1990 Audi Coupe Quattro | Retro Review 

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John finally get a car with a *volt meter* and *oil pressure gauge* John: *Doesn't mention it* ............

This classy, understated German design has aged wonderfully.

People back then just couldn’t wrap their heads around something that drives all 4 wheels but isn’t meant to go off road.

Man, these early audis are an absolute unicorn. I've honestly never seen one on the road.

Got to love the sound of that 5 cylinder engine !

When Americans back then think of an AWD passenger vehicle, they automatically think it's made to go off road. Lol

FYI the auto AC is from an American car from the 70s. My grandfather had a Cadillac DeVille with the same system. Audi sourced it from Delco.

I have never seen one of these, anywhere. Ever. They have to be one of the rarest coupes of the 90s

A timeless design that still looks good today. These are rare cars nowadays.

I had one of these in 1990 with pearlescent white paint and black leather. Styling was very understated, yet I got constantly asked what kind of car it was. Absolutely loved it but had to sell it a year later to pay for college. I wish I still had it.

Only sold in the US for two model years: 1990 & 1991. These were rare when new, the yellow would be a complete unicorn find.

I was 19 in 1990, in the Navy, and a hard-core car nut. I don't recall ever seeing one of these on the road, anywhere in the world. A true unicorn.

Haha. The way it bucks when they floor it on the 1/4 mile 😂

I love that bright jasmine yellow color of the Audi quattro coupe!

I've always loved Motor Week... I also love my Coupe Quattro. Fun in the snow and a real head turner.

I had a 91 with the "aan" turbo 5 swapped into it and it was a beast of a car!!

108 ft braking is damn impressive for a 1990 car

my dad owne a 1990 - Audi 90 2.3 20v 5 cycl quattro, the engine sound was incredible, still one of the best sounding engines i've ever heard

The braking performance is very impressive for a car of that vintage. A good consolation for all the understeer.

The 5 cylinder engine is the sexiest sounding ever!!!

I've never EVER seen one of these. Even the short Quattro of the first generation is more common compared to this one.

3:20 "up yours, granny!" *"YOU COULDN'T HANDLE IT"*

Back in auto tech school, an instructor had one of these. He constantly had it tying up one of the lifts bc it was always breaking down. The other instructors used to tease him about trading the Audi in for a Yugo bc it would be more reliable.

1:13 that overhang tho.

Always wanted to test drive one , respectable numbers for the 90s

Finding this Audi Quattro Coupe , it's just like finding unicorn in the forest. Because I don't even remember this car and if I have I saw that movies

I don’t even know any car today that has 4 memory seats.

Such a beautiful car. Can't wait to get one one day!

Seeing this very rare car driving down a muddy rutted hill gave me the Chads

Dang, that braking distance is great.

I love the body lean and dive when braking, probably a nice comfortable ride, but can still handle great.

2:39 ridiculous squat and body roll

clean looking audi airline on the road

What a beautiful car !

i didn't even knew this car existed, also that distracted guy in the Pontiac almost caused an accident, good thing the driver in the Audi knows how to drive

Used to see these all the time in the 90s. I guess they were more common in New England (Vermont) because of all the snow and Audi’s AWD were a great match. “Well off” people bought these, others bought Subaru’s or Volvo’s.

Audi CEO: We need to make the front suspension soft! Audi Engineer: How soft? Audi CEO: Yes.

AWD ? *takes it offroading*

I f*#¤ing ❤ AUDI. On my 6th. which is an RS3 but sorta miss the analog cars of yesteryear. Thanks for the uploads Motorweek!!!

I suppose most of these Audis end up in the east coast where it snows. I’ve only seen one

They took it off road, haha.

I still want one of these. I had a 4 door and loved it.

After owning the Audi brand for over 30 years.. I still prefer it.

