Equipment
2133/302hp, 5-speed, white wheels, Yokohama tires, Recaro seats, factory cassette, power windows, books and tools.
Condition
Believed to be the only Sport Quattro delivered to Japan. Showing 8809 km (5474 miles). Good paint and exterior plastic with light age. Small paint scrape on the right front wheel. Light but significant wear on the driver’s seat bolsters. Not showroom fresh or anything, but a well cared for and seldom driven example of Audi’s Group B homologation road car.
Market commentary
The Sport Quattro was Audi's first design to fully take advantage of regulations (or lack thereof) in the Group B era of the World Rally Championship. Compared to the original Quattro that first introduce four-wheel drive to rallying, the Sport Quattro is more than a foot shorter, features carbon-Kevlar body panels, and has wider wheels stopped by brakes derived from the Porsche 917. It's these Sport Quattros, with flames shooting out the exhaust accompanied by chirps and whooshes of their massive turbo, that are among the most beloved Group B era cars. Collectors lust after both the rally cars and the easier to find but still rare road cars built for homologation. This exact Sport Quattro has played an important part in the Group B market. At this same auction nine years ago, it was a breakout sale for Group B machinery at a $401,500 final price. Prior to that, Sport Quattros and other Group B cars were a very rare sight at auction, and none ever even sold for half of what this car brought at Arizona 2015. Surprisingly, it set the benchmark again at Arizona 2024, suggesting that enthusiasm for these 1980s World Rally weapons has not died down.