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What the press said

When Britain's motoring writers first met the new Audi Quattro, few realised quite what a revelation it would be.  Almost 2 decades on, the memories are still vivid.

"I was expecting a Range Rover when I heard it had four wheel drive but it was just like an ordinary car.  Well, it was like an ordinary car at low speed.  At high speed, I found my chicken factor was lower than the cornering power of the car. I can remember thinking whoooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"

MIKE McCARTHY - AUTOSPORT

"I remember stopping on a really steep slope in the Jura mountains and thinking I'd never be able to get going again without reversing for miles.  But it just set off normally and I thought 'My God, this is incredible"'.

FRANK PAGE - MAIL ON SUNDAY

"We were driving it around the mountains near Geneva, four up and it was quite slippery. I always thought you'd need two cars if you went to the mountains in the morning and on the motorway in the afternoon".

RAY HUTTON - SUNDAY EXPRESS MAGAZINE

"The thing that was really remarkable was the combination of supercar road holding of the first order with easy to drive manners, real cross country refinement and five seat practicality".

MEL NICHOLS - EDITORIAL DIRECTOR-HAYMARKET MAGAZINES

"My first impressions of the thinking man's supercar were formed at the dead of night on a loose surfaced mountain track in Portugal while riding shotgun with Hannu Mikkola.  No car/driver combination has ever impressed me more".

PHIL LLEWELLIN - CAR