
Audi Quattro #4 S. Blomqvist / B. Cederberg Audi Sport Sweden Winners International Swedish Rally 1982 Minichamps 1:18

Specifications
- Brand
- Audi
- Manufacturer
- Minichamps
- Scale
- 1:18
- Material
- Diecast
- Model Condition
- Used Model
- SKU
- 155821105
- 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
- 4012138142213
About the Audi Quattro #4 S. Blomqvist / B. Cederberg Audi Sport Sweden Winners International Swedish Rally 1982 Minichamps 1:18
TL;DR: Minichamps' 1:18 diecast Audi Quattro recreates the #4 Audi Sport Sweden car driven by Stig Blomqvist and Björn Cederberg to victory at the 1982 Swedish Rally. Cast in metal with the works livery, it anchors an early four-wheel-drive rally display for collectors tracking the Quattro's rise.
The Audi Quattro didn't just win rallies in the early 1980s. It rewrote the formula for what a competitive rally car needed, and this Swedish Rally winner captures one of the moments that proved four-wheel drive belonged at the top level of the sport.
Minichamps' Diecast Take on the Works Audi Sport Livery
This 1:18 build uses diecast metal for the body, giving the model the kind of hand-filling weight that plastic replicas can't match, a detail that matters on a car whose flared arches and boxy cabin were built for function rather than style. Minichamps has built a broad reputation on motorsport subjects across rallying and open-wheel racing, and the Quattro's homologation-era shape, upright glasshouse, slotted rear spoiler, and wide wheel arches, suits the sharper panel definition diecast tooling delivers on straight body lines. The Audi Sport Sweden livery carries the era's bold graphics package, and getting that right matters more than usual here since this exact scheme only ran for one season before Audi's colors evolved with the car. Collectors comparing this against other Group B-era diecast will notice the weight difference against resin alternatives right away.
The Quattro's Four-Wheel-Drive Breakthrough at the 1982 Swedish Rally
Audi Sport introduced the quattro all-wheel-drive system to top-level rallying in 1981, and by the following season it was reshaping competitive results on low-grip surfaces exactly like the snow and ice of the Swedish Rally. Stig Blomqvist, a Swedish driver competing close to home, paired with co-driver Björn Cederberg to bring the Audi Sport Sweden entry to victory, a result that validated four-wheel drive as more than a curiosity. That early Quattro success set up the car's fuller Group B evolution later in the decade, when shorter wheelbases and more power pushed the platform further. For a display tracing that transition, this 1982 winner marks the technology's first proof point rather than its final form.
Where This Rally Winner Fits a Group B Display
Placed alongside later short-wheelbase Quattros or rival homologation specials from the period, this Swedish Rally winner works as the technology's opening chapter rather than its climax. The diecast build holds up well next to other 1:18 rally subjects, and the Audi Sport livery gives a display built around 1980s rallying an early, historically grounded starting point.















