This Car Changed American Sports Car Racing Forever

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  • Опубліковано 23 вер 2022
  • The first half of the 80’s had been one heck of a ride for Audi. The Sport Quattro rally car first won the World Rally Championship in 1982, and went on to win again in 1984, coming second in ’83 and ’85, but by 1986 it had become clear that the Sport Quattro, great as it was, just wasn’t as competitive as it once had been, and even if it was, Group B was dead, so they sought new competition. This is the story of the Audi 90 Quattro IMSA GTO.
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  • @jf2569
    @jf2569 Рік тому +1911

    I just love the American sportive spirit. Their cars are a piece of sh.t, so they change the rules to stop others to win

    • @d34d10ck
      @d34d10ck Рік тому +519

      And they call themselves world champion in everything they do.

    • @palledrengens
      @palledrengens Рік тому

      @@d34d10ck we all have a worlds best, technically no one is ever the worlds best, as long as not everybody in the whole world is in the competition the worlds best isnt found! 😄 And in usa if someone wins a top title they just create a new association or League so everyone can be the best🤷🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️ cunts is what they are..

    • @micha0001
      @micha0001 Рік тому +329

      @@d34d10ck Like this game of Handegg, which they call "Football"...

    • @lauchsuppedeluxelauchsuppe1803
      @lauchsuppedeluxelauchsuppe1803 Рік тому +46

      skill issue lol

    • @DankSi
      @DankSi Рік тому +13

      Nah, they just didn't have an awd car available. American sports cars have some great racing pedigree, though they aren't great road cars. For example, the c4 corvette

  • @MrCalverino
    @MrCalverino Рік тому +1070

    I love how the Germans show up in a sedan only to get laughed at until they started winning 😄

    • @mightress
      @mightress Рік тому +138

      When they showed up in rally with a 4 wheel drive car they got asked why they want to race with ww2 jeep technology

    • @MrCalverino
      @MrCalverino Рік тому +5

      @@mightress yep 😅

    • @__TK___
      @__TK___ Рік тому +93

      Never ever underestimate the engineering of germans

    • @1mawesomel1kethat
      @1mawesomel1kethat Рік тому

      I love how Germans show up in tanks only to get laughed at until they start winning

    • @yankees29
      @yankees29 Рік тому +19

      I don’t think the American experts of the time were laughing. They knew something was up.😂

  • @Bamberger25
    @Bamberger25 Рік тому +913

    American Way of life. If you can´t compare, restrict the others to death.

    • @a1phamalestud
      @a1phamalestud Рік тому +109

      American manufacturers don’t know how to make cars

    • @Darilon12
      @Darilon12 Рік тому +36

      @@a1phamalestud *capable of going through unbanked corners.

    • @hasnfefer
      @hasnfefer Рік тому

      @@a1phamalestud I guess they are not capable to do anything. It's happening again with Huawei, if it's to good, ban it.

    • @micha0001
      @micha0001 Рік тому +2

      @@a1phamalestud That´s right, I own one... 🤣🤣

    • @frommerjacob1585
      @frommerjacob1585 Рік тому +35

      At least american cars can turn left in perfection, or at least they cam turn left pretty good. Acceptable good. At leadt they are kinda capable of turning left...

  • @johnshima01
    @johnshima01 Рік тому +204

    "They're beating us, change the rules!"

  • @BIOSHOCKFOXX
    @BIOSHOCKFOXX Рік тому +264

    Audi: Dominates European racing.
    Audi: Goes to U.S.
    Audi: Starts to dominate U.S.
    U.S. be like: Our ego is being destroyed, our in-house built big ass fuel hungry 3-6l V8's are being outmatched by a more economical inline engine!! (Don't get me wrong, I like American muscle cars, but there is no denying their futureless designs of the time).
    U.S.: Lets restrict European made engines and other stuff.
    Audi: Joins elsewhere, still dominates U.S.

    • @slwsnowman4038
      @slwsnowman4038 Рік тому

      The way governments are pushing things at the moment, all ICE powered cars have a futureless design.

    • @slartibartfast2649
      @slartibartfast2649 Рік тому +2

      That Audi was not economical at all! probably quite similar to the American V8s it was up against. To squeeze that much power out of a small displacement you will need to chuck a lot of fuel into it!

    • @spazjackrabbit61
      @spazjackrabbit61 Рік тому +3

      @@slartibartfast2649 lol
      deal with it
      at the time
      murican production v8's only made about 140 hp or something

    • @slartibartfast2649
      @slartibartfast2649 Рік тому +2

      @@spazjackrabbit61 lol
      1) I am not from North America.
      2) In a land with very long distances, straight and wide roads, and very cheap fuel the designs that make most sense are low revving and torquey.
      You only care about hp/litre when you care about size and weight, neither of which mattered in the US for production cars.
      Obviously the Audi was the far superior racing machine, but, as I said, it probably was pretty similar in terms of fuel economy :)

    • @johnm3907
      @johnm3907 10 місяців тому +1

      ​@spazjackrabbit61 that was because of emission regulations

  • @longtailgt
    @longtailgt Рік тому +574

    What's absolutely mind blowing is that a small 4 door saloon car was right up there running with Corvettes and Mustangs. I can't even imagine what the American audience would've felt like watching all of this live.

