![]() While the shortened wheelbase provided much-improved handling, understeer remained a challenge and demanded a different driving technique. The Sport quattro’s five-speed transmission distributed power to all four wheels via a fully adjustable all-wheel-drive system. With a new cross-flow four-valve cylinder head, Pierburg-Bosch mechanical fuel injection, and intercooling, this engine produced a stout 306 brake horsepower and 258 foot-pounds of torque in road-going form. Its displacement was reduced slightly to 2,133 cubic centimetres, which, with the addition of a big KKK K-27 turbocharger, made the engine equivalent to a normally aspirated three-litre powerplant. ![]() ![]() Beneath the vented fiberglass hood was an all-aluminium alloy inline five-cylinder engine with a single overhead camshaft and dry-sump lubrication. ![]()
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