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Appologies if the following description all sounds complicated. Well, I find Audi model codes are rather complicated and not very publically known, far not as straight forward as i.e. Ford's Mk1, Mk2, etc.. So here for insiders and die hard Audi fans. The square design 80/90 is the B2. The 90 Quattro as i.e. rallied by Mikael Ericsson in Sweden 1986 was after facelift, so we have to devide B2 Typ81 and B2 Typ85. However the car we are talking about here, still called 90, but in the new A4 design line, this is the B3 generation Typ89! Normally I use model codes in the names for easier identification, but I am convinced 95% of our readers would never click on a car named "Audi B2 Typ81; B2 Typ85; B3 Typ89" as they couldn't in the slightest relate to it! Or how about the 1990 Audi 100 turn A6, I would have to call it an "Audi C4", how confusing would that be for rally fans in the Loeb decade?
So for non-Audi engineers that only know the more normal public names: Don't mistake this car for the Audi 80 & 90 Quattro models in Audi's active time as a works team. The straight cut, boxy Audi 80 Quattro of the 1980s was available in a slightly upgraded luxury version called the Audi 90 Quattro. Technically and in philosophy this new model was identical to the old one, as again the 90 was a posher version of the 80. And like its predecessor this 90 was not available with a turbo engine. The 5-cylinder non-turbo in the upgraded equipment version was the only version of this model that made any sense for rallying. Plus it only had 136BHP standard, which means as well group A was the only reasonable option. Indeed, even though the engine displacement was increased from 2226cc to 2309cc, this did not change the power output in standard nor group A form.
But we should tell you the differences rather than the similarities between this new 90 Quattro and the old model. In the shell these cars were hugely different. With this 80/90 model Audi completely turned their back on their once so typical straight cut design. This 80/90 had this very short, very round boot that to the day became more typical for the smaller Audi models. Indeed, despite this model still keeping the old name, it was this car that was only a facelift away from the Audi A4, that started a new nomenclature at Audi.
For rallying the car lacked works support. And to be honest, even with works support it would not have been that stunningly successful (in contrary to my firm believes about it's coupé version, the Audi S2!). However, such was Audi's group B Quattro success story, whenever an Audi 90 arrived on a stage, it had some breeze of mystery consistently accompanying it. The car was mainly seen in the hands of Rudi Stohl and Paola de Martini.
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Model & Evo. (Activity) |
BHP@ RPM |
Torque (Nm)@ RPM |
Length Width Height |
Weight (Kg/BPM Ratio) |
Trans. (W'base) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 90 Quattro (88-93) |
197/6500 | 240/5250 | 4393.1695.1397 | 1140 (5.8) | 4x4 (2537) |
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