Comments on: Audi Quattro Turbo Group 4 Spec – 3 laps around Curborough Sprint Course

By: 40 years on the Audi quattro has still got it

40 years on the Audi quattro has still got it — Mon, 11 Jan 2021 09:20:52 +0000

[…] in 2018 I was very lucky to get a passenger ride in an Audi quattro Group 4 rally car. It was absolutely mental and demonstrated what a complete machine the quattro was in full on rally […]

By: 40 Years of the Audi quattro

40 Years of the Audi quattro — Thu, 30 Apr 2020 16:29:53 +0000

[…] As it launched off the line the four wheel drive system fought to manage the 5 pot’s 400BHP. I’ve never sat in a car before that felt like it was trying to rip itself apart, but that is what it felt like. If you can imagine the Tasmanian Devil from the cartoon, completely out of control but at the same time in control, all whilst teetering on the edge of a cliff… it kind of goes some ways to try to explain what it feels like to sit in one of these beasts at speed. To put it simply it is eye ball watering acceleration, coupled with braking and cornering that makes you wish you had a G-Force gauge, just to see what amount was being generated. And then there was the noise… outside the car, trackside spectators enjoyed the turbo and the roar of the engine… inside the car there was no turbo sound at all that I could hear! It was replaced by engine and the clanging of stones on the underside, plus the mechanical clunking from the quattro system as it worked hard to displace all of that raw power. It was hilarious and terrifying all at the same time. At one point, as Nick flung the beast around the track, he casually dropped that his car was de-tuned and could run at 600BHP if he wanted it too. I just had to laugh… manically! To get a feel for what it was actually like, you can watch the video here. […]

By: Take to the Road 2018 Review

Take to the Road 2018 Review — Wed, 19 Dec 2018 10:45:18 +0000

[…] the other roar past was a thrill. Which was topped off by passenger rides in a completely mental Audi Quattro Group 4 and a very rapid and planted Ford RS200 EVO spec. It was simply epic and had me smiling for a very […]

By: 2018 Highlights of the 6R4.net Track Day at Curborough Sprint Course - Take to the Road

Fri, 27 Jul 2018 15:10:11 +0000

[…] were also quite a few other rival rally cars, including an Audi Quattro Group 4 (which I had a passenger ride in), a super rare Opel Kadett E 4S prototype (one of 3 in existence), a Ford RS200 (which I also had a […]

By: Passenger ride in a 1984 Ford RS200 - Take to the Road

Passenger ride in a 1984 Ford RS200 - Take to the Road — Fri, 13 Jul 2018 11:04:22 +0000

[…] in the day I went out in the Audi Quattro, so I was fascinated to see how the Ford RS200 would compare to it’s four wheel drive rival […]

By: Take to the Road Jaguar XJ8 Redex Trial Part 2 - Take to the Road

Take to the Road Jaguar XJ8 Redex Trial Part 2 - Take to the Road — Fri, 06 Jul 2018 09:17:46 +0000

[…] a bit as I took it on a 400 mile round trip to Curborough Race Course for a private track event (read more about that here). The big Jaguar behaved very well on the motorway as I expected. It wafted me along in supreme […]