    • @startingbark0356
      @startingbark0356 Рік тому +29

      Well its much lighter basically

    • @mattanacker
      @mattanacker Рік тому +85

      The Trans Am car was insane. I saw it at Long Beach, the chirping turbo, awd grip, and exhaust flames from the turbos were something I had never seen, heard (the turbo was nothing like the 1.5 ltr F1 turbos, but still unique to the series).Oddly it was Hurley Haywood that taught Hans Stuck to left foot brake, once mastered the car could not be caught. Everything about the car was atypical to Trans-Am, and amazing. Even the paint scheme! Glad to see these cars running at Historic events again, but wish the owners would invite a professional driver to put it through its paces.

    • @tihspidtherekciltilc5469
      @tihspidtherekciltilc5469 Рік тому +2

      If you don't already may I suggest watching Goodwood and that big Ford slide around corners while passing cars it shouldn't be able to on the outside.

    • @longtailgt
      @longtailgt Рік тому +1

      @@tihspidtherekciltilc5469 What Ford are you talking about? The Falcon race car?

    • @tihspidtherekciltilc5469
      @tihspidtherekciltilc5469 Рік тому +1

      @@longtailgt It's a mid or full size so not a Falcon. I'm drawing a blank but I'll find it after work and update.

  • @wendigockel
    @wendigockel Рік тому +681

    After finishing runner-up in IMSA, Audi won the DTM two years in a row, with Hans-Joachim Stuck and Frank Biela winning the championship once each. Walter Röhrl was also recruited, marking the first time he ever went circuit racing.

    • @aydankhaliq2967
      @aydankhaliq2967 Рік тому +43

      Röhrl won the 1981 24hr of Le Mans in his class.

    • @MiguelGarcia-vj7oo
      @MiguelGarcia-vj7oo Рік тому +7

      Cecotto was points leader in the championship for 1990?(one of the years Audi won) but Mercedes Jr driver Michael Schumacher made an appearance on the championship race, and during the first lap cut through the grass and crashed into cecotto M3, thus giving the title to Stuck........

    • @rom.c.40
      @rom.c.40 Рік тому +6

      @@aydankhaliq2967 he also drove the 200 Trans Am

    • @rom.c.40
      @rom.c.40 Рік тому +6

      @MR PTRS you can Google his race results. He drove a BMW 2002 Turbo in 1977 DRM.

    • @CrewGuyPJ
      @CrewGuyPJ Рік тому +1

      @MR PTRS Walter drove the Trans Am Quattro, in his first circuit race at Road America. I was in attendance.

  • @defaultgenerico7749
    @defaultgenerico7749 Рік тому +155

    racing committees be like: we stretched the rules so far with our own cars, and got rolled by some guys actually playing by the rules. time to change the rules!

    • @mightress
      @mightress Рік тому +14

      The answer: bann the foreigners who follow the rules or let them take on so much balast our rearwheel drive v8's will win again.

  • @ryanstewart4444
    @ryanstewart4444 Рік тому +505

    I consider myself extremely fortunate to have seen both the TransAm and the IMSA Audi's live (not to mention the F40s limited IMSA appearances) and will never forget them.
    They will forever be linked with what a Race Car should sound like to me.

    • @AndyFromBeaverton
      @AndyFromBeaverton Рік тому +13

      Same here. I watched a lot of the mid-70s and on TransAm at PIR. I thought Audi made some of the best-looking saloon race cars ever, with the 90 being my favorite. I saw many great drivers, but I never got a chance to see StrietzelStuck. IMO, Hans is the most fantastic racing storyteller.

    • @bmepdoc9675
      @bmepdoc9675 Рік тому +4

      Same here. Seeing them pass on the outside was a mind rattling sight..

    • @chrisbinnett5923
      @chrisbinnett5923 Рік тому +1

      Saw them at Sears Point. Up the first hill, The most beautiful turbo sound in the world.

    • @endgamerplays
      @endgamerplays Рік тому

      TransAm is still going on, just as a more amateur racing series.

    • @retrocompaq5212
      @retrocompaq5212 Рік тому

      engine knocking? i own an audi and its fucking junk

  • @YellowbirdYT
    @YellowbirdYT Рік тому +436

    Got to love how racing competitions always boil down to banning whenever something better comes around.
    Nice to see the IMSA 90 getting some attention, probably one of the most iconic Audi designs despite its short career. Great video!

    • @marks7197
      @marks7197 Рік тому +2

      They didn't ban the DFV, or the Porsche 956/962 to name a couple, there are plenty of other dominant cars/drivers that have dominated by being better that weren't banned...

