Ur Means Original: ’83 Audi Ur Quattro Coupe

These are among the rarest modern Audis of all time. From the listing – Ur-Quattros were built in Hall N2 at Audi’s Ingolstadt factory. But not on a production line – every car was hand built right to the end. Although Audi’s other production lines operated 24 hours a day and seven days a week, Hall N2 had a single shift of twenty working from 06:00 to 14:00, weekdays only. At its peak, including the janitor and the tea-lady, the whole team numbered 48. Each quattro took seven days and 40 hours of labour to build – with roughly three a day leaving Hall N2. Once completed, each vehicle went through a test program that is still the strictest Audi has ever used. The engine went through its own test cycle, and the suspension was electronically checked. Then it was run up to 160km/h on a test stand and driven for 60km on public roads around Ingolstadt – first on ordinary roads and then on the Autobahn, with a rev limit of 4000rpm or 185km/h. Read More