Quat To Trot

August, 1982

Audi's awesome new full-time four-wheel-drive Quattro has two problems. One is the dangerously seductive feeling of total invincibility that takes over as you rocket along behind the wheel, oblivious to weather and road-surface conditions. The other is the number of speeding tickets you'll collect unless you religiously monitor the Quattro's speedometer. Unlike ordinary 4wds, the Quattro doesn't sit high on road-grader tires, ride and handle like Gabby Hayes's buckboard or gobble gas like Sheik...