Audi Quattro Rally Car Part 1

Minichamps 1/43 Audi Sport Quattro
Rally Akropolis 1985 Winners: Blomqvist/Cederberg

I saw this diecast in a local diecast store a few months ago. It was the only piece.
This car looks like an Audi with it's rear cut off. It's the short wheelbase Audi.
Stig Blomqvist was the 1984 World rally Champion. He was the defending champion for the 1985 season.



Stig Blomqvist and Björn Cederberg with their 1985 Audi Quattro

Stig Blomqvist started his professional rally career with the Saab rally team, which was underfunded compared with its rivals. Eventually, Saab pulled out of rallying. Blomqvist had a brief stint with Talbot before driving for Audi at a test session. He amazed the Audi team bosses with his spectacular driving style, because he proved that it was possible to make a four-wheel-drive car slide around corners by using left-foot braking. His driving style proved to be incredibly fast and extremely entertaining for the spectators. The 1983 season established Blomqvist as the quickest driver in the Audi team, however, he couldn't grab the title due to a lack of mechanical reliability.

1984 was to be Blomqvist's year. Audi had the constructor's title wrapped up fairly early in the year, so Audi was able to concentrate all their efforts on helping Blomqvist beat Markku Alen and Lancia for the driver's crown. Blomqvist was not to be denied. The Quattro's performance advantage over Lancia's 037 and Blomqvist's natural talent combined to take the 1984 driver's title. Blomqvist later went on to compete in the Paris-Dakar rally.