    • @James-May
      @James-May Рік тому +36

      If I was the governing body, instead of banning the dominant one, I'll just say "then make a better car" or just simply "git gud skrub"

    • @peacemission305
      @peacemission305 Рік тому +24

      @@James-May wow what an amazing game plan. thats why F1 has been boring as shit since 2009

    • @TravisOtt46
      @TravisOtt46 Рік тому +9

      ​@@James-May probably every american brand would have left the sport, thats the problem.

    • @woopimagpie
      @woopimagpie Рік тому +30

      This is basically the same thing that happened in Australia when the Nissan GTR "Godzilla" started cleaning up everything. Ford and Holden whinged like a bunch of sissies, not only was 4WD and turbocharging banned but they also got the governing bodies to cowtow to their whims and create a series where it was ONLY Ford and Holden. What made that particularly galling was Ford had been extremely dominant with the Cosworth Sierras for several years, and Holden had had their golden age some years earlier basically winning everything there was to win multiple times with their V8 Commodores but suddenly when it wasn't Ford or Holden winning the whole category had to be thrown out. Nowadays it's just a silhouette series, the racing is good but something was definitely lost along the way. GT and production car racing has far more variety and is more entertaining by far, and they are continually trying to attract new brands to the categories instead of throwing them out when they win.

  • @DAVIDJAMES12691
    @DAVIDJAMES12691 Рік тому +228

    I suggested this Audi 9 days ago and this dude cranked it out like a professional. Again, incredible work, dude, you're absolutely killing it and I'm loving the videos. Hilarious that the Trans Am sent the Americans into a panic, like trying to get a spider off you lmao.

    • @automobilistic
      @automobilistic  Рік тому +36

      Really glad you're enjoying! The Audi 90 IMSA was a great suggestion!

  • @scoldingwhisper
    @scoldingwhisper Рік тому +76

    That IMSA car must've been insane if it was driven at the 900kg weight

    • @mightress
      @mightress Рік тому +12

      "and the winner with a 3 lap lead is Audi"!!!!!

    • @Arcticun
      @Arcticun Рік тому +3

      720hp, 900kg with AWD and 375mm/14inch wide tires on all four corners.
      Yeah, those are some pretty absurd numbers regardless of timeframe.

  • @Soupdragon1964
    @Soupdragon1964 Рік тому +64

    Audi's success was based partly on the fact that generally speaking, the US is terribly insular. It's not interested in what the rest of the world is doing because it thinks it IS the world. That means that even though the Yanks love to chest-beat (and I don't mean that unkindly), they really have no idea of just how far ahead motorsport is in Europe. I was based in Lauderdale and Myrtle Beach for a year or so and met some great people - but they thought I was utterly nuts telling them about my little Integrale back in England. They thought it was only good for shopping!

    • @Londronable
      @Londronable Рік тому +10

      Reminds me a lot of the history of soccer.
      Constantly we can be in one location in the world, let's say the Brittish Isles.
      A lack of communication suddenly means that either they or a foreign team wins.
      And people adapt.
      And this happened all the time.
      Balkan teams or Germanic teams or Brazilian teams or Brittish teams played.
      Game.
      Lose.
      Adapt.
      As you said, the lack of foreign competition and such basically means they never need to adapt and therefore get left behind. Digging into what they assume is the best without an outside look that might have figured out something better.

    • @longtailgt
      @longtailgt Рік тому +4

      One evidence to back this up that I can give is, almost every time I see an American diehard NASCAR fan who grew up only watching that one motorsport or maybe drag racing, has their mind completely blown to bits after watching WRC or Le Mans.
      Now I'm not talking about just the manufacturers - American brands did make some amazing world-beating race cars - but I'm talking more about the American audience in general.

    • @heirofaniu
      @heirofaniu Рік тому +7

      It doesn't help that Trans Am was intended primarily as a privateer series and so having a factory team come in and smash everybody's faces in was a bit against the spirit of the series.
      Something that is often conveniently forgotten whenever this dtory is retold.

    • @Arcticun
      @Arcticun Рік тому +6

      @@heirofaniu Something that one also forgets is that at the time, IMSA was commonly referred to as the "International Marijuana Smugglers Association" due to the ABSURD amount of money the backers of a few of those teams were pumping into it and how rich they actually were.
      The edge that Audi had, was the engineers and skilled individuals behind development, I wouldn't say that they had a monetary advantage at all. Audi brought innovation, something that anyone else could've done but chose to not do.
      Besides the teams running the turbo 4-banger Merkur XR4ti's, those were also wicked fast.

    • @mangosteak
      @mangosteak 5 місяців тому

      The only thing the americans excel at is making weapons

  • @VWPirates
    @VWPirates Рік тому +122

    Those cars then came to South Africa and dominated the local racing for many years. I've seen Sarel vd Merwe starting from the back of the grid only to lead the race after one lap. He later said it became boring to race because it was just way faster than anything else.

    • @Vazin
      @Vazin Рік тому +14

      Not to forget being bought by a Finnish guy (if I remember correctly) and raced in European championships, even at Spa, dominating for years on end.

