forget his rage fueled "Nebelfahrt" in Arganil, after his own Fiat service car caused him to crash and he didn't get any support as Fiat preferred his team colleague. This revenge he took by showing his superior skills was incredible.
@@ileana8360 it was simply cheaper hire Walter as drive against him. His skill are undisputed he show it many Times like the legendary night of arganil(Portugal) in his Fiat or 2min faster at the Nürburgring in the Rain as Nicky Lauda. As a Person he is a typical bavarian Grantler :)
@@mariojakel5544 well, as I've mentioned, I love his Arganil revenge and even repeating it decades later was phenomenal. However, in my book, he isn't a Grantler, but a flat out narcissist with an effing lot of talent and skill. And as I don't have to socialise in any way with him, I can enjoy watching and admire him. A Grantler has to much of a sympathatic touch to be attributed to Walter.
Walter Röhrl has nothing to do with the developement of the original Audi Quattro. He didn´t join Audi until 1984. Only after that he was involved, mainly in the Trans Am and the IMSA GTO.
And do not call him "narcissist" again - you have obviously no clue what you´re blabbering about.
Quite a few of those Audi Q7:s looked to be first gen to me, which is essentially the same car as the first gen VW Toureg and Porsche Cayenne (Newer ones still share platform, but gen 1 was widely thought to be the best for off road). Both the VW and Porsche platform siblings are even better offroad though, courtesy of their better ground clearance, better approach/departure angle and (I think) more comprehensive off road packs availible as options.
There are better cars off road these days, but I dont think there is any car built that can combine the off road ability, with daily driver comfort, with the pretty fast on road performance that platform can do with larger engines... Certainly nothing came remotely close at the time. Downside is of course the so-so reliability in the long run...