After careful consideration, at about 5 secs into the vid, I decided I want one..

@bradford_shaun_murray

4 жыл бұрын

...very good lol.

@jonburrows7695

4 жыл бұрын

Snap...I used to have a E reg 2.8i Capri which I thought was great but this wins hands down.

@GarageBiljon

4 жыл бұрын

Hahaha, I was trawling the web at 10 seconds. Epic cars 😎

@armchairracer4900

4 жыл бұрын

Holy shit it's Niels! What a small world KZread is. Shopping for something to replace the Fiesta(s) I see 😉

@johnfurnival4133

4 жыл бұрын

Niels Heusinkveld sane here 😄

As a younger viewer this is way before my time, and Harry always makes it both informative and fun to see cars that I never got to experience. Great way to spend 20 minutes on a Sunday afternoon!

@Jay-Kay-Em

4 жыл бұрын

Hey Floris, I’m an old dude now, so this is my era. I always wonder how “youth” see such cars; old, basic and for the old fogeys.... or just as legendary? The preservation of such cars and their future maintenance depends on the younger generation. I just wonder if this trickles down in today’s digital age?

@karlnul

4 жыл бұрын

@@Jay-Kay-Em As a member of today's youth, I would say definitely! There's of course the majority of people I know who are into cars who are great fans of modern supercars (and let's be honest, who isn't amazed by what is possible today in terms of power, sleek design, and technology), but a few others are really into the 'boxy' design of cars from the 80s as well as 90s. I myself am a huge fan of the E30 (and E36, and E38), as well as older Volvo's such as the 240 and 740.

@Hopgop1

4 жыл бұрын

@@Jay-Kay-Em I'm 20 to give you some context but since I've been getting into cars over these last few years I've always lusted after a quattro, I really love 80s cars. I hope that when I'm older and wealthier I'll be able to afford an RR quattro as a second car. I just hope they haven't inflated in price too much by then but I'm sure they will.

@jeh2572

4 жыл бұрын

​@@Jay-Kay-Em I'm mid 20s, and used to never really be interested in anything that came out before I was 'in' to cars (merc slr kind of era), but the more people make content about 'old' cars, the more that changes -- younger people just need content to learn about old stuff so it's not forgotten -- Clarkson era TG with e-types/eagle speedster and xk120s made me loves those, Harry with his early defender content, movies roles for old AMs (db6 obviously, and increasingly old AM vantages). My dream garage would now contain as much from before my era as during it.

@Amidat

4 жыл бұрын

You don't know what you missed. Those rally car races back then were so "heart stopping"! Make you feel like you skipped a beat just watching it on tv.

Ah, one of the best cars I ever owned! I had it for 11 years and sold it with 160k miles on the clock. I loved the way it sounded, it used to make the house windows rattle when it pulled up outside :-) I drove it everywhere from the Lake District down to the Aosta Valley in Italy. It was equally at home cruising down the Autoroute or winding its way up a narrow mountain road. The reliability was ledgendary, having previously owned a Triumph and a Vauxhall I was not used to not going to the dealer for spares every week. Over the time I owned it, depreciation was less than £3k! If I had known how much it would have been worth now I would have kept hold of it. Ah happy memories!

Aaaaahhhh the eighties. When magazines looked like newspapers and 4 seat cars weighed 1200kg's!

@brianiswrong

4 жыл бұрын

Today's magazines look thicker,until you add up all the pages dedicated to adverts and stupid things (looking at you top gear) I would love a big stash of 70's and 80's motor magazines to be able to flick through.

@raycroal

4 жыл бұрын

yup the eighties indeed, that was before bowie had that black baldy bass player,say no more

@okeyezeilo6187

4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely...!

@johnnyboy1586

3 жыл бұрын

Yes now having to add more hp to car because there getting so porky

Quattro screaming through a forest stage = my childhood.

@matthewgodwin3050

4 жыл бұрын

Me too Andy. I was just a nipper when the Quattro was introduced, but I remember watching them charging through the forest stages and Pikes Peak on television with my dad. I was in love with that wonderful 5 cylinder warble and I always wanted him to buy one, but I guess they were a wee bit expensive for a Cortina owner working as a butcher to buy at the time. Later on in life, I dated a woman for a while who owned a 20v model in a lovely metallic gold colour with brown velour interior. I've long since forgotten her name, but I remember the car like I drove it yesterday. I'm not saying it was the prime reason for dating her, but it certainly helped. It was glorious, and a joyous car to drive. I miss it.

