Equipment
Baur-built steel body with Kevlar panels. 17psi Turbocharged 302 bhp, 2-liter, DOHC 5-cylinder engine, Recaro seats, 5-speed, all wheel drive, radio, white painted alloy wheels.
Condition
One of 214 street examples of game-changing all-wheel drive, short wheelbase rally car, a homologation special to qualify the Quattro for FIA Group B rallying ('The Killer Bs'). Sold new to Japan, only two owners. Speedometer not functioning. Exceptional original with no exterior damage or evidence of repair. Clean engine, lightly worn interior. Unmarked paint, glass and flares. Pristine and almost showroom new.
Market commentary
Looks like any 5-cylinder Quattro (with a foot or so cut out of the middle) but goes like the hammers of hell, a Wagnerian cacophony of tiny cylinders, an overstressed turbo and an overworked waste gate. The fly through the air performance of the Quattros helped define the Group B era that also featured Lancia's famed 037 and made heroes of its drivers like Blomquist, Rohrl, Mouton and Mikkola. This is a fully original, carefully preserved, recently serviced example and, according to reports, its price is something of a good value.