1984 Audi Quattro Sport

Anyone who's ever stood in the cold on the side of a dark mountain road waiting for those headlights to come flashing by can understand the desire to own this car.

This 1984 Audi Sport Quattro is not only the works car of world champion Hannu Mikkola and Arne Hertz, but is probably the fastest street legal way two people can be transported from A to B, whether on tarmac or gravel. The Sport Quattro is an evolution of the Audi Quattro, which took over world-class rallying. The Sport, with the marque’s celebrated permanent four-wheel-drive transmission, was one of just 200 homologation special versions of the volume-produced Quattro coupe, and only one of approximately 20 assigned by the factory for competition work. These supercars were only available in left-hand drive and were equipped with an all-new, 20-valve alloy block. They can be easily identified by their shortness (the wheelbase being 29-cm shorter than the standard Quattro coupe), some seriously bulging wheel arches, rear wing vents and single, square headlamps. Chassis number 108 was initially prepared by the Audi competition department. Producing a...