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- The car next to me has the reputation as being
one of the most legendary rally cars of all time.
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Besides being badass rally car,
this street version of the quattro
was years ahead of it's time.
Packed with tons of innovative new tech
and really made Audi the company that it is today.
I'm gonna show you some of my favorite features
about this car, what made it a legend
and then I'm gonna answer some of your questions,
set the record straight.
We're going bumper to bumper,
on the Audi UR-quattro.
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Okay so first off,
and I grew up in the South
and until about five minutes ago,
I've been pronouncing Audi, aw-dee.
That's probably gonna upset a lot of you.
I'm just saying right now,
I'm really sorry, I'm not trying to be disrespectful.
I'm gonna do my very best by saying Audi,
but if I slip up sometimes,
you know what, we all make mistakes
but I love you too.
Now this is the UR-quattro, U-R
and that is German for first of its kind or original
and people pronounce it different ways.
It's either called the yer, the U.R.,
the err or the urq.
At the end of the day, it doesn't matter
because what makes this car so special
is the quattro part.
So we're gonna talk about that.
Beautiful quattro all wheel drive system.
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Now that word, if you don't know totally cool,
means four and the name has been used by Audi
to refer to the quattro four wheel drive system
or any other four wheel drive version of an Audi model.
Now the Audi quattro was the first rally car
to take advantage of the then recently changed rules
that allow the use of four wheel drive
in competition rally racing.
(engine revving loudly)
And because the car did so well in rally,
to commemorate the success of the original vehicle,
all other Audi production models,
with this four wheel drive system were badged
with the trademarked quattro with the lowercase q.
Just to give you an idea of where this model stands
in the hierarchy of the quattros,
you have the rally version,
you have the sport Quattro
which was the homologation special
and then you have this car right here,
the street version also called the Ur-quattro.
Quattro is different then most all wheel drive vehicles
because it uses a permanent four wheel drive system
with three differentials.
One for the front wheels,
one for the rear wheels
and one in the center.
Now the quattro system today is a lot more advanced.
It uses fancy torque vectoring differentials
but back in the 80s this was a huge deal,
especially for a passenger road car.
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Now obviously the all wheel drive system is one of the main
features of the quattro right here
but there are other race technology goodies
that this car has.
So we're gonna go take a look at some of those.
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Take these box flares for example.
Now box flares are a staple in rally car world
and they allow you to run a bigger tire.
Bigger tire, more grip.
Now if you were to compare this car,
to an Audi of the same time period.
They'd look frickin' real boring.
These things give this car a lot of character.
They're integrated very nicely,
into the side panels here.
Look at that, that's one piece.
It's really trick, really sexy.
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Now if you look at this car you might be wondering,
is this a US spec car
or a Euro spec car?
Well the previous owner converted it
with a lot of these Euro parts.
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During the 80s safety regulations in America
basically meant all cars had to have ugly bumpers.
And a lot of people like to swap
Euro parts onto their US car.
This car's got bumpers, taillights, headlights,
wheels and other trim pieces from a European Ur-quattro.
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Now it has all these rally car aesthetics on it
but that wouldn't mean anything,
unless it had a race car motor.
Let's go under the hood and see what's going on.
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So we asked you guys on our YouTube community page,
what you wanted to know about this car
and the majority of you were interested in this engine.
Now this is a 2.1 liter, inline five,
this is a 10 valve version.
Now they make a 20 valve but it never came to the states.
And it's making roughly 200 horsepower.
This, because it has a mild cam in it,
it's a little bit more,
but you're looking at 20 ponies
and if you've never heard of a five cylinder engine,
well that's because not a lot of companies use them,
they're very, very unique.
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35's have smoother power delivery
and high displacement then a four cylinder engine
and because they're smaller then a six cylinder,
they fit in really tight places,
like this engine bay.
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Now besides the placement in the engine bay,
another weird thing you'll notice,
there are Volkswagen logos all over this thing.
