The Audi Sport Quattro may have dominated rally in the ‘80s and very early ‘90s, but Audi has yet to revive the iconic coupe for production. However, that hasn’t stopped the German car maker from teasing a revival concept on more than one occasion.
More recently, Audi showed off the 2013 Audi Sport Quattro Concept at that year’s Frankfurt Motor Show. Built to celebrate the Sport Quattro’s 30th anniversary, the biggest takeaway was its powertrain: Yes, it featured the current version of the Quattro all-wheel-drive system, but it also had a hybrid powerplant under its hood.
Rated for a combined 700 horsepower and 590 lb.-ft. of torque, the plug-in hybrid setup composed of a 4.0-liter V8 (good for 552 horsepower and 516 lb.-ft. of torque) mated to an electric motor (said to be capable of 148 horsepower and 295 lb.-ft. of torque). That hybrid power was then sent to all four corners through an eight-speed automatic transmission.
Getting to 60 from a standstill was said to take less than four seconds and was able to reach a top speed of 189 mph, though the concept was reported to still be able to get around 94 mpg.
Do we deserve a new Quattro from Audi, or is the world not yet ready for the revival of that name—especially as a high-performance hybrid?
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So to show how far they Audi is now off. This is the 40th year special edition "Quattro" that they are selling at the same price as the RS6 Wagon in euro. Then again they sold them all.
I love the design that they were pushing back in the day when they did this but the RS7 is better looking.
Audi really screwed up never making this body no matter what drivetrain it had.
wearymicrobe said:I love the design that they were pushing back in the day when they did this but the RS7 is better looking.
Shut yo mouth! 
Javelin (Forum Supporter) said:Audi really screwed up never making this body no matter what drivetrain it had.
Word. I doubt buyers would have bought it with the added cost of the concept's powerplant, which I assume would be R8 territory. However, it could have easily been powered by any number of RS4/5/6/7 lumps and still seen sales. Audi of all companies obviously isn't afraid of recycling the same drivetrains across a wide variety of chassis that serve no real purpose other than styling exercises.
When I see these types of concepts I tend to just get irritated they didn't build it. Aside from the interchangable OMGWTFBBQ engine there's nothing unrealistic about that concept.
That kink is secksy
Those looks would have been a win even if they'd put it on mundane A3 mechanical bits.
They did the same thing every other manufacturer does. Present a great concept car that looks producible, let everyone drool over it, then don't build it (or make such a watered down version no one buys it)
Big like. I also turn my head for every A5/S5 I ever see. Love that formal coupe roofline.
here is a great youtube video from Grand Tour about the first Quattro racing and how it bent the rules to run all wheel drive....
This is nice and all but the real question is can you get it with a manual trans?
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