Rally Car for sale – 1982 Audi Quattro A1

This 1982 Audi Quattro A1 is being offered for Auction at the Bonhams Goodwood 73rd Members’ meeting event that is running on March 21, 2015.

From the lot listing for this Audi Quattro Rally Car for sale:

Ex-works, Hannu Mikkola/Arne Hertz
1982 Audi Quattro A1 Group B Rally Car
Chassis no. WAUZZZ85ZDA900012

Audi’s win in 1983, when Hannu Mikkola took his first World Drivers’ Championship, had been achieved despite a rule change that placed the Quattro at a notional disadvantage compared to the lighter two-wheel drive Lancia Rally 037. Manufactured during the first quarter of 1982, this well-restored Group B Quattro is one of the works cars that helped him achieve that well-deserved success after so many years in rallying. Mikkola used ‘900012’ (at that time in Group 4 specification) in the 1982 Monte Carlo Rally, finishing 2nd behind the Opel Ascona of Walter Rohrl, and in that year’s Swedish Rally in which he finished 16th. It was then retained for training duties well into the 1983 season before being converted by Audi to Group B specification and sold. Its purchaser was the Finnish VW/Audi importer and for the next few years the Quattro would be driven by the famous ex-SAAB rally driver, Antero Laine.

From Wikipedia:

The original Audi Quattro competition car debuted in 1980, first as a development car, and then on a formal basis in the 1980 Janner Rally in Austria. Largely based on the bodyshell of the road-going Quattro models (in contrast to the forthcoming Group B cars), the engine of the original competition version produced approximately 300 bhp (224 kW; 304 PS). In 1981, Michèle Mouton became the first female driver to win a world championship rally, piloting an Audi Quattro.[1] Over the next three years, Audi would introduce the A1 and A2 evolutions of the Quattro in response to the new Group B rules, raising power from the turbocharged inline 5-cylinder engine to around 350 bhp (261 kW; 355 PS).

The Quattro A1 debuted at the WRC 1983 season opener Monte Carlo Rally, and went on to win the Swedish Rally and the Rally Portugal in the hands of Hannu Mikkola. Driven by Stig Blomqvist, Mikkola and Walter Röhrl

PRICE: Auction Estimate –£240,000 – £280,000

Check out the auction Lot information at bonhams.com.

UPDATEWe now have a price – The Car sold for £247,900 inc. premium