{"id":65979,"date":"2023-12-04T09:00:29","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T09:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/?p=65979"},"modified":"2023-12-04T09:00:30","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T09:00:30","slug":"30-years-of-audi-avus-quattro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/en\/30-years-of-audi-avus-quattro\/","title":{"rendered":"A forgotten concept – Audi Avus Quattro"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

With the Avus quattro, Audi presented a desirable mid-engined sports car with a W12 engine at the Tokyo Motor Show in 1991. Despite much interest, it never went into series production. Instead, this concept study served as a preview of various developments that Audi brought into production shortly afterwards. For example, the car featured a highly polished aluminium body, which reappeared in a similar way at the world premiere of the A8 saloon in 1994. This was a nod to the legendary Auto Union Silver Arrows of the pre-war era. The design was also somewhat reminiscent of these racing cars. However, Audi did not yet use a spaceframe for the Avus, as it did later for the A8, but a skeleton made of steel tubes to hold the body parts. Nevertheless, a kerb weight of 1,250 kilograms was promised. The 20-inch wheels alone were almost half the height of the entire car.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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509 hp from a displacement of 6 litres results in a top speed of 340 km\/h. Country road speed is reached in three seconds – at least in theory.<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Behind the cockpit with two bucket seats in red leather was the first W12 engine in the history of the VW Group. This was to produce 374 kW\/509 hp from a displacement of six litres. The power transmission to the permanent quattro all-wheel drive was to be a manual six-speed gearbox. The acceleration time from standstill to 100 km\/h was specified at around three seconds, with a top speed of 340 km\/h. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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