Audi's "Unfair" Advantage in Trans Am Series

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  • čas přidán 22. 04. 2020
  • Even though Audi has reemerged into the Trans Am lineup in the last year, it has a pretty long history with the series that dates back to 1988.
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Komentáře • 94

  • @stevenbodum3405
    @stevenbodum3405 Před rokem +85

    its not unfair, everybody could make a 4wd, but only audi was clever enough. to be clever or inovative is not unfair.

    • @852urkl
      @852urkl Před rokem +3

      Tell that to the FIA, the ban on 4wd was due to a Jeep wiping the floor on European rally cars in the early 70's. Audi was just the first European car company to do what Jeep had with Quadradrive etc.

    • @didzisdobe2557
      @didzisdobe2557 Před 9 měsíci +9

      ​@@852urklwhere did you read that? Audi took 4wd from Iltis and in 1981 put coupe's shell on a VW 4wd making it first mass production 4wd saloon and coupe

    • @852urkl
      @852urkl Před 9 měsíci

      @@didzisdobe2557 Road and Track as well as dirtfish. Just google Jeep Wagoneer Rally and it will pop right up. Plenty of cool photos of the big Wagoneer running around a rally course.
      I am seriously surprised at how few people know about Jeep's 4WD system and rallying.

  • @UnkSpec
    @UnkSpec Před 2 lety +90

    Engineering over Muscle, Lesson 1

  • @dankefatos1957
    @dankefatos1957 Před rokem +33

    Walter Röhrl was the only unfair advantage

  • @b5Bart
    @b5Bart Před rokem +27

    200 trans am, 90 imsa, v8 dtm. 3 audi sedans that were absolute weapons as race cars.

  • @rainerausdemspring3584
    @rainerausdemspring3584 Před rokem +39

    Of course, the Audi had a clear unfair advantage - it was better.

  • @jayg5650
    @jayg5650 Před 5 měsíci +9

    Seeing them win even after the added weight and turbo and tire restrictions has to be one of the most vindicating moments in auto racing history

  • @The88Nomad
    @The88Nomad Před 10 měsíci +5

    2:31 the video editing is simply superb.

  • @linkespurschleicher8139
    @linkespurschleicher8139 Před 3 lety +21

    at 5:40 i only hear MIMIMIMI

  • @Risk0s
    @Risk0s Před 3 lety +22

    you gotta love hans stuck

  • @JamesOBitz
    @JamesOBitz Před 3 lety +16

    One of my top 5 of all time amazing car

  • @harryfahrtdenwagenvor5202
    @harryfahrtdenwagenvor5202 Před 3 lety +10

    Great Times with excellent drivers

  • @carlos_ar
    @carlos_ar Před 2 lety +15

    He was brake boosting lmao genius

    • @yankees29
      @yankees29 Před rokem +5

      Amazing drivers doing amazing things.

    • @savagegtalks5912
      @savagegtalks5912 Před rokem +8

      @@yankees29 it's a normal rally technique... every wanabe rally sim racer does it lol
      And it was Walter Röhrl. He was the last man to win a rally championship in a rear wheel drive Lancia vs Audi's AWD cars.
      He might be the only diver I truly admire. Before he retire, I will have a taxi lap on a circuit with that man.
      There are many legends, but there can only be 1 driving God. That position in my world is preserved for Walter Röhrl.

  • @wcsoblake85
    @wcsoblake85 Před 5 měsíci +2

    Hans was a legendary driver!

  • @JaredR1996
    @JaredR1996 Před 4 lety +32

    One of the badass cars I’d love to drive 💪

    • @Joshua_N-A
      @Joshua_N-A Před 2 lety +1

      Highest horsepower ever made was about 700+. They took it to rally with that kind of power.

  • @carlweidman3026
    @carlweidman3026 Před měsícem

    They are why I own a Audi

  • @Thevwmethod
    @Thevwmethod Před rokem +8

    . Walter would have got the win if it had been in the dark and a foot away from a cliff edge ..He probably loved it as no jumps or people in middle of the road..

  • @jonc1839
    @jonc1839 Před 3 měsíci

    Beautiful car 👍

  • @alexandervanwyk7669
    @alexandervanwyk7669 Před 4 lety +44

    I just love it when Germans kicks ass.

    • @devilishhh8015
      @devilishhh8015 Před 6 měsíci +3

      @@duidave4737Still conquered like whole Europe and to suburbs of Moscow, North Africa and needed like half of the world to take them down. Soviets lost 12 million soldiers fighting the german army which was the best army of its time facts

    • @kornaros96
      @kornaros96 Před 3 měsíci

      ​@@duidave4737not that kind of asskicking

  • @robsteries
    @robsteries Před rokem +7

    Sad thing that they came with laws just to get rid of Audi, in the U.S. 1) only american motors 2) no 4wd
    Sore losers in the transam world.