    • @ElTio.45-70
      @ElTio.45-70 Рік тому +6

      @@Vazin Pertti Kuismanen, other cars he used during his racing career (1996-2016) were Viper GTS-R, Corvette C6R and Ford GT.

    • @Vazin
      @Vazin Рік тому +3

      @@ElTio.45-70 Thank you! Yes, what an absolute legend he was!

  • @johnharris6655
    @johnharris6655 Рік тому +12

    My dad sold Audi's in the 80's. I remember when his demo car he drove home was a Quattro. That thing could climb a telephone pole.

  • @chrisanderson7820
    @chrisanderson7820 Рік тому +19

    This reminds me of that period where BMW and Audi came and utterly dunked on all the sports car racing in Australia. They destroyed the local Fords and Holdens and the race organisers/lobbyists spent years making up absurd rules in attempt to prevent this dominance. Same thing happened again when the Japanese annihilated everyone with their Nissan Skylines. When being better than the other guy gets you punished instead of rewarded and forcing the loser to get better.

  • @michaelc5279
    @michaelc5279 Рік тому +27

    Always nice to hear Gran Turismo music in the background of these commentary videos 🙂

  • @streddaz
    @streddaz Рік тому +41

    Reminds me of touring car racing in Australia. The “local” Holden and Ford V8 teams were slowly being left behind by firstly the 4 cylinder Ford Cosworth then later the Nissan GTR. To prevent this V8 Supercars Series was created to give relevance to the old V8 Holdens and Fords, since no other brand could enter. Years later a few did like Nissan but the racing was so irrelevant to what you could actually buy off the showroom floor it was comical. Today Holden isn’t even a brand anymore yet the Commodore is still raced, in the body style of the last model, a FWD V6🤦🏼‍♂️
    Last of the old school petrolheads grasping onto distance memories of V8 domination.

  • @superchargerone
    @superchargerone Рік тому +56

    Wow amazing sporting spirit america!!! love it that USA change your own rules to hinder successful competitors. Love that you guys kept this up and spread your sporting spirit to business and freedom everywhere on planet earth! well done american values hahahah

  • @walterwhite415
    @walterwhite415 Рік тому +6

    As far as i heard the americans first were like "2.1l awd? LMAO!" and then got humiliated by that thing. xD

  • @guvna2232
    @guvna2232 Рік тому +151

    Its nice to be the first just ask audi

    • @marks7197
      @marks7197 Рік тому +1

      Meaning what? The first 4wd car was 80 odd years before, Ferguson had a 4wd F1 car in the 60's?

    • @xwarped83
      @xwarped83 Рік тому +5

      @@marks7197 first 4wd to win WRC?

    • @marks7197
      @marks7197 Рік тому +1

      @@xwarped83 I suppose so.

    • @retrocompaq5212
      @retrocompaq5212 Рік тому +2

      willys made awd cars before audis and they were reliable

    • @ebebimik
      @ebebimik Рік тому +1

      @@retrocompaq5212 i like turtles

  • @MaxTheFun1995
    @MaxTheFun1995 Рік тому +47

    I know the audi is the centre of attention here but am I the only that's absolutely mesmerised by the Nissan 300ZX Twin Turbo Imsa GTO race car in the archive footage! Looks beautiful! 🤤😍

    • @marks7197
      @marks7197 Рік тому

      I believe that is the car they used as the basis for what Nissan thought could be an outright win at Le Mans. They were wrong.

    • @brianhaygood183
      @brianhaygood183 Рік тому +1

      Yeah, I noticed those. Lovely cars.

    • @jenshoefer7944
      @jenshoefer7944 Рік тому +1

      Not comparable, the Nissan 300sx is a brilliant car, but those audi are in fact insane fast family saloons which the 300sx isn't

    • @irishwristwatch2487
      @irishwristwatch2487 Рік тому +4

      The livery always makes me think of Grant Turismo

    • @JDMeister
      @JDMeister Рік тому +1

      @@jenshoefer7944 300ZX!

  • @quincygaming9529
    @quincygaming9529 Рік тому +23

    The IMSA 90 has to be one of my favorites. It looks and sounds so aggressive

  • @Christian-rj2yc
    @Christian-rj2yc Рік тому +12

    I bought an Audi 200 20v in the 90ies. When I picked up the car in Germany the seller told med that the first owner was HJ Stuck. Being an enthusiast, I thought that was pretty cool.

  • @hanswurst6712
    @hanswurst6712 Рік тому +68

    Those TransAM/IMSA Audis are one of my favourite cars in history. Especially of course the IMSA Audi 90.
    That Turbo whistle just get me all the time, and on top that ridicolous bodywork. 😀😍🥰
    Thx for that review! 😘 As always great quality content.
    Btw, i love that American TransAm attitude.
    "Hey those germs are beating us, what can we do?" - "Make them heavier, make them use smaller tyres!" - "They are still beating us, wtf!" - "Lets just flatout ban them next season!" - "Sounds good to me!" 🤣
    To be fair most entries in TransAM and IMSA were no works team. Just to defend the americans a bit. 😉

    • @davekennedy6315
      @davekennedy6315 Рік тому +12

      It seems to be the US attitude in general, especially back then. They wanted to be the best at everything and would happily cheat to achieve that.

