1:18 Audi Quattro – Audi Sport – Mouton/Pons – Rallye De Portugal 1981

Description

About the car

The Quattro is the first sports coupé with permanent all-wheel drive to be produced in series by the brand. The first generation was powered by a 5-cylinder, 2.1-litre, 10-valve engine (WR type) with turbocharger and intercooler, which increased power to 200 horsepower (compared to 170 horsepower in the version without intercooler that equipped the 200 Turbo).

The Audi Quattro is easily recognizable by its widened fenders and specific bumpers, which differentiate it from the Audi GT coupe from which it is derived.

The 0 to 100 km/h time is 7.1 seconds, and the top speed is 222 km/h.

About the Brand

As a German sports car manufacturer and a subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group, Audi owns 99.55 percent of the brand. The company is headquartered in Ingolstadt, Bavaria. With a presence in 55 different countries around the world, Audi is present in most segments of the passenger car market, including the high-end sports car segment through its two subsidiaries, Lamborghini, and Audi Sport. As of 2012, the firm sold 1,524,635 vehicles, the most since its founding in 1909, and ranks as one of the world’s most profitable automakers.

There is a play on words between “Audi,” which means “hear” or “listen” in Latin, and the last name of the founder, August Horch, who founded the company on July 16, 1909.

About the Manufacturer

Minichamps is a German brand of miniatures based in the city of Aachen. In 1990, the company was founded under the name of Paul’s Model Art, and it was not until 1996 that the company was renamed Minichamps. The company offers a large number of replicas in various scales, but their Formula 1 cars are mainly offered in 1/18 or 1/43 scale.

The Minichamps range is known as one of the largest in the industry, they currently have models of all the world”s major car manufacturers and many types of racing cars and sports teams. Providing the widest range of products of any model producer, Minichamps is a true innovator in the field.