Ah yes the good old days of the supertouring era. It was built on 12 february 1997 by audi sport for emanuele pirro one of the most successful sports car racers of all time who would go on to win at le mans five times for audi.
This week i am looking at four cars from audi uks secret collection filmed at their own workshop.
Audi super touring car. Audis a4 quattro dominated in 1996 we take a closer look and find out why text by antony ingram and photography by aston parrott. Established in 1987 under group a rules the series saw champions like johnny cecotto roberto ravaglia and nicola larini winning the title before switching to supertouring regulations in 1993. That season was won by ravaglia in a bmw 318ithe next years would be dominated by audi and their 80 and a4 quattro models as emanuele pirro won in 1994 and 1995 and rinaldo capello in 1996.
The 1996 british touring car season was dominated by germanys frank biela along with his 4 wheel drive audi a4 which was in a class of its own. Today we are looking at an incredible piece of machinery a real 1996 audi a4 touring car. The super touring offered here represents the pinnacle of audis development.
Super touring was introduced into australia in 1993 when cams replaced the existing group 3a touring car category which had been based on fia group a rules with a new two class group 3a. With super touring competitor numbers dropping after the withdrawal of the factory supported audi and volvo teams the grids for the 2000 championship were bolstered with cars from the future touring car category. The anatomy of a super touring car.
Audi a4 super touring successfully campaigned in the 2005 2006 dutch supercar challenge championship by ric wood and partner steve hirst. This audi a4 racecar looks very similar to its road going cousin with a few modifications including a large rear spoiler low ride height large 19inch oz alloy wheels and a deep front airdam. This year the btcc turns 60 but one of the series most exciting periods was the 2 litre super touring era of the 1990s.
This category which catered for v8 powered cars that had competed previously in auscar racing made its debut in a support event to the 1999 bathurst 500. Super touring class 2 or class ii was a motor racing touring cars category defined by the federation internationale de lautomobile fia for national touring car racing in 1993. The fia organised a world cup for the category each year from 1993 to 1995 and adopted the term.
This encompassed both 20 litre fia class ii touring cars and 50 litre touring cars which would later become known as super touring cars and v8 supercars respectively. The anatomy of a super touring car history and tech of 2 litre touring car racing in the 1990s after the wild and expensive group a era the new 2 litre formula was launched. It was based on the 2 litre touring car formula created for the british touring car championship btcc in 1990.
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