    • @tjroelsma
      @tjroelsma Рік тому +24

      And that after the Americans almost had a hemorrhage laughing when Audi announced they would compete in IMSA. "Those silly Germans with their dinky 5 cylinder turbo think they can take on our mighty V-8's? Let them compete and we'll show them how the big boys do racing."
      After just a few races the Americans bitched and howled about how "dinky 5 cylinder turbo" Audi had "an unfair advantage"........... Americans, what can you say about them? LOL

    • @hanswurst6712
      @hanswurst6712 Рік тому +1

      @@tjroelsma Like i said we shouldnt be to harsh. Since most of the opponents were no full out works teams.

    • @tjroelsma
      @tjroelsma Рік тому +7

      @@hanswurst6712 Well, they were factory backed teams, so let's call them semi-factory teams.
      It did show that arrogantly assuming the old American adage of "there's no substitution for cubic inches" would still be valid against a turbo specialist company like Audi.

    • @MiguelGarcia-vj7oo
      @MiguelGarcia-vj7oo Рік тому

      @@hanswurst6712 no but they were factory backed...............

  • @ImInLoveWithBulla
    @ImInLoveWithBulla Рік тому +7

    Gotta love those IMSA exhausts. Just slap a 7-inch dump on the side. Something more akin to what you’d see in an unlimited class tractor pull.

  • @luckywest1467
    @luckywest1467 Рік тому +9

    Getting banned in race is proof enough that you made the best car. Same goes for the r32 gtr

    • @mightress
      @mightress Рік тому +2

      Imagine a 2.2ltr 5 in line beating a good ol v8 and rear wheel drive.
      Bann that shit, makes our modern day oldtimers look bad. 😁

  • @Happymali10
    @Happymali10 Рік тому +8

    They had the IMSA GTO at a vintage car event here in Germany a few years back. When they fired it up for a "demo run" it absolutely screamed the whole area into submission.

  • @The-Uncle-Rock
    @The-Uncle-Rock Рік тому +8

    The Audi 90 IMSA GTO... one of the most insane race cars. Even after blocking the 6th gear the opponents still was chanceless. Audi was saying the car have 620 HP. In some posters or reviews they was writing 720 HP. In real the car haded at least between 920 - 980 HP. Depending to the race track and the envirement temperature. So the IMSA 90 was able to close 1.000 HP.
    If you want to see the original car in real... go to germany. Audi drive it every year at the Donau Ring Audi Event.

  • @horsepower288
    @horsepower288 Рік тому +5

    I'm a simple man. I see Audi+quattro - I hit like

  • @richr7604
    @richr7604 Рік тому +5

    Audi always has and always will be my #1 choice in European cars. I owned a 4000s Quattro back in the late 80's and wish I still had it.

    • @malakisands8180
      @malakisands8180 10 місяців тому +1

      In Florida my neighbor has a S1 UrQuattro, 2001 S4 Avant, 2002 S8 and a imported 1994 RS2 Avant. He used to race for Audi in the 1980’s in Europe

  • @IanDarley
    @IanDarley Рік тому +15

    I had a tuned 200 turbo in the 90's, probably not as fast as I remember it was by today's standards, but I still miss that car and its ridiculous turbo lag and amazing 5 cylinder sound to this day.

    • @palledrengens
      @palledrengens Рік тому +2

      If it was turned properly it would still be fast, how many Kgs per bhp is a big factor and new cars suffer from way to much weight from safety equipment and Electrics...old cars are lightweight and still fast... I have had an rs Turbo with a chip from Birmingham computer mangement and tuned in by the Danish Rally Champion Jan "motor" Mortensen 195bhp at 0,9bar and and overboost at 1,8bar @318hp i have taken bmw M3's and the Ferrari 348 and Porsche carrera2 back in the days....less than a 1000kgs with that much power is better than a heavy car driven by a computer and not the driver himself...

    • @IanDarley
      @IanDarley Рік тому +1

      @@palledrengens I was working for a VAG dealer back then and one time they loaned out my company car to a customer. The only thing that was available to use for a couple of days was a series 1 RS Turbo, white with tiger stripes (a part exchange car). That was tuned and it was absolutely mental, it would light the tyres in third gear easily and sometimes going into fourth. It needed some suspension work though because it would *violently* pull left and right as it was scrabbling for grip, I nearly wiped out in it!