@andrewgardner9615

4 жыл бұрын

Wales RAC night stages-awesome.

@markjohnson8352

4 жыл бұрын

Mine too Andy! And I was lucky enough to sell them new! I say sell them, they really did just sell themselves! Lombard RAC Rally rings bells.

@michelhouelpdesque

4 жыл бұрын

Toyota celica top down arcade rally game. 100 pesetas per run in the lobby of a costa brava hotel.

@peterlewis3540

4 жыл бұрын

1985 Lombard RAC Rally stage, 12-43pm at night, in the bitterly cold, snow covered Rhigos forest, above Hirwaen in the South Wales valley's. Remember it as if it was yesterday.

I remember driving up the M11 to Cambridge in my 1.1L Fiesta one summers evening in '83. There was not so much traffic on the roads back then, I caught a glimpse of red in the rear view mirror someway off in the distance. Next thing I knew this beautiful red 20v quattro coupe came past thundering past and disappeared over the horizon in a blink of an eye! Thanks for another great video Harry!

2:40 ya can't ignore that 037 on the magazine cover Harry - we all remember spotting one in your garage during the Diablo review.

I've been watching KZread car reviewers for the last 10 years and this the best content I have come across. Very smartly done!

I followed a red Ur a couple of weeks ago on the A130 in Essex. I was in my R8 and I was still dribbling at the sight of it. Stunning cars.

@qlus

Жыл бұрын

Ah my favourite road where everyone totally observes the speed limit ;)

BY FAR the best piston head channel on YT. Here I am watching a 20 min video about a 40 year old car I already forgot about and totally enjoying it. Salomondrin , Shmee, and all those rich f###ers...eat your heart out, this is the real deal and what we want!

@mantaskizeliauskas9567

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly! Well said

I like his relaxed way of reviewing this car and you still can feel how much he likes the Audi. I'm old enough to have seen these cars when they were new. Thank god.

@Axelfl6161

2 жыл бұрын

I saw one of these in Glasgow in rally livery shooting flames 🔥 out the exhaust!!sold from that moment.

"200 hp doesn't get you anywhere these days" me crying in a corner with my GT86

@olik136

4 жыл бұрын

at least you can put the accelerator down from time to time- with all these 400-600-800hp cars you are too fast for every road in first gear...and then they even change gear for you... if you are not on a track your GT86 is plenty-- and if you were actually on a track the GT86 is still the same fun- gut a bit slower

@raycroal

4 жыл бұрын

@@olik136 so true,i got a cl600 and i cant put the footdown i think 200-300 hp is the sweet spot where you can use and hear the engine. a nice raspy v6 is probably the most enjoyable engine i had but i did like the clk430 it was the shit for overtaking it squirted you out

@joshuarosen6242

4 жыл бұрын

@@olik136 There is an element of truth in this. I have an M5 and the roads are almost always slightly damp at this time of the year in the UK. I can't even put my foot down in 4th unless I'm already going far too fast. Although my car is stupidly quick in some situations, I don't think I can cover ground any faster than I used to do in my Impreza STI, which had half the power.

@93455Driver

4 жыл бұрын

Just fix that torque dip, and the 86 is perfect for the road. The steering is sublime.

@tonn333

4 жыл бұрын

@@joshuarosen6242 4wd ❤️

Great car - the usability, even today; the character. Great insight, commentary, driving expertise and driving impressions of the original quattro. Lovely to re-visit this important car. Many thanks Harry. Cheers.

Love the ten valve, they sound like the 80's to me.

@erics3596

4 жыл бұрын

I miss my old Coupe GT something fierce - love that sound...VR6 is close...but never quite what the 10v or 20v 5cyls made

One of the all-time greatest cars. The fact that this one is the gamechanger car with the rallying credit to show for it, this is the one to go for. Thank you for this video, Harry.

Perfect. A new Harry’s garage video .

I've subscribed to the channel for a long time and seeing Harry's drive of both quattro cars and his enjoyment of these cars unmistakably more than many of his drives. I just love seeing the pleasure so transparently on his face. Living the dream vicariously!

Sunny Sunday afternoon, Harrys Garage, perfect!

@alexandermills382

4 жыл бұрын

Nice whiskey or glass of wine on the side....

My neighbour bought one in 1987. I was nine, and it changed my world. I now own an a3 quattro because of it

@danjones9999

4 жыл бұрын

social jog on punk

And VW adopted four wheel drive with the Syncro viscous coupling in 1984 on the T3 Transporter range, and car range, with mechanical adaptive four wheel drive. Between Audi and VW they changed the worlds perception of 4 wheel drive. Great piece to camera Harry.

