Quattro/S2 Audi retroquattro with 1.060 kg + 500ps coming up!!

[Tumbo]

Yeah.
Check it out.
I heard this, from safe source:

Audi is working on a retroquattro. In september 2010, its coming. Its a modern version of the old Urquattro that will be build with Audis new lightweighttechnique. The cars weight is 1.060 kg!!! and it pumps out 500 horses from its 2.5l turbo engine - this time monted in length, like good old times. Its also gonna be build in 333 cars (just as the R8 GT)

GOD DAMNIT!!! I love being an Audi fan nowadays!

 

[Poverty]

longitudinal

Real quattro atleast

 

[Mockenrue]

Tumbo - presumably it'll be a B8-based car (A5)?

 

[DaSilva]

Tumbo - presumably it'll be a B8-based car (A5)?

You mean like this?

I would die to own one of those... THIS is the only kind of history lesson I love...

Audi .... quattro....

"Ever thought that Audis are a bit on the boring side these days? This one certainly isn't.
Project Anniversario is a shot in the arm for Ingolstadt,
a hardcore sports coupé carrying on where the ur Quattro and Quattro S1 Rallye left off.

Our artist's impression captures the essence of
Project Anniversario – a lighter, stronger, faster Audi S5 Quattro planned for 2012.
It was conceived as a back-patting anniversary present to mark Audi's centenary,
but that date has now slipped back owing to the global financial slowdown.
But the latest intelligence received by CAR suggests that
Audi is still deadly seriously about putting the uber-S5 into production.

Project Anniversario: the lowdown

Remember the Quattro S1 Rallye? We certainly do.
With a revised version of the original ur-Quattro’s 2.1-litre five-cylinder engine,
it kicked out 302bhp over the normal car's 200. The new 2012 car (the neu Quattro?)
takes inspiration directly from the S1 with revised body panels, shorter overhangs
and a twin-turbo V6 massaged to a fulsome 425bhp.

Project Anniversario is light as well as strong. Audi's engineers are targeting
a 1400kg kerbweight; insiders inform us that lighter hang-on body panels,
new seats and a revised cabin trim will achieve the 240kg saving over the regular S5.
Also in the mix are lighter drivetrain parts, a miniaturised air-con compressor
and electrically operated auxiliaries.

Other techincal features under discussion include a ‘flybrid’
energy recovery system and a 400bhp version of the TT RS’s five-cylinder turbo.

Visually the new Quattro again takes its inspiration from the S1 with flared wings,
bonnet scoops and an angular rear spoiler, depicted in our artist's impression.
Rally-inspired alloys finish the purposeful look.

All looks very promising, so why is Audi delaying the project?

As we’ve all noticed, the world is in the grip of the greatest
financial depression since the aftermath of WW1.
The new model will have to present a solid business case as well as justifying
its existence within a Volkswagen group focused on making ecological brand statements.
Project Anniversario is signed off and ready to go, but is on hold while
the number crunchers do their thing.

If a business case is made, expect to see the uber-Quattro revealed
in late 2010 in time for the original Quattro’s 30th anniversary. We can hardly wait."

 

[Audi69]

Please please please!!

 

[darkop]

not to disappoint anyone, but this is highly unlikely...

 

[Tumbo]

not to disappoint anyone, but this is highly unlikely...

More sources have come this weekend.

I drove the R8 V10 today, and the Audi salesman said exactly the same thing! The Retroquattro is coming!!!!!!

 

[darkop]

More sources have come this weekend.

I drove the R8 V10 today, and the Audi salesman said exactly the same thing! The Retroquattro is coming!!!!!!

oh, man, I so wish this is true!
but we would have seen it on the road till now testing, right?
maybe as a concept though... who knows, but one thing for sure is not to trust a salesman 100% cause they usually know less than we do (being car maniacs )...

 

[NarutoRamen]

[/I]

This looks awesome.

 

[hoffmeister_fan]

I think they ought to base it on the S5 Sportback, but it'd be more difficult to put on a diet versus the 2-door.

 

[NarutoRamen]

I think they ought to base it on the S5 Sportback, but it'd be more difficult to put on a diet versus the 2-door.

I think it would be much easier to turn the rear of the coupe into a hatch than modify the S5 sportback.

 

[VroomVroom]

Awesome news!

Wonder if Audi may even consider joining the WRC and claim back their rally heritage