Audi Quattro Sport
In the early ’80s, Audi just upgraded Volkswagen with little to offer. Then, the motorsport department proposed entering rally championships with an innovative all-wheel drive model called the Quattro. All of a sudden, Audi had a championship-winning car (via Piston Heads).
This resulted in rising interest in this company and the rise of Audi as we know it today started. The Quattro Sport featured a 2.1-liter straight five-cylinder engine with a turbocharger and 306 hp in street trim. With a short wheelbase, light body panels, short-ratio gearbox, and 306 horses ready to jump any moment, the road-going Quattro Sport could achieve 0 to 60 mph in just 4.8 seconds. The car showed how capable Quattro’s all-wheel-drive system and turbo are.