Having tuned in to Ashes to Ashes last night, the eighties cop show spin-off to the BBC's Life on Mars, we have come over all nostalgic.
It got us thinking about how the PH team could bark ‘fire up the quattro’ every time we pop down to M&S for a sandwich.
As you can probably guess a lovely original Audi Quattro turbo like the one in the show would be silly money, so we tried to use a bit of imagination.
The original turbo quattro pioneered four-wheel-drive for production cars and was an instant classic.
The Coupe GT was Audi’s stab at offering a bit of quattro glam, but in most cases without the, er, quattro.
Alright, so ‘fire up the front wheel drive’ doesn’t have quite the same ring but at the least the car looked a bit like the turbo quattro, albeit without the dished wheels and lairy wheel arch extensions.
The Coupe did share the turbo’s solid build quality and robust engineering, although was a bit on the lardy side.
This meant that it wasn’t exactly a firecracker in the performance department – 0-60mph was 9.3 seconds for the 2.0 litre and it would struggle on to 115mph.
The Ronal alloys made the car look a bit under-wheeled and while the handling was reasonable it did tend to wallow somewhat.
One thing the car didn’t lack was style and these cars still look good today.
The Coupe GT did come as a quattro but these are incredibly rare, the two-wheel-drive models having been far more popular.
From 1981 to 1988 the car was offered with a normally aspirated 1.9 litre carb engine, 2.0 litre and a 2.2 litre 5-cylinder with four-wheel-drive.
Strangely, while the turbo models often came in strong hues such as red and white, the GT could be commonly found in a kind of metallic beige/gold.
The one we found is a 2.0 litre and it is on a D plate.
The good news is it only has 111,000 miles according to the owner, who claims it is ‘totally original’ and ‘1st class’.
We can’t argue with the fact that these cars are future classics, especially with the current interest in all things eighties.
You’ll get a cd/radio and mutlichanger, immobiliser and central locking, plus service history, six months MOT and tax until the end of the month – and all this for £500.
Add another £50 for a pair of white slip-ons and some fluorescent socks, and you’re ready to go…
Ad reads: 1987 AUDI COUPE GT 2dr Coupe.
Manual, 111,000 miles, Totally original 1st class example of the audi classic. Excellent drive, A1 engine, faultless bodywork, good tyres and alloys, fantastic interior, no rips or tears, sony cd/radio and multichanger, sunroof and central locking, immobilser fitted. Service history, 6 months MOT and tax till end of feb. Absolute bargain. Need quick sale hence price, as wife about to have baby no 7 !!!!. £500. ono
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