Reliability troubles initially held the Quattro back, but in the hands of star drivers Hannua Mikkola, Stiq Blomqvist, Michele Mouton and Walter Rohrl the Audi quickly became unstoppable.

The stunning Quattro-inspired EL1 is the work of Marcus Holzinger, a former VW exterior designer who founded ELegend in 2021.

and a new front splitter it says pays homage to the S1 driven by Walter Rohrl at the 1987 Pikes Peak Hillclimb. Still standard are 19-inch alloy wheels, but with three finishes. Image: Audi Along ...

When Piech turned the idea down, Gumpert went ahead and built a prototype anyway, in secret, and even had Audi Sport driver Walter Rohrl test it in then-Czechoslovakia. Rohrl apparently loved it ...

The don. Audi tamed Rallye Sanremo three times in the Eighties, with Michele Mouton in ’81, Stig Blomqvist the following year and Walter Rohrl in ’85. To this day, Mouton is the only woman to ...

Audi's been busy putting in work at the Nurburgring ... Porsche racing legend Walter Rohrl set a 7:31 'Ring time in a 2007 Porsche 911 GT2. Up to that point, the only times faster than Rohrl's ...

It managed to beat Audi to the manufacturers’ crown in 1983, the last two-wheel drive to claim the title. Walter Rohrl and Markku Alen scored six WRC wins across 1983-1984. The car is now the subject ...

To that end, Lancia hired German giant and two-time WRC champion Walter Röhrl and 1978 ... Lancia's party was over, and Audi had recruited Rohrl away while also introducing a much more potent ...

Volker Bruch as Walter Rohrl, and Esther Garrel as Michele Mouton. Race for Glory: Audi vs. Lancia will debut in theatres on 5 January 2024. Ben Zachariah is an experienced writer and motoring ...

The Italian squad wasn’t nearly as well-funded as Audi but it had a great chassis and brilliant drivers, such as now-legend Walter Rohrl. The battle between Lancia and Audi was one of the best ...

You won't have to have the driving talent of a Walter Rohrl to get the EL1 to drift ... But what makes this reimagination of the Audi Sport Quattro even more interesting is that Holzinger's ...