    • @palledrengens
      @palledrengens Рік тому +2

      @@IanDarley same with the series 2, 80% lsd My father was driving it home for me when he dropped me of at a party, he ran the car of the road🤣🤣 he said, suddenly it went crazy and pulled of the road?!!? I laughed because i had forgotten to turn the boost down 😂

    • @jiggamortice3870
      @jiggamortice3870 3 місяці тому

      ​@@palledrengens😂

  • @garyfielding8370
    @garyfielding8370 Рік тому +2

    I saw these race at Watkins Glen in the late 80's. I'll never forget what Hans Stuck said before the race when they broadcast an interview over the PA at the circuit. He was asked what his hopes were for his team today and he simply said "rain". Rain did come in during the early stages of the race and nothing could begin to stay with the viciously quick 90 Quattro GTO. It almost seemed unfair :)

  • @TheMrFishnDucks
    @TheMrFishnDucks Рік тому +14

    Fantastic video. On that Netflix documentary level. I had no idea this car even existed it has been fantastic to learn about. They have the 80's movie far future vibe hard to believe that they're real. Looking forward to the next video. Keep up the good work.

  • @WesllyOni
    @WesllyOni Рік тому +1

    Oh, so this is where many of the cars from Gran Turismo 2 came from? I wish I could play that again. Great story telling and informative, and the music was a nice touch, you have a new sub. Thanks!

  • @a92gsxdsm
    @a92gsxdsm Рік тому +4

    I did not know any of this up to watching this video. Thank you for the time you put in hitting all main points that matter and still covering a lot of details in between. Cheers mate!!

    • @automobilistic
      @automobilistic  Рік тому +1

      Really glad you enjoyed!

    • @a92gsxdsm
      @a92gsxdsm Рік тому +1

      @@automobilistic I always do. Some I know some I don't. Being an American its hard to find content on TV covering any of this. New or old. Even my son subbed this morning. Keep up the great work. Hope the channel continues to grow for you and us as consumers. Cheers!!

  • @aojracing4885
    @aojracing4885 Рік тому +8

    Another great video! Love these racing stories and the channel quality keeps improving!
    The winners of the IMSA championship that year were the Roush team in a Mercury Cougar XR-7 btw.

    • @MScotty90
      @MScotty90 Рік тому +1

      Mercury, now that’s a name I haven’t heard in a while.

  • @stewroo
    @stewroo 3 місяці тому

    Missed opportunity to describe the car as IMSAne. Great video as always. You've got a great voice for this.

  • @ConnorWagner
    @ConnorWagner Рік тому +1

    Man I love your content! Thank you for the hard work ❤

  • @Ikcatcher
    @Ikcatcher Рік тому

    Love your work, I’ve been binging your videos this past week

  • @brdrnda3805
    @brdrnda3805 Рік тому +2

    The times when "Vorsprung durch Technik" wasn't just an empty marketing claim.

  • @taxiuniversum
    @taxiuniversum Рік тому +22

    It’s hilarious how openly xenophobic regulators in the U.S. racing scene were. Sportsmanship-wise an unparalleled FAIL.

  • @SW-mk6cz
    @SW-mk6cz Рік тому +7

    Sure - beeing advanced by excellence in engineering is always fair! But it is unfair to change the rules in order to hinder foreign teams to win!

  • @robertkerr4199
    @robertkerr4199 Рік тому +13

    I absolutely hate how in motorsports, the solution to levelling the playing field always means punishing the winner, instead of motivating other teams to produce better machines. It's the only sport that does it... How would the world react if Usain Bolt had to lug an extra 20 Lbs of ballast to "level the playing field?"

    • @ATEC101
      @ATEC101 Рік тому +1

      It's the only sport with multinational manufacturers spending billions across multiple levels of competition on a global scale. Usain should have stayed off the drugs. Oh, right, he was leveling up the playing field.

    • @bruhsecutor
      @bruhsecutor Рік тому +1

      Because runners don't need to spend millions on R and D for a niche event.

  • @huckit632
    @huckit632 2 місяці тому

    Fantastic video, kept me glued to my screen!

  • @Cobblepot101
    @Cobblepot101 Рік тому +1

    Unexpected Audi video, nice. Keep up the amazing content, luv your channel.

  • @idokwatcher2062
    @idokwatcher2062 Рік тому +6

    1:45 such a beautiful car. Such beautiful proportions. How did we end up with RS5, M4 and even new M2 as such humongous cars :(

    • @thediamondlord8528
      @thediamondlord8528 Рік тому +1

      Safety regulations I would assume made them bigger, and maybe a bit to deal with the size of the average person being larger than it was 30 years ago

  • @poodymeiner3125
    @poodymeiner3125 Рік тому +2

    Never owned an Audi.
    However, I owned a Toyota 4Runner that had an Audi transmission, and good god almighty do I miss it. Power at the ready, no matter if I was cruising at 40 mph or 90. Didn’t have the highest speed, but that acceleration was amazing.

  • @TheInkPitOx
    @TheInkPitOx Рік тому +2

    I was ecstatic when they added this to Forza.
    Looking at that footage of cars racing on ****ing ice with nothing separating the cars from the spectators.

  • @conocimientodelcosmoscr5433
    @conocimientodelcosmoscr5433 9 місяців тому

    Oh my this GT music in every video of cars is so good

  • @rivken95
    @rivken95 Рік тому

    I really love the old gran turismo music in the background... nice job

  • @mightress
    @mightress Рік тому +2

    The Audi 200 trans am. One of the best looking racecars ever made.