God I love Harry’s Garage sooo much - sod off floods and Coronavirus 😉

@nepaleseman1010

4 жыл бұрын

Me too, Harry's reviews are always very informative well researched and comforting to listen too.

I had a 5cyl FWD Coupe GT in the late 80s. I remember how well it drove. How quick it was. How comfy it was. But what I remember most was how slick the gearchange was. Still the best manual car I've driven to date. I've never driven a quattro or a turbo quattro. I can only imagine how great they were back in the day.

One of the best cars ever created. I’ve been in a 10 valve quattro in The Scottish highlands a few years ago what a car !

@hoonaticbloggs5402

4 жыл бұрын

carl lynch I’m not sure you can say one of the best cars ever created.

@michaelgale2340

4 жыл бұрын

@@hoonaticbloggs5402 Why can't he?

I went to an Audi trackday at Curborough many years ago. A car had got stuck on a grass bank approaching track entrance. Another car got stuck trying to help, then my friend (show off) tried to pull them both out in a Discovery and got stuck. To the rescue came a Audi 100 quattro estate who pulled all three out was so funny to watch

Always loved the 5-cylinder thrum of that engine...

I remember them all too well. Fabulous cars. There was complete white out over Britain one winter, with snow closing down even London. Audi ran a full page ad in all the broadsheets that was just a photo of the quattro in a snow filled landscape with the headline: ‘Today there’s only one performance car in Britain’. ☺️

The Quattro.....mechanical all wheel drive is amazing. I had a VW Syncro, which shared the same AWD and engine, non turbo, only 120 hp, but a five speed close ratio manual, and crossing route 17 over the Santa Cruz mountain was a blast. Low curb weight, low ground clearance, and 6800rpm redline? Nobody could could pass me. Unless they drove a Porsche and had nerve

I'm loving these Sunday night Harry's garage videos. Perfect way to end the week.

I remember one day going to college in Exeter and saw my first one on the road, stopped me in my tracks and of course, it was red which for me is the classic colour for the early ones. Our Family were Saab people back then and had the first Turbo in Devon in the classic black with red interior but we kept thinking about the quattro.

Harry has a natural gift for concise informative communication...excellent as always

40 years? Woah! I would still love one. Excellent as ever Harry. Thanks very much.

1981 or so I was waiting for the school bus on the A488 between Knighton and Clun when I heard some loud cars. As they dipped down into the New Invention I saw they were all rally cars enroute between stages. However, one of them looked and SOUNDED totally different and it stuck with me. Years later I found a 1987 coupe quattro and finally my dream was complete. I used to stand at the front door when my wife would pull away just to hear it. We took it all over Europe before we moved to the USA. My most favorite car ever, Saab 95 Aero and Opel Manta close behind. Thanks for the wonderful review Harry.

Well done Harry. Thanks for bringing these classics to the forefront.

When I was young my parents has an Audi 100 5E with mechanical injection. The sounds that thing made was glorious and one time we went on holidays to Spain the exhaust broke making it sound like a tank. I also remember the fan kicking in when the engine got hot, that thing itself made a massive sound as well.

What a killer sound that 5cyl makes!

Loving the fact the videos seem to be coming thick and fast. Keep up the great work.

You can see how much Harry loves doing these reviews😀

Superb video, Harry. Packed with information and I loved all the archive footage too - must have been a bit of a mission to source all of it.

3:06 Ad on the left of the page: "The first real breakthrough in squash racket grips in the history of the game. Soft Touch."

Applause for the upgraded editing of your videos! Whether if it's you or someone else, great job!

Such a wonderful reviewer, calm, enthusiastic and very knowledgeable

Those have aged so well. Still looks great. Nice one H

Harry, you are spoiling us - what a treat, thanks.

Great video Harry!! fired up my 84 urq today , first time since xmas and off into irish countryside for 2.5 hrs of 80's 5cylinder excess!! Milltek exhaust 3kplus revs = happy days ... very hard to believe it 40 years??

This video took me back to when I had a paper round, there was a house I delivered to, owner had a Quattro, and I'd sometimes hear him hoof it off up the road, and the noise was blood-curdling! That paper boy promised himself he'd own one one day. Sadly, I can't even afford the garage to keep one in, let alone the car, but its still nice to hear that off-kilter sound bringing some long-forgotten memories flooding back, cheers, Harry.

