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1/18 Minichamps Audi V8 Quattro DTM #44 H.J. Stuck 1994

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The Audi V8 (Typ 4C) is a four-door, full-size luxury sedan, built by Audi in Germany from 1988 to 1993, as the company's flagship model. It was the first car from Audi to use a V8 engine, and also the first Audi to combine a quattro system with an automatic transmission. Early cars used 3.6-litre V8s, while later cars featured a 4.2-litre version of the engine. The Audi V8 was replaced by the Audi A8 in 1994, although the A8 was not sold in North America until 1996. The competition model of the Audi V8 won back-to-back Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft driver's titles in 1990 and 1991, with the championship winners being Hans-Joachim Stuck and Frank Biela respectively. Audi was the first company to win back-to-back DTM titles. Audi developed a Group A competition version of the Audi V8 for entry into the Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft (DTM) (German Touring Car Championship) auto racing series equipped with 309 kW (420 PS; 414 bhp), later 340 kW (462 PS; 456 bhp), 3.6 V8 engine and 6-speed manual transmission, and began racing with it in 1990 with Schmidt MotorSport (SMS) running the operation, and Hans-Joachim Stuck, Walter Röhrl and Frank Jelinski driving. In the 1990 DTM season all of the three teams claimed together the entire podium (1st, 2nd and 3rd places) at Hockenheimring race. Stuck won the title, and the following year, Audi added a second team to the mix, Audi Zentrum Reutlingen (AZR). SMS continued with Stuck and Jelinski, while AZR raced with Frank Biela and Hubert Haupt. Biela gave Audi another crown in 1991, but was unable to defend the title in 1992. For the 1992 season, Audi had changed their engines to use a 180° flatplane crankshaft, which they said had been re-forged and bent from the original 90° crossplane part as used in production model. The DTM organisers found this highly modified crankshaft deviated from original homologated standard crankshaft, and therefore deemed it illegal. Audi subsequently withdrew from the championship. During its presence at DTM the Audi V8 competed with much smaller and about 300 kg (661 lb) lighter Mercedes 190, BMW M3, and slightly smaller Opel Omega 3000. None of those cars was equipped with a V8 engine or 4-wheel drive. In the history of motorsports, the German Touring Car Championship, DTM was an absolute spectacle back in late 80’s. Those were the times when the championship was at its peak of being its most sideways, door-banging, thrilling self. It was a series drenched in the legacy of icons like the Mercedes 190 E 2.3 Cosworth. And then there was the BMW E30 M3 that had the sole purpose of beating the three pointed star in its own game. However, there was another legend that the world forgets to talk about among these amazing race cars. It was the Audi V8 Quattro DTM race car, a car that shook the championship completely. While its rivals were light and oversteer-ing wonders, the Audi was heavier and far more composed. Probably it was that lack of drama and theatrics which is why world forgets about the Audi V8 Quattro DTM race car. But no one can deny that the acclaimed all-wheel drive Audi V8 Quattro DTM gripped and won at will. The 3.6-liter naturally aspirated Audi V8 Quattro DTM produced a staggering 414bhp@8200rpm and had a mammoth torque rating of 380Nm@6000rpm. Weighing around 1250kg, it wasn’t a light car as compared to its rivals. In fact, the Audi V8 Quattro DTM was almost 300kg heavier than the Mercedes and the BMW’s. However, its brilliant all-wheel drive system meant it never wasted any of its power in slides. All this power was transmitted by a 6-Speed manual gearbox, Wow! The car also had an option to chose from two types of centre differentials. The choices being a Torsen with a viscous coupling, or a planetary gear set with a viscous coupling. While the front had a viscous limited slip-diff, the rear had a clutch pack limited slip-diff. The car was a true engineering masterpiece, and the Quattro system played a major role in that. The system kept the car from over-steering all over the place, and even if the car ever slid, it was much easier to control than its rivals. This can be attributed to Audi V8 Quattro DTM having 22 degrees of steering lock to BMW’s just 13. All this brilliant engineering meant that the Audi V8 Quattro DTM became the only DTM car to win back-to-back championships. The Audi V8 Quattro DTM won in 1990 and 1991 before the regulations changed in 1993. In 1990 Hans Stuck and Frank Biela in 1991 took the Audi V8 Quattro DTM to victory.

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