Legendary Audi Quattro

30 years of quattro - 30 years of Vorsprung durch Technik
30 years of quattro mean 30 years of Vorsprung durch Technik - Truth in Engineering -
and also 30 years of success. Today Audi is the world's leading premium-segment manufacturer of passenger cars with permanent all-wheel drive. The current model lineup includes more than 120 quattro variants; a number of models are available exclusively with all-wheel drive.

From 1980 through the end of 2009, Audi produced roughly 3.3 million cars with quattro all-wheel drive. In addition to the volume models, the S and the RS models also play an important role here. And the show cars - those gleaming one-of-a-kind vehicles in which the fascination of technology is focused - have also contributed to the success of the quattro concept.

The crown gear differential in the Audi RS 5
Exactly 30 years after the debut of the first quattro, Audi presents a new, innovative evolutionary stage of its permanent all-wheel drive system for longitudinal engines - the quattro drive with crown gear differential and torque vectoring. The technology will debut in the new Audi RS 5 high-performance coupé, with which Audi is further extending its competitive advantage.

Technologies
There is a broad swath line of technologies stretching back from today to the first Audi quattro, from the classic manually locking center differential to the very latest evolutionary stage, the crown gear center differential. Over the last 30 years, Audi has repeatedly broken new ground with quattro permanent all-wheel drive, including for the models with transverse-mounted engines and for the R8 high-performance sports car with its very unique technology layout.