  • @YootubeUK
    @YootubeUK Рік тому

    Cool! Gotta love the GT soundtrack in the background too! That 200 Trans-Am, wow!

  • @alsa4real
    @alsa4real Рік тому +1

    Love the Gran Turismo 4 menu music in the background.

  • @davekennedy6315
    @davekennedy6315 Рік тому +13

    Trust the US race teams to start throwing a tantrum after being absolutely annihilated by Audi! They can't beat the car legitimately so instead try handicapping it and when that don't work ban it altogether! Why not make the crappy US racers better cars? Instead they take the cowards way.

  • @broadytaylor9493
    @broadytaylor9493 Рік тому +8

    Would love a video on another 4WD dominating car, the Nissan Skyline GTR BNR32 group A racer that destroyed in the Australian and Japanese Touring Car series

  • @xDNightmarex
    @xDNightmarex Рік тому

    Gran Turismo OST in the back? Much nostalgia love for that ❤
    A little History lesson presented in a calm yet interesting way on top of it? well-made video! thank you.

  • @veryrare7647
    @veryrare7647 Рік тому +1

    imsa gto was an amazing era. i love the specific mix of technologies of that time

  • @zayas6999
    @zayas6999 Рік тому

    Another awesome video here. Love the gran 5ourismo music!

  • @b5Bart
    @b5Bart Рік тому +1

    90 imsa front end is one of the meanest race cars of all time. Plus the greatest engine note know to mankind, the good ol 5 cylinder with a spooly boi

  • @hlotto
    @hlotto Рік тому

    Love the grand turismo music , take me back a lot of years

  • @erikalarson6803
    @erikalarson6803 Рік тому

    Great to see video of the 200 Rally Quattro; Rare indeed! The father of my beloved Urs4 and Urs6's. If I could drive as well at the video on my winter ice driving school days I'd be very happy with my performance.

  • @sportquattro8430
    @sportquattro8430 Рік тому +9

    Great video, just a few minor things. Audi did never win any championship with the quattro sport, only with the rally quattro A1&A2. Also Audi was already since 1983 present at Pikes Peak where they set records in class and famously won in 87 against Peugeot :)

  • @Aotearoa_Kiwi
    @Aotearoa_Kiwi Рік тому

    *Excellent video 😃 and great commentary.*

  • @paulglock3298
    @paulglock3298 Рік тому

    I love seeing all the vintage footage of Summit Point...fun track

  • @weltvonoben
    @weltvonoben Рік тому +3

    That's the only car I love to drive in Forza. The sound in real life is just brutal.

  • @b.c.2281
    @b.c.2281 Рік тому

    This is my favourite race car ever. It just has everything I love.

  • @Majimber
    @Majimber Рік тому +6

    I love American cars but goddamn are the manufacturers stubborn lmao, instead of improving anything we just limited Audi and still lost lol

  • @Christoffski
    @Christoffski Рік тому +1

    You have a habit of doing cars I've been watching or thinking about haha. It's like the ultimate Euro touring car even though it's a full GT.

  • @flingtown
    @flingtown Рік тому +1

    You thought we wouldn't notice the Gran Turismo music in the background? Lol love it, brings back memories

    • @automobilistic
      @automobilistic  Рік тому

      oh no, I knew people would notice lol, it just fits so well!

  • @urs6onfuturas975
    @urs6onfuturas975 Рік тому +1

    My all time favorite race car. It's why I've got the UrS6 in the garage now since it's the closest I'll realistically get to owning one.

  • @seenile6962
    @seenile6962 Рік тому

    I just stumbled upon your content.
    Bloody awesome work man keep it up.
    Liked....commented....now subscribing.
    Chur cuzzy

  • @stevenbohlen347
    @stevenbohlen347 Рік тому +3

    06:11 is such an impressive scene.

  • @TheWolvesCurse
    @TheWolvesCurse Рік тому

    i appreciate the use of the gran turismo 2 music in the background.

  • @KayvanCrafted
    @KayvanCrafted Рік тому

    Great video. Nice job on the sound track from Gran Turismo game😉

  • @JohnCharb87
    @JohnCharb87 Рік тому +4

    TransAm- It's not fair that this Audi is winning. Lets place restrictions to try to make it win less.
    IMSA- Does your vehicle have 4 wheels and can drive forward?
    Audi Um...yes.
    IMSA- Welcome aboard!

  • @dbpaule
    @dbpaule Рік тому

    Nice to hear GT2 music in the background!

  • @NGC__224
    @NGC__224 2 місяці тому

    Is this the Gran Turismo 2 menus soundtrack in the back or am I dreaming ? Superb video, as always.

  • @HEANization
    @HEANization Рік тому

    These 5 cylinder engines are born to raise hell! I drive old Audi 's now for almost 18 years. The most awsome cars ever! I can't say that from the new ones!

  • @evilmelon2206
    @evilmelon2206 8 місяців тому

    Neat seeing the Road America coverage.

