8/25/2023 0 Comments Cool car stripes![]() ![]() The year 1984 was to be Audi’s crowning season, with the Quattro, now sporting a new yellow stripe with the arrival of HB Cigarettes sponsorship, storming to both the manufacturer’s and driver’s title, this time with Stig Blomqvist behind the wheel. Its secret was four-wheel drive, and a year later, at the 1981 World Rally Championship, it took three series wins.Īudi didn’t stop there, with the Quattro A1 helping Audi on its way to the manufacturer’s championship in 1981, before Mikkola claimed the elusive driver’s title a year later in the A2. Sporting a simple red, white and black colour scheme, and driven by Hannu Mikkola, it set times that would have won him the event by almost 30 minutes. When the Audi Quattro made its debut in 1980 at the Algarve Rally as a non-competitive course car, little did the world know what was to come. Unfortunately, during the main race, the 917/20 dropped out shortly before the end (while running in fifth position) due to an accident. It was the fastest car during the pre-race qualification session, even though it was totally untested. Unsurprisingly, when Porsche rocked up at Circuit de la Sarthe it caused a sensation… and not just because it was painted like Babe. In a genuine instance of ROFLcopter German humour, Porsche designer Anatole Lapine decided to paint the whole thing pink then label each of the 917’s ‘body parts’ according to the butcher-style cuts. Finally, the nose was equally low and flat like that of the new long-tail coupé, but shorter. The track width remained unchanged, and the wheels were hidden deep in the wheel housings. ![]() A one-off amalgamation of the short and long tail 917 to try and make the ultimate aerodynamic, balanced 917, its body was extremely wide and it had extremely rounded wheel cut-outs. Meet Porsche’s 1971 Le Mans contender, a pink pig in the shape of the Porsche 197/20.
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