Audi Quattro Sport
In the early ’80s, Audi had just upgraded Volkswagen with little to offer. Then, the motorsport department proposed entering the rally championships with an innovative all-wheel drive model called the Quattro. Suddenly, Audi had a championship-winning car and was at the forefront of two new technologies: all-wheel drive systems and turbocharging (via Piston Heads).
This resulted in rising interest in this company and the rise of Audi as we know it today has started. The Quattro Sport featured a 2.1-liter straight five-cylinder engine with a turbocharger and 306 horsepower in street trim. With its short wheelbase, light body panels, a short ratio gearbox, and 306 ready to jump in any moment, the road-going Quattro Sport was capable of achieving 0 to 60 mph in just 4.8 seconds. This made it one of the quickest cars of its era and showed how capable the Quattro all-wheel-drive system and turbo were.