  • @michaelscurr9046
    @michaelscurr9046 Рік тому +3

    Audi going 2 Yankee Doodle land is like godzilla going 2 Bathurst 😊

  • @Alex26894
    @Alex26894 Рік тому

    Love the gran turismo music in the background!

  • @timevolentisback6840
    @timevolentisback6840 Рік тому +1

    Any plans on the r92cp?:)
    BTW your videos are really great, keep it up

  • @yebo56
    @yebo56 Рік тому

    The 200 was brought to South Africa, raced in the (fantastic) Modified Saloom series by Sarel van der Merve. I saw it at Kyalami, still vividly remember the loud flutterimg sound of the turbo blow off

  • @V0r4xiz
    @V0r4xiz Рік тому

    The Gran Turismo 1 and 2 soundtracks sprinkled into this video make it just perfect ;)

  • @johnshark5219
    @johnshark5219 Рік тому +3

    thank you for finally doing justice to this amazing piece of machinery. fantastic work as always!

  • @snoozy3864
    @snoozy3864 Рік тому +1

    love the music choice reminds me vividly of gran turismo

  • @kallaprime799
    @kallaprime799 Рік тому +4

    If you can't beat it, BAN IT!!

  • @kuukeli
    @kuukeli Рік тому

    thank you for the video

  • @bad-bunnyblogger8171
    @bad-bunnyblogger8171 Рік тому +3

    Love to see a video of the 300zx IMSA

  • @fc3sboy1
    @fc3sboy1 Рік тому +1

    Great video however you left out valuable information pertaining the trans am cars and the imsa program. See you touched on the telemetry aspect of GTO however transam and the GTO both Audi used telemetry feeding via phone line I think it was real time data to Stuttgart and they made adjustments on the fly during the race. That ultimately is what came out in true advantage . I've talked at Great lengths with team members drivers from the late 80s early 90s that witnessed firsthand what Audi was doing

  • @Blackberries.86
    @Blackberries.86 Рік тому

    Liked and subscribed 👍🏻🍻

  • @timschuh6524
    @timschuh6524 Рік тому

    I remember watching Hans Stuck and Hurley Haywood smacking the Corvettes around with extreme prejudice. It was AWESOME!

  • @driverjamescopeland
    @driverjamescopeland Рік тому +2

    Great video content! Nice choice of music as well 😉
    AUDI should never have left IMSA. Their continued presence would've had a great impact on the American auto industry.

    • @phil3114
      @phil3114 Рік тому +5

      Not sure about the that, instead of rising up to the challenge the US motor industry usually tends to shut down competition instead

    • @driverjamescopeland
      @driverjamescopeland Рік тому +2

      @@phil3114 - That's every motorsport around the world. FIA, WRC, and LeMans are well known examples for rewriting the rules to fight "unfair advantage". I absolutely despise that term. If you want fair, flip a coin. Racing should be racing.
      I really wish the world had more open class, no rules, no awards, no trophies, racing. That's why I've grown to love time trials and hill climbs, in my later years. Doesn't matter if you a multi-million dollar racing development, or a $2,500 go-kart... just run the nuts off it, and see where you stand.

    • @phil3114
      @phil3114 Рік тому

      @@driverjamescopeland true to a degree, but i merely replied to a very specific statement

    • @driverjamescopeland
      @driverjamescopeland Рік тому +1

      @@phil3114 - Simply true... not "to a degree". American sanctioning bodies and their unofficial manufacturing affiliates, are definitely not exclusive to choking competition. The reason for my statement being specifically American, was Audi's absence. Audi is still a relevant marque in most foreign markets, and the U.S. as well... but they have ZERO presence of factory teams in the U.S.. Had they've maintained their presence, I can only imagine the impact they would've had on both the automotive industry and racing. At the least, I think American expectations for an automobile would've improved.

    • @phil3114
      @phil3114 Рік тому +1

      @@driverjamescopeland huh boy, whatever you say, mate

  • @JackAdamCarter
    @JackAdamCarter Рік тому +1

    Fantastic!🙌🏻

  • @xypnosii
    @xypnosii Рік тому

    amazing footage and amazing documentary!
    although might i inquire about where you get all this footage from? as i'd very much love to watch them one by one (maybe a link in the description?).

  • @marvinracer88
    @marvinracer88 Рік тому +1

    Came for the information. Sub’d for the gran turismo 2 music.

  • @acidocloridrico9168
    @acidocloridrico9168 Рік тому

    1:55 showing some great footage with gran turismo 3 dealership track in the background, amazing

  • @ennis4417
    @ennis4417 Рік тому +1

    I'd love a video on tom walkinshaw's life/career, theres not much about him on the internet and he seems like one of the big players of 80/90s motorsport

  • @AngryPostmanStockholm
    @AngryPostmanStockholm Рік тому +5

    I think first only american cars were allowed to do IMSA, and Audi was quite a "joke" not considered a threat along the selfoccupied lines of
    "nothing beats cubic inches" and such...
    - Doh, let them in for some humiliation 😂
    Ahh danke mein herren!
    - Np... 😵‍💫 wtfudge