- Hardcover: 176 pages
- Publisher: J H Haynes & Co Ltd; illustrated edition edition (8 May 1998)
- Language English, Romanian
- ISBN-10: 185960403X
- ISBN-13: 978-1859604038
- Product Dimensions: 27.7 x 21.5 x 1.9 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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'Informative if you're a fan, indispensible if you're running one of these complex modern classics on your own' Classic & Sports Car 'an excellent guide' The Independent
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The Audi Quattro is possibly the ultimate practical supercar. It offers breathtaking performance from its 200+ bhp turbocharged engine, along with unparalled grip and security of four-wheel drive. The fact that it was always handbuilt on a seperate production line makes it unique among affordable performance cars. Its mystique has been considerably enhanced by the profound effect it has had on the World Rally Championship. Production of the Quattro as a road car ceased in 1991, but the four-wheel drive principle has been carried across Audi's whole range. This book includes the history, development and competition heritage as well as information on buying, running, owning and tuning a Quattro. It covers how the car was first concieved in 1977 and the effect it had when first displayed at the Geneva Motor Show in 1980, and includes details of where and when it rallied, with results lists and drivers' details. It addition, it has a full description of road cars with specifications, production numbers, and what changed when.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Informative and useful guide to the Audi Quattro,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Audi Quattro Book: Buying, Repairing and Tuning (Hardcover)
If you are looking at buying or simply just interested in the original Audi Quattro this book is an excellent reference point. The history of the car from the initial development to the last production model are covered in some depth. Also covered briefly is the rally pedigree and a very useful guide to buying your own car (very hard to find a good one now so you need all the help you can get!) The guide to upgrading your car is limited as the subject is vast with the different model line up, 10v 20v, Torsen Non Torsen etc. Could do with a little more colour but on the whole a good read.
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3.7 out of 5 stars (7 customer reviews) 11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Better than nothing, I guess...,
By Jeffrey Goggin - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Audi Quattro Book: Buying, Repairing and Tuning (Hardcover)
As an Ur-Q fan and owner, I had high hopes for this book but was disappointed by several factors: 1) The amount of filler (does a book targeted at such a narrow audience really need a section on how a radiator is rebuilt or a wheel is refinished? I think not); 2) The lack of original insight into the design or production of these cars (frankly, this book could have been written ten years ago) and 3) The total lack of nitty-gritty details about the car that requires years of firsthand experience with them to uncover ... although the author is also an owner, one almost suspects he bought the car simply to establish his bona fides and not due to any longstanding attraction to or fascination with them.Of course, satisfying a hard-core Ur-Q fan such as myself may be a difficult (if not impossible!) task. For those readers who've only recently come to learn that Audi was making AWD cars as far back as 1980, this book is probably a good introduction to them; for those of us already in-the-know, however, it comes across as yet another opportunity missed. 6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Don't buy this book,
By Arthur E Johnston - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Audi Quattro Book: Buying, Repairing and Tuning (Hardcover)
This is an Audi book written for English consumers--with English address for information and repair, and (I think) models that were popular in England. Not much applies to cars common in the U.S., like Audi 4000's or 5000's (are they the same as the 80's, 90's, A6's (I don't know and the book doesn't say.))There is some brief history of Audi, a lot of racing history, and lot of turbo information, and not much else. The buying section is poor and mainly for overseas, the repairing section is only a few generic pictures and narratives and nothing usable, and the tuning only applies to turbos and high performance, nothing usable for the normal driver. There is little about how the AWD works and how to optimally drive it for the normal driver. A few tidbits of information, but definitly not a reference book. There is a whole chapter on how to keep your car from being stolen, which I found silly. Some nice pictures of race cars. I find this an armchair book and not much else. 2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
This book is worth its money! Real good advices.,
By johannes.hamme-van@db.com - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Audi Quattro Book: Buying, Repairing and Tuning (Hardcover)
There are still not a lot of books about the audi quattro and this one is real good. There is a good structure between history, ralley, technical and advices in any case. The only thing i miss is the circumstance, that there not enough of full colored picture of the sport quattro and quattros with the drivers seat on the left side. All in all a very interesting book an a must for every audi quattro fan.
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