15 Car Designs That Changed The Industry

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13. Audi’s Sport Quattro – 1980

The rally car–1980 Audi Sport Quattro–debuted at the Geneva Motor Show in 1980. It was the first rally car to take advantage of the new rules that permitted the use of AWD in rally competitions, and it dominated rallying for the next three years in a row. The Sport Quattro design marked the beginning of the AWD era in rallying by winning many championships, but what makes it so revolutionary is that it was a race car that proved the effectiveness of a sports car using AWD.