1985 Audi Turbo Quattro Coupe

Here’s a chance to own and automotive and Rallye icon. UrQuattro coupes do not come up for sale very often, nd the desirable 85 models are rarely offered for sale.

Among the 667 (+/- 1 or 2) ur-Quattros imported to the United States from 1982- 1985, he 84 models (65 cars) and the 85 (73 cars) are the rarest, he rest being sold as 82/83 models. The 85s are generally considered the most desirable due to the incorporation of a considerable number factory updates several of which began with the 1984 models and numerous others that were unique to the 1985 US version, s well as some subsequent Euro cars.

Almost all who have seen this car say it is among the cleanest and nicest original specification Quattros they have seen. While repainted in the original color by the previous owner about 3 years ago, he well-kept interior is original as is most of the car in the context of normal use and maintenance. It also has some desirable upgrades such as European lights and bumper treatment, s well as well as invisible upgrades such as brakes, short shift kit and R-134A air conditioning conversion that blows cold.

In summary it is an outstanding example of 73 US Import 1985 Quattro Coupes. While not a hangar queen, t is extremely clean and beautiful and runs as good as it looks. There is no evidence that the car has ever had any rust. It has that wonderful 5-banger sound, nd the mechanic in Boulder who has worked on these cars since the late 80s said it is one of the best running WX 10 valve cars he’s ever driven. He also says it is among the cleanest.

While the drive train is original, he car has had some recent extensive maintenance. About 3 years ago the previous owner had the head rebuilt and the original turbo rebuilt. He also installed new brakes and rotors (with dual piston caliper front brakes), eplaced all of the CV joints, ater hoses, tc. installed a new hydraulic slave cylinder, nd had the A/C rebuilt. In addition to the major mechanicals he paid attention to detail such as restoring the original stereo cassette player and putting the cruise control in proper order.

The timing belt, ater pump, lternator, nd drive belt were replaced in February 2015. Upon having the A/C, hich works great, harged, had it converted to R-134A from R-12 Freon. The modification is invisible and the car cools like my newer Audi, ithout heating up in traffic.

The only issues I am aware of is that the steering rack has begun to “weep”, nd occasionally drip. Upon consulting my mechanic, e said it that while not urgent, t some point in the future it would have to be rebuilt (about $1200). The passenger seat adjustment is jammed, nd there are some stitches opening in the base of the drivers seat. The leather is not torn. The paint is nearly perfect with only three minor defects that are hard to notice unless you know exactly where to look.

Unlike the unpainted black rubber spoiler on pre-1985 Quattros, he 85 models were delivered with spoilers painted in body color. The new paint on the rear spoiler, owever, ad been starting to crack in several places on my car in 2014. I took it to a paint shop familiar with the cars and the painter said it was because when the car was repainted in 2012-2013, dditives to provide sufficient flexibility to accommodate the soft nature of the rubber spoiler had not been added. He said the German cars in the 80s were painted with a specific Glasurit paint that had higher flexibility than today’s “bumper paints”. Consequently the shop had to sand and perform appropriate “bodywork” on the entire spoiler. Then after experimentally determining an appropriate additive level to accommodate the flexibility of the rubber spoiler it was repainted. A month of patient experimentation paid off and the spoiler is once again perfectly matches and is as beautiful as the day it rolled out of the factory

I have had the car for 2½ years and use it as a pleasure driver. I am the 4th owner and it is kept garaged, nd the rather extensive documentation indicates the three previous owners did so as well.

This Quattro has been in Colorado/California since 1991/92:

First Owner 4/15/85 – 1991/92 Mileage at transfer about 6000

Second Owner 1991/92 – 7/2/2012, ileage at transfer about 107K

Third Owner 7/2/2012 – 9/26/13 Mileage at transfer 114600

Current Owner 9/26/2013 – present – Current mileage is 117,700

The car is a joy to drive and is a people magnet wherever it goes. I had 2 of these back in the late 80s and early 90s and prayed for snowstorms in order to go for rides in the mountains, r winter road trips (a fellow skier name the cars “snow missiles”). I guess I have decided to sell it because I shamefully found myself not taking it out skiing or in snowstorms because I found it “too nice” to be driven when it of course an outrageous rallye car should be.

The car is equipped with almost all factory options and comes with original books and receipts from all four owners

A great web page last revised in 1997 but that no longer exists entitled “The US Model UR Quattro” did a great job of summarizing how the 1985 model year differed from the other US versions.

“Model Year 1985

The 1985 model has proven to be the most desirable with only 73 imported to USA. Many of the updates the1984 cars has were also carried over to the 1985 cars including the optional 15 by 8 inch Ronal R8 16 spoke wheels with 215/50VR15 tires, ider rear valance, rolled’ inner fender edges. The 1985 did receive an updated interior, hich included a new style black dash that was shared with the 4000/4000Q/Coupe GT. The differential lock switch was changed to a rotary knob that was also used in the 4000 Quattro. Located next to the differential lock switch were voltmeter and oil temperature LED bar-graph displays. To help eliminate trunk strut problems and lighten the car, Kevlar trunk lid was introduced which was painted body color. The rear spoiler was also painted body color. The front grill was now sloped like the 4000/GT models but the headlights were still 4 sealed beams The ‘Audi’ and ‘Quattro’ labels on rear deck were now plastic instead of decals. The rear window now had ‘Quattro’ spelled out in the rear defogger lines. As on the 1984 model the rear bumper doesn’t have bolt holes.” Also, s with the 84s (only 65 84w were imported) the 85s were equipped with the desirable 15 by 8 inch Ronal R8 16 spoke wheels with 215/50VR15 tires. The rear valence was widened to cover the larger wheels. The factory also started to ‘roll’ the inner fender edges to eliminate tire contact with the body

The stone grey-metallic / platinum

exterior/interior color codes for this Quattro are:

08.01.1984 >> 07.31.1985 MODEL YEAR 1985

F 85-F-90001 >> 85-F-901500

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