Audi V 8 (D11) Quattro
Car-ID: OT0388
Vehicle Description
– First registration in Switzerland
– current German registration
– 4-speed automatic gearbox
– electr. steel sunroof
– speed controlled power steering
– leather steering wheel with airbag
– both exterior mirrors electrically adjustable, heated
– airbag for driver and front passenger
– Inspection carried out in 06/2021: Engine oil change, oil and air filter
– battery renewed
– Air conditioner repaired and filled
– Upper wishbones on front axle renewed
– Wishbone, -bush, -bearing renewed
Ferdinand Piech was the driving force behind the “Audi premier league” project. The new luxury class was to be powered by a V8 engine without any restrictions. Quote from his “Auto” biography from 2002: “Obviously, there is no substitute for more cylinders. I didn’t want to make the mistake of opening the top league with an engine that was too small”. The Audi V8 was developed on the basis of the Audi 100 C3. About 90 % of the fully galvanised body was redesigned. From autumn 1988, the Ingolstadt manufacturer competed with the Audi V8 against the established suppliers in the passenger car luxury segment. The Audi V8 was the first German saloon with permanent four-wheel drive and a four-speed automatic gearbox. The eight-cylinder engine is equipped with four overhead camshafts and 32 valves. The engine block and cylinder heads are made of aluminium. The quattro all-wheel drive system distributes the engine’s power proportionally 50:50 to the front and rear axles. If necessary, the electronically controlled power transmission activates the longitudinal lock so that up to 100 % of the torque flows to one axle. The comfortable interior of this first luxury class, the best leather, burl wood, is of high quality. Audi also entered motorsport with the V8 saloon. In the very first year, 1990, Hans-Joachim Stuck won the DTM championship, the following year it was Frank Biela. Further racing successes were achieved by racing drivers Frank Jelinski, Hubert Haupt and Walter Röhrl.
