Why the word "Quattro"??
Yesterday I picked up my S4 (love it!). My fiance gets in the car for the first time and immediately says that she loves the car and now also wants an Audi = ) She then looks at the dashboard and asks, "Why does it says Quattro?". I explained that it's simply what Audi uses on their cars to designate AWD. Her next question, however, stumped me..."but why does is say Quattro? That's spanish". A very good point, and one that I honestly had never even thought about. I obviously knew that it wasn't German, but never questioned it.
Does anyone know why Audi uses the word Quattro on their AWD cars? |
Tell her if she wants an Audi for herself she'll stop asking dumb questions immediately...j/k, but seriously
I really have no idea though...many spaniards in Germany? |
The Audi Quattro was the first mass produced sports car with AWD, that was the actual model, like your S4, rather than a reference to the AWD system, back in 1980. It was a revolutionary vision for the era, and was such a touchstone sort of car for the brand, and how it performed during the years that it ran in the rally circuit (I say ran, when it really just dominated) that it became something more than just a model - Audi used to define any AWD car they produced, much like the Quattro model (designated the model by the capital "Q" rather than quattro like you see on your dash trim) was the defining car that brought AWD to cars from something that just offroad vehicles used for Audi.
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Originally Posted by DrizzTT
(Post 23995060)
Does anyone know why Audi uses the word Quattro on their AWD cars?
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lol, "Vierto"
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Originally Posted by DrizzTT
(Post 23995060)
Her next question, however, stumped me..."but why does is say Quattro? That's spanish". A very good point, and one that I honestly had never even thought about. I obviously knew that it wasn't German, but never questioned it.
Does anyone know why Audi uses the word Quattro on their AWD cars? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audi_Quattro http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quattro...l_drive_system) |
Yes Italian it is. I believe 4 in Spanish is cuatro. Forza Azzurri!
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Originally Posted by Smith837
(Post 23995100)
Actually, Quattro is derived from Italian word for "four". Some more info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audi_Quattro http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quattro...l_drive_system) |
Originally Posted by NWS4Guy
(Post 23995114)
Phsa. Next you'll tell us the word Audi is Italian.
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