  • @zahidalonso8104
    @zahidalonso8104 Před 2 lety

    Goats💯‼️

  • @rileyhance318
    @rileyhance318 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Funny how they go from mockery to trying to penalize them to keep up

  • @eacamo2986
    @eacamo2986 Před 2 lety +20

    When he said Trans-Am drivers were tough, they don't look in their mirrors, Americans
    never watched in their mirrors lol. Period.

    • @Joshua_N-A
      @Joshua_N-A Před 2 lety +9

      Americans don't realize that the driver behind them can literally read what's written on their trunk at high speed. No need to overtake, just keep drafting is enough to pressure an American driver.

  • @BigMacIIx
    @BigMacIIx Před rokem +13

    American cars it’s all about going in a straight line or in a circle. I've grownups during this era of new awd sedan from Audi and Subaru, kicking American muscle cars in everything they allowed to compete before being banished from American races.

    • @drumnbasssakuga9352
      @drumnbasssakuga9352 Před 9 měsíci

      Zakspeed viper? Corvette C7R and C8R? Camaro GT3? American cars are stronger than ever in the modern era.
      Also, where is Subaru even racing? The WRC that doesn't even come to America? They're not even in that anymore and neither is Audi.

    • @BigMacIIx
      @BigMacIIx Před 9 měsíci

      ​@@drumnbasssakuga9352 Any sub $50,000 in your list? Your point on WRC prove my case about common USA drivers and market. Etiher have the biggest SUV or the most ridiculus unbalance power/weight car possible. I much prefer driving fast in low speed mountain curbs with a slow and dependable car than slow with a heavy car.

    • @drumnbasssakuga9352
      @drumnbasssakuga9352 Před 9 měsíci

      @@BigMacIIx camaro 1lt, ford focus rs, chevy ss are all sub-$50k cars that handle great on a West Virginia mountain road. and it’s not like sporty european or japanese cars are cheap anyway. aren’t we talking about race cars and not street cars? btw, ford is the only non-Asian manufacturer in WRC and they have always made great WRC cars

    • @installshieldwizard3017
      @installshieldwizard3017 Před 4 měsíci +1

      Focus RS is designed in UK

  • @didzisdobe2557
    @didzisdobe2557 Před 3 lety +54

    I love to see mighty V8 ass getting kicked by a small 5cylinder turbo engine. They just didn't like the fact that Audi can fit more potencial and the same horses in a small engine.

    • @wanleaf
      @wanleaf Před rokem +9

      Intelligence over savagery

    • @drumnbasssakuga9352
      @drumnbasssakuga9352 Před 9 měsíci

      It's called having a turbocharger, it's not rocket science. Anyone can slap a turbocharger on their engine and have it be reliable as long as they strengthen the right parts. Naturally aspirated engines require more cylinders to make the same amount of horsepower, but they'll still have a better power curve than the turbocharged engine, and it won't necessarily make the car heavier.

    • @didzisdobe2557
      @didzisdobe2557 Před 9 měsíci +3

      @@drumnbasssakuga9352 having more cylinders as you mentioned that's what IS making engine heavier than a turbocharged engine.🤦‍♂️

    • @drumnbasssakuga9352
      @drumnbasssakuga9352 Před 9 měsíci +1

      ​@@didzisdobe2557The car. A car can have more cylinders and still less total weight, because there are other places that can be lightened up. Racing series like Trans Am have a minimum weight but there are other places in the car where weight can be freed up in the case of more cylinders. The Dodge Viper for example has 10 whole cylinders and still is one of the lightest street cars out there

    • @didzisdobe2557
      @didzisdobe2557 Před 9 měsíci +1

      @@drumnbasssakuga9352 it depends from a class,my friend and whom is in comparsion. For example the same Audi in DTM in 1990. On the other hand Merc' 190Evo and BMW M3 E30 where way lighter than Audi's massive V8 limo. The only thing that saved that car was it's 4wd,because that season was very rainy.

  • @tantrumcycles2494
    @tantrumcycles2494 Před rokem +7

    4 wheel drive was good in the rain. I t was good when the track was breaking up.
    What was our real unfair advantage? The drivers. They would have won in anything.

    • @divecolosio4988
      @divecolosio4988 Před rokem +3

      *looking at a randomly walking by Walther Röhrl

    • @pirkkaruuska5766
      @pirkkaruuska5766 Před rokem +1

      Also one of the biggest advantages was less tyrewear.