I've never wanted anything as much as I wanted my Dad to get an Audi Quattro when I was a kid. What a car. If I could mainline that 5-cylinder warble, I would!

Enjoyed it. Remember being in school and seeing this in 1985. I remembered the 7.1 0-60 from back then. Much appreciated Harry’s garage.

You’ve done it again Harry ! Excellent start to finish and to be honest apart from solid red , this is the best colour combo. My mate had a non turbo coupe in Metallic Brown and a brown tartan interior . It was honestly stunning.

I'm still working on mine, I will keep watching videos like these to tide me over until it's finished.

One of my all time favourite cars! Great review.

Timeless cars on a timeless channel presented by a timeless man, Harry.

Great video thanks. I saw these for the first time at Rally GB in 1983, when I was visiting the UK from Australia. Ever since it was always a dream car of mine. I was lucky enough to find a very lovely original silver RHD UR quattro in Australia 2 years ago at a reasonable price, which I bought. There are only a handful of them in Oz. I agree with everything Harry says. 5 cylinder engine/turbo soundtrack like no other car.

I remember one of these sitting outside a house in the country for almost 20 years. I went back 5 years ago and it was gone and of course, that makes me wish I had tried to buy it right away. I bet they become a collectors piece.

Goodlooking youngtimer, classic straight lines. Great color choice. Rare too, can't even remember seeing one on the road alas

My childhood right there.....i had the joy of watching many a rally stage with my dad as a kid and watching the quattro come blaring through the woodland....turbo and waste gate chattering away and the part throttle pops and bangs then the thrumb of the 5 cylinder ripping off into the distance! Them were the days.

Hey Harry you bought the blue one,congratulations,this car deserve immortality in your hands

@mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm420

4 жыл бұрын

The Silverstone Auctions car with the nasty number plates was a 1986 model.

Loving the nostalgia glaze across Harry’s eyes!

I had the Matchbox Superkings rally Audio Quattro and loved it :)

" that baldy bloke In his 60's sitting in it" Who does a car review better than 99% of the entire internet. Gives us the backstory,technical points and a real world driving review. Sorry to blow your own trumpet ,but Harry once you review a car I feel I know all about it without ever sitting in one.👍

@harrysgarage

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for kind comments! But isn't that what a proper car review should be? I should tell you the back story as well as what's like to drive. That's the aim anyway..

Love your videos Harry, keep them coming in...

I love those boxy cars so much, I would daily a Quattro if I had one

@hoonaticbloggs5402

4 жыл бұрын

Walter Galindo Rust

@energymc22

4 жыл бұрын

Not comparable but if you like a boxy car with a 5 cylinder then a Volvo T-5 could do the trick... Or maybe not!

Thanks Harry, brings back memories for me as a kid, watching the RAC rally when it came through the West Country. Such a fantastic car. Cheers.

Love watching these vlogs,A lot better than Top Gear old and new.

Hi Harry, my 82 rhd ur Quattro was a great vehicle and thank you for the reminders from this video. The build quality was rather agricultural but purposeful, nothing like my 91 M5, but still one of my all time favourite cars. I also had an S2 Quattro turbo, another great vehicle, especially when chip tuned properly. The ur Quattro had a Hitachi Ecu and was the fore runner of motronic by Bosch, I believe. Thank you for all of your videos, you, Chris H and Henry C are the best on the Internet, period. Hi from BC Canada !

FORTY YEARS man alive. Thank you Harry, great vid.

@danielmarshall4587

4 жыл бұрын

..... may I be so bold to suggest "Harry's magazines" a KZread channel letting us look at magazines, that would some "existential shit".

Fantastic review of a seminal car. Still desire one after all these years

Without question, my absolute dream car. I have wanted one of these since I was 12 years old.

My family's physician had one from the mid 80s to the early 90s. He lived in the same street, so I often saw the car on my way home from Kindegarten. The looks, the sound - my love for it never faded.

Best car I ever owned, I should never have sold it. Seats were comfy, engine a dream and handled like nothing else on the road.

Reference to 20 value in 1990 I remember it like it was only yesterday, it was 30 blooming years ago! Where does time go. Another vid where Harry’s smile tells the story.

Another fascinating video Harry - love the revisit videos to iconic cars that changed the motoring landscape!

