Fifth Gear Recharged

[mikal83]

why when they do a rough comparison "test", dont they have the same ish cars?

[Shaw Tarse]

Doofus said:

raceboy said:

I just wondered what had happened to the Quattro to result in a 'Q' plate?

I've not watched it but presumably it's had some chassis modifications to accomodate an electric drivetrain?

[LuS1fer]

Doofus said:

raceboy said:

I just wondered what had happened to the Quattro to result in a 'Q' plate?

I've not watched it but presumably it's had some chassis modifications to accomodate an electric drivetrain?

No, it was a standard Quattro 20v

[Doofus]

LuS1fer said:

Doofus said:

raceboy said:

I just wondered what had happened to the Quattro to result in a 'Q' plate?

I've not watched it but presumably it's had some chassis modifications to accomodate an electric drivetrain?

No, it was a standard Quattro 20v

ok, thanks.

[AlexRS2782]

raceboy said:

I just wondered what had happened to the Quattro to result in a 'Q' plate?

Given the era, possibly stolen / recovered or custom build after an accident / reshell?

Edit - one of the online check sites lists it as a "1997 Audi Quattro" which isn't right based on the age of the original cars so maybe an import / reshell / custom build jobbie? Either way it's had expired tax / MOT since mid / late December '22, and the only MOT history that exists is from '20 & '21.

[thegreenhell]

https://www.carandclassic.com/auctions/1997-audi-u...

The current owner notes that although the DVLA lists this car as a 1997 model, this is purely a result of when it was re-registered with them. The vendor informs us that this car actually rolled off the production line in 1991 but was re-shelled by AM Cars and re-registered in 1997, hence the Q registration plate.