Audi Quattro: The Development & Competition History (A Foulis motoring book) [Hardcover]

Jeremy Walton (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 267 pages
• Publisher: Haynes (1984)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0854294104
• ISBN-13: 978-0854294107
• Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 7.3 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,744,775 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

CV-Jeremy David Walton, July 4 1946-2010


Freelance writer and author, Writer's Digest "Honorable Mention' in 2007 USA competition contested by 15,000 entries. Previous winner of non-fiction writing awards in the USA, 1998-1999-2000.
Following garage employment and a mercifully short spell washing cows' bottoms, former NUJ-Trained sub editor Walton created a freelance automotive consultancy and writing business in 1978. Contributed to national newspapers, consumer magazines and has had 35 non-fiction books commercially published [see www.jwarthog.com or enter Jeremy Walton on Amazon].
Loyal audience built in USA with 1996-2010 motoring columns and features. Co-wrote two UK sport-business titles with Palgrave Macmillan, the last published in 2001.
Completed a contracted Gerry Marshall biography for April 2010 publication and compiled an autobiography published March 2009.
Has also competed in motorsports UK and overseas with some national success, completed high profile economy run UK 2009 for Ford in a Focus RS.

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5.0 out of 5 stars To be continued, August 9, 2001

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This review is from: Audi Quattro: The Development & Competition History (A Foulis motoring book) (Hardcover)

Some 15 years after its publication this title fetches premium secondhand prices, which is just as the same author's Unbeatable BMW achieved.

As for Unbeatable, a new American edition is to become a reality, but that's not scheduled to appear until 2003. So what's so good about the original? And what should be improved?

The plus points of quattro in the Haynes 1984 edition [or the German-only 1985 mild uprate from Mototbuch Verlag] are its immense depth, born of direct factory cooperation and first hand experience. It covers both motorsports [mainly World Championship rallying] and the street development of the unique 4x4 turbo quattro, a coupe that set technical standards for 20 years. It talks directly to the engineers who made it happen, many of whom are retired today.

The snags to the original are poor presentation [the grainiest black and white you'll see outside WW11 battle footage] and an illogical running order, characteristic of this author.

If you need a genuine quattro fix before 2003 hunt one of these collectibles down. If not, the American edition will likely overcome the original minus points. As a bonis it will offer many US motor racing tales [Audi won the 1988 Trans Am title], the story of quattro's 600 bhp Pikes Peak monsters and 15 years of Audi's legendary Vortsprung durch technik [Progress through Technology.