My fondest recollection, was watching the 1985 Lombard RAC Rally, at just gone midnight, in the Rhigos forest, in the South Wales valleys. It was bitterly cold, with heavy snow on the ground. The Hamberger and coffee van was doing great business, and in the far off distance, you could see the search lights of the Cibie Oscar driving lamps, coming towards us. Pop Bang from the Turbo, and glowing brake discs, and there went Hannu Mikkola. The Quattro era was certainly special

Glorious example and love the engine note, very distinctive

Five cylinder cars sound so cool! I feel there should be more love for this.

@80sAudiSport

4 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/dJ96xdKAlq6wirQ.html

@manfredschmalbach9023

4 жыл бұрын

I own a five cylinder Sprinter van, couldn't love it more.

@jayartz8562

4 жыл бұрын

I couldn't get a quatrro so got a turbo 5 Volvo

@mopsnuf

4 жыл бұрын

Jay Artz I have one too and love both ;) V70 R, dream car.

Beautiful car. Love the silver 20v in the video. Always been a dream car of mine. Even now.

Another great & in depth episode of my fave car of all time, thanks Harry, any chance you could do a few of the road going versions of the group b cars? 👍🏻👍🏻

Fantastic. It's your best, Harry. History and love.

Great review as always Harry. I had a digi dash one that used to talk to you, briefly back in the day. Remember ragging it over boxhill one morning. Special.

I’ve had two of these, a WR engine and the later MB engine, just love them 👍👍

Brilliant car majestic video thank you Harry! I only went in a Quattro once but I can still remember how special it was.

The reason I like these videos is because of Harry absolutely geeking out about them. It almost makes me want to drive these old audi's more than any supercar...

Definetly a car in my dream 10 car garage. Lovely video, thank you Harry.

Lovely Jubbly, remember them coming out and being in my local dealership beside the Audi 80, VW Polo's etc, back then they were all sold together.

This is my dream car. I know it's never gonna happen. I know I'll never truly be able to afford one. I've only ever seen 1 Quattro in my life and it was at a Cars and Coffee in Chester back in 2016. I nearly cried. I never sat in it, never touched it, never heard it's engine. But I just looked at it. People say never meet your heroes. I say screw that. I'd love to own one one day. Hell I'd love to even sit in one. I just know that day will never come. This and your Sport Quattro video are wonderful reviews, thank you so much for making them. I can only dream of having one, but watching these videos makes them seem more real and does help ease the pain. Looking forward to some more content :)

The first car I fell in love with. Many years later I’m lucky enough to teach Automotive Disign

Just loved when this came out. Still want one.

I remember when my brother had an Audi Coupe 2.2 GT (5 cylinder) in the late eighties, we all loved that car especially it's unique engine sound we used to pretend it was a Quattro purely because of it's sound, lol.

Saw the quattro at NEC 1980 and loved it at first sight.

Love to see Harry’s 1,2 and 3 in the garage .

Love these videos great work Harry. Ford were using the Ferguson system on the Sierra/Granada in 84 which was quite early.

I remember watching these going through Kielder forest, tight dirt tracks at full chat. It was terrifying and exciting all at the same time. The noise was incredible in the trees

As always interesting and informative Harry thanks 👍

Great piece of motoring history revisited. Great video all round 😊

People are hating on me for being 14, but I ABSOLUTELY LOVE older cars like these. The looks, the simplicity... Everything about them is perfect.

@dragospahontu

3 жыл бұрын

They are awesome reliable no nonsense cars.

Great vid, Harry! Many thanks for the review.

13:00 I'm old enough to remember this tv commercial or a similar variant of it when I was a little nipper at Junior school of the new Audi Quattro. Amazing to see again. I've never owned or driven one but one of the homes a few street blocks from me has a Quattro 2.8 V6 from the mid 1990s just sitting in his front garden slowly rotting in the elements, not covered up or maintained. Such a shame as even thru the dirt, grime and dust - I can see the raw beauty of these classic cars just waiting for a owner to bring them to life.

Another great video Harry. Made me feel nostalgic for my 1985 Canadian spec. 1 of 26 I believe, and it had celebrity provenance. Keep ‘em coming.

It is not "U R quattro", but rather Ur, a word basically meaning "original". The origin of q uattro. The VW was called "Iltis". On 5 cylinders in line, the Mercedes 300D models (starting in 1974) had a 5 cylinder diesel pre-dating the Audi 5 cylinders. Thanks for another really cool video!

had my full attention once i heard that exhaust note at intro, want one!!

My first car was an 80 CC -85 bought in 91, since then several Audis been in my possession including an S6 C6. Still I'm longing for one of these (esp a black 20V with tan interior).