
Audi Quattro #24 M. Demuth / M. Daniels Audi Sport Lombard RAC Rally 1982 Minichamps 1:18

Specifications
- Brand
- Audi
- Manufacturer
- Minichamps
- Scale
- 1:18
- Material
- Diecast
- Model Condition
- Used Model
- SKU
- 155821124
- Year
- 1982
- Era
- 1980s
- Body Type
- Rally Models
- Vehicle Class
- Group B & Group A Legends
- Openable Parts
- No
- Packaging Condition
- Traces of Storage
- Model Type
- Race Models
- EAN / GTIN
- 4012138142220
About the Audi Quattro #24 M. Demuth / M. Daniels Audi Sport Lombard RAC Rally 1982 Minichamps 1:18
TL;DR: Minichamps' 1:18 diecast Audi Quattro reproduces the #24 Audi Sport entry driven by M. Demuth and M. Daniels at the 1982 Lombard RAC Rally. The Quattro's permanent all-wheel-drive system, radical for its time, reshaped rally car design and helped launch the Group B era that followed.
Some cars change their sport rather than just competing in it, and the Quattro belongs to that short list.
The Quattro's All-Wheel-Drive Revolution
Audi introduced permanent all-wheel drive to top-level rallying with the Quattro, a technical departure that rival manufacturers had largely dismissed as too heavy and complex for competitive use. The system proved decisive on loose and slippery surfaces, giving Audi a genuine performance advantage that forced the rest of the field to follow or fall behind. The Lombard RAC Rally, Britain's premier rally event held on forest gravel stages, was exactly the kind of low-grip terrain where the Quattro's traction advantage showed most clearly. The car's success through the early 1980s helped set the stage for Group B, the wild and ultimately short-lived category that followed, and the Quattro is widely credited with proving all-wheel drive's competitive case before that era began in earnest.
Minichamps' Diecast Detail for a Rally Icon
Minichamps has built genuine authority in rally-liveried diecast, and the Quattro's boxy, flared bodywork and prominent rally lighting pods translate clearly at 1:18. The Audi Sport livery, with its distinctive four-ring branding and period sponsor graphics, is tampo printed for sharp detail, and the diecast body carries the weight expected of metal construction at this scale. Opening doors are typical at this tier, revealing a stripped rally interior rather than a road-going cabin. For a collector building a Group B or early-1980s rally shelf, a genuine period Quattro entry is close to essential, documenting the car that arguably started the entire movement.















