This rally legend was the gift of a wealthy collector.
A Audi should be priced at half a million dollars. It’s a 1986 Sport Quattro, or more precisely, it’s one of 164 Audi Sport Quattro. It is this car. And when it was sold at RM Sotheby’s on September 7, 1986, it sold for $536,000.
Apart from being one of only 164 made in the world, it is also one of five original examples that was sold in the U.K. in 1986. This disestablished Group B racing, which ended a long and successful streak for Audi in World Rally Championship (WRC) and eventually led to the end of the quattro.
The car left the factory in April 1986 and was first serviced at 5,833 miles in November 1986. The odometer showed that the vehicle had covered approximately 30,000 miles before it was sold in 1997. It was then transferred to another owner in 2006, where it was put into a long-term storage.
The car would be restored by Bill Gwynn Motorsport, Northamptonshire, U.K., under new ownership. The car was restored to its original condition inside and out. It had only 32,672 miles on it’s odometer.
It was sold at the RM Sotheby’s London Auction, September 7, 2016. This is the highest-priced Audi quattros sold at auction.