1982 World Rally Championship videos: Walter Rohrl becomes first person to win the title twice

Walter Rohrl became the first person, in 1982, to win the World Rally Championship for a second time.

Driving the Rothmans Opel Ascona 400 Rohrl found himself embroiled in a bitter battle with Audi quattro queen Michele Mouton which the media hyped up to the max.

Mouton drove the season of her life that year (her performance under extremely trying circumstances on the Ivory Coast particularly stands out… Continue reading

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The Audi quattro Rally Story: video production from Turbo Magazine

Video tracing the story and rallying history of the iconic and revolutionary Audi quattro, produced by turbomagazine.be.

Time to let the monsters do the talking themselves in this French language documentary. There is little point attempting to contextualise the story here, because it is virtually impossible to do so without the assistance of an authoritative Audi quattro historian.

Strap yourselves in and appreciate the sheer visceral brutality of Ingolstadt’s finest.

Audi quattro Rally Story

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