Originally Posted by
fpv_gtho
The wheel was inevitable though, so its hardly a fair comparison. It was Audi that invented Quattro, developed it for racing and stuck it in their cars. It was their doing that made everyone else realise the worth of AWD under normal cars and that the system could be tamed.
Kinda like the rotary, if Mazda hadnt have stuck to their guns and keep developing it, we wouldnt have the RX-8 which has won awards across the globe
In 1961 the Ferguson F1 won an F1 race, (not counting for the championship. In the late sixties a number of F1 car's (McLaren, Lotus) also experimented with 4WD.The same principles were then used by Audi for the Quattro development.
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