There are less than ten of these still In the road in California right now... lol

Did they ever figure out that moon roof? 4:16

Gotta have that all-hweel-drive, I tell you hwat

ive only seen like 2 or 3 of these but never taken any pics of any :(

I was not even born at that time but they look great

3:20 really caught me surprised. Whoever is driving that audi reacted incredibly late.

Beautiful car.

When I was a kid my Dad replaced our 1983 Audi 4000 4E sedan with a coupe Quattro although we never called it that, was the "Coupe Quattro" actually its name? This was my Mom's car after we, the kids were gone. This car was a looker for sure but it was pure trouble spending a lot of time at Ed Carroll VW Audi Porsche in Fort Collins Colorado for many reasons, the biggest of which was that it would just turn off dead while you were driving and you could not re-start it for hours, then it would just start as if nothing was wrong, puzzling. The A/C failed and very strangely the assembly for the cruise control got dislodged from its mounting and fell out while my Mom was driving, dangling from its vacuum hose and a few wires. The dash and instruments were still almost identical to the 1983 except for the auto-climate control panel. I drove the car many times up and down the Colorado Rockies to the Summit ski areas when I was home from college. The car finally died in 1999 but it was no longer my Mom's daily driver. It had left her stranded far from home and wouldn't start so my Dad had it towed home. It sat for while and we eventually sold it to a guy who collected rare Audis and thats where it died suffering from a head gasket failure and coolant leak, burned the engine up from what he told us. The 1983 4000 was a lot less troublesome but not nearly as fun!

5 cylinder still sounds nice even NA

Car: has awd MW: Let’s off road!!!

Scott Bakula does not care for the sunroof at all.

wow i want this car

I’d take it, or the 325ix coupe

These are pretty nice but, I really prefer the style of the 80’s quattro.

in a way, this looks like a type of predessesor for my 2010 audi s5 manual

I’d love to modify the suspension on this thing

I was looking away from the screen at 4:49 and thought the guy had just ripped something in the upholstery

Many sedans of that era were AWD or 4WS like mitsubishi gallant, Mercedes W124, Honda prelude.

Why did the undercarriage look like it had 200k miles

I owned one from 1996 until 2003. Really fun car aside from the stupid expensive Hitachi injection system.

94 Galant e50 please!

Man, Back in 1990 seen very few on road then, by 1990 DSM's were Selling 10 times GSX, for 16k

the automotive definition of "sophomore jinx"...the original a4 couldn't arrive soon enough

Suspension is very soft lots of body roll through the cones

Holy body roll

1:10 Engine bay and chassis look like they've been in the rust belt for 20 years. Cheers

That Members Only jacket and sunglasses, doens't get much more 80's than that....oh wait, its 1990.

Cars from the 90s are looked at like how cars were in the 70s when it was the 90s

This is definitely 7A engine.

when they showed the video on the underside of the ca...my first thoughts were.. how old is this car?

Wouldn't mind one of these in S2 spec

And Audi as in my RS3!

Awesome!

Crazy the neon I just finished watching is quicker

Cool car 😘😘😘😘😘

But does that BMW at the end they compared to have an AWD system like the Audi.

Just about 30K in 1990. Inflation adjusted for today is???

I am surprised it's 16 flat on a quarter mile that's not bad at all.

4:28 .. must be Genesis - Abacab

Love these

"Bring back the Coupe Quattro" Isn't that what the A5/S5 coupe is?

Sell quickly before the warranty runs out.

4:28 ABACAB!

Amigo que sensacional 👏👏👏

I love them Audies.

It was a letdown without the turbo. What could have been…

Worst launch EVER

Nice car, prefer the coupe gt/UR-RR Quattro more though.

They forgot to install suspension springs.

😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

the rear profile oddly reminds me of the celica from that era

I used to want one...Bad.

Fantastic car! I have Coupé quattro 20V 1990 USDM Version from Washington State. Now in Kraków, Poland. 63.000 miles car! :) @depechegreg

I love audi but I love volkswagens the best

Cool 😀

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