Quattro production run nears end

Press, 2 June 1988, Page 38

Quattro production run nears end

Audi’s legendary rally Quattro will go out of production within a couple of months. In the dying stages of the production run about 159

righthand-drive examples will be produced in deference to the fact that Britain has been the Quattro’s most important export market since its introduction in 1980. It was the Quattro that changed the motor industry’s attitude to four wheel-drive and revolutionised world class rallying. The Quattro took the World Rally Championship in 1982 and 1984 and was runner-up in 1983. A number of examples have been bought by New Zealanders, perhaps the most famous being the car driven in the Ashley Forest Rallysprint last week by Malcolm Stewart and Bryan Green. Rod Millen, with his

specially built Mazda RX7, was the Rallysprint winner by a country mile but Stewart managed to get into the four-car semi-final.

• The Fiat Uno is among the frontrunners in the European new car sales race and is the most popular lowpriced European import in New Zealand. An updated version is expected to be launched in Europe within the next few months. Changes are expected to Include a more streainlined and aerodynamic front end, new front and rear bumpers and a modified rear hatch. Revised lamp clusters, door mirrors, side-body mouldings and wheel trims are also on the cards. The Uno’s interior is expected to change markedly, a reversion to a more traditional instrument panel being noteworthy.