Now Audi is under VW's umbrella
and this engine was kind of a parts bin special.
Even the turbo font right here looks very Porsche esque.
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There are a few reasons why five cylinder engines like this
aren't commonly used.
One they're slightly imbalanced
and tend to rock back and forth.
And two they're more expensive to produce.
But this engine right here
paved the way for Audi's success in the 80s.
One of the other features of this car,
is the sound, a five cylinder makes an unmistakable sound.
Now we're gonna hear that engine sound later,
stick around, it's really unique
and I'm excited to hear what this one sounds like.
So why don't we go inside
and see what's happening in the (beep) pit.
(people chattering)
Ooh, soft.
So the first thing
and most satisfying thing about getting in this car,
are the door handles.
For whatever reason, you pulling your fingers like this,
to open a door, it's just really satisfying.
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So to start off let's give this 80s classic,
the good old smell test.
(deep inhale and exhale)
I don't know this scent.
Yeah, this is a new smell for me
'cause I'm experiencing this smell for the first time.
There's a hint of leather,
like old kind of weathered leather.
Smells good, smells right.
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So this thing is very, very, analog.
All the switches right here,
are all very analog.
You have these really beefy buttons.
The gauges look so cool.
You got this really nice five speed stick right here,
wrapped in a leather boot
and the clutch pedal is real soft man.
I mean it's nice, it's not,
you're not having to push down pretty hard.
It's pretty clean.
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One of the main things that you see when you get in this car
is the style of stitching on the leather.
You have it on this seat,
you have it on the driver's seat.
You even get it on the doors.
And it's even on the moon roof.
Which, another crazy feature about this car,
you can remove this panel
and put it in the trunk,
there's a designated spot for it.
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By the way, all this plastic,
all this vinyl wrapped stuff,
all the leather in this car, is extremely good condition.
Like I can't believe how well all the plastic pieces
have held up.
I mean there's not a crack anywhere on the dash,
on any of the seats
and obviously these aren't the same type of seats
that were in the Rally B race cars.
But if I wanted to take one of these
and go off road rallying in it,
these things are comfortable man.
The bolsters on the hips,
are pretty high, they lock your legs in nice.
Really gets you in a nice comfortable position.
Also maybe, the coolest feature in this car,
is the differential lock.
And with a pull of this differential lock,
it locks the front wheels so they rotate at the same speed
as the rear wheels.
That's pretty cool.
So now it's time to answer a couple questions that you guys
have for us&, on our community YouTube page.
Chance Riggs asked,
"How many donuts can it fit around the shift boot?"
You didn't specify what type of donut,
so I'm gonna go dealers choice.
Let's just say roughly, a Krispy Kreme donut has about,
maybe an inch and a half thickness.
We can go one, two, three, four.
You get about four donuts on there.
Thanks Chance Riggs for your great question,
I hope I answered it to your satisfaction.
Daniel asked us,
"What's the height of the windshield?"
So give me a second, I'm gonna measure it for you.
Oh, okay.
Okay the height from the base of the windshield
to the top is 28 inches.
Max seems to think you care about this measurement,
this is worthless, don't even listen to it.
That's about 51 inches,
from the floor to the top here
but you didn't ask that question.
Max, stop it.
(laughing)
That's height from the floor.
If you guys ask questions,
be more specific.
Like if you wanna know how many donuts,
what kind of donut?
I need specifics.
If you wanna know the height of the windshield,
height from where?
Apparently that's confusing.
Here you go.
I teased this earlier about this very unique,
sounding inline five, inline fives already sound unique,
this one sounds especially different.
Take a listen.
(engine turning over)
(engine revving)
It gives you a little rumble.
(engine revving)
Nice.
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Now this car is super cool,
it really set the stage for what Audi became as a brand.
The quattro is still used, in a lot of their cars today.
This is really, really cool man.
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Shout out to Damon for letting us feature his car.
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Thank you so, so much, bye for now.