    • @tantrumcycles2494
      @tantrumcycles2494 Před rokem +3

      @@pirkkaruuska5766 we (audi) had more tire wear than all the other teams. Why? We had heavier cars and front tires on all 4 corners, giving us much less rubber on the ground.
      There was absolutely no advantage in tire wear, a disadvantage.

  • @jonc1839
    @jonc1839 Před 3 měsíci +1

    German 🇩🇪 technology vs American 🇺🇸 😂

  • @louislepage5111
    @louislepage5111 Před měsícem

    Of course the Audi's were fast , they had unintended acceleration 😊😊😊😊😊😊

  • @NinoJoel
    @NinoJoel Před rokem +15

    Murcia crying like a little child because they don't build good cars "That's unfair " Haha

    • @NinoJoel
      @NinoJoel Před rokem +1

      @@852urkl so what does that change? Nothing. They where beat and could take it

  • @alexanderpedersen1432
    @alexanderpedersen1432 Před 2 lety +13

    Lol they just getting mad because thet getting beat im spanked by a Audi whirt a 5 cylinder

  • @MrAckers75
    @MrAckers75 Před rokem +10

    Can’t compete against 4wd so ban them lol. Maybe you too should make a 4wd car

    • @MrJohansen
      @MrJohansen Před rokem +1

      It was a privateer series, you arrogant european.

    • @MrAckers75
      @MrAckers75 Před rokem +6

      Not my fault a poxy 5 cylinder beat your v8 land barges!

  • @hansdampf640
    @hansdampf640 Před 5 měsíci

    unfair..... sure 🤣

  • @852urkl
    @852urkl Před rokem +2

    Everyone in this comments section needs to look up Gene Henderson and what he did with a Jeep Cherokee in the early 70's. People crying "unfair" about 4WD happened long before Audi entered Trans Am.

    • @ivanayala6817
      @ivanayala6817 Před 8 měsíci +1

      again americans speeking without knowing.. 4wd (of the jeep Wagoneer) is not the same that all wheel drive (AWD, the quattro) you moron! Haha.. american, always stupids

  • @christopherpuls651
    @christopherpuls651 Před 10 měsíci

    czcams.com/video/INAHBUdhucw/video.html
    Von 100 nachts im Regen

  • @MAFUX02
    @MAFUX02 Před rokem +20

    Everytime american arrogance gets proven wrong its "unfair" 😂, same thong was with the introduction of a leg kick by a thai boxer

    • @MrJohansen
      @MrJohansen Před rokem +2

      Would you say the same about the zakspeed viper? Of course you wouldnt because you are a re+arded european

    • @MAFUX02
      @MAFUX02 Před rokem +5

      @@MrJohansen wow wow, straight to insults, dont even need to prove a point

    • @NinoJoel
      @NinoJoel Před rokem +1

      ​@@MrJohansen oo look at me I'm Murican I can go fast at straiggts so I'm a race car deiver

    • @installshieldwizard3017
      @installshieldwizard3017 Před 4 měsíci

      Zakspeed is German lmao, and so is Audi. L

  • @cemalokka6360
    @cemalokka6360 Před rokem +7

    Crys like a baby.

  • @p0intdk
    @p0intdk Před 4 lety +10

    Who knew AWD has a advantage, is not like every other supercar has it like the 911 Turbo, Nissan GTR, and lambo´s it was a unfair advantage.

    • @bremCZ
      @bremCZ Před 4 lety +28

      It was a fair advantage.

    • @p0intdk
      @p0intdk Před 4 lety

      ​@@bremCZ ?? They where not only one that ran a small turbocharged engine if we go by that, so no.

    • @bremCZ
      @bremCZ Před 4 lety +29

      @@p0intdk They weren't the only ones that were allowed to though. Anybody else could have entered a comparable car. Sounds fair.

    • @skaldlouiscyphre2453
      @skaldlouiscyphre2453 Před 2 lety +9

      Audi used it first, Porsche didn't introduce AWD to the 911 until the 90s, same with the Skyline GT-R and Lambo Diablo. Porsche's 959 used AWD not long after the Ur-Quattro introduced it, but it took awhile for it to trickle down into the normal 911s.

    • @skaldlouiscyphre2453
      @skaldlouiscyphre2453 Před 2 lety

      @@bremCZ
      No one else really had one, except maybe AMC. Nissan's R32 was a few years away and not sold in the US, Ford didn't sell the AWD Sierra in the US, so the Merkur couldn't be ran in an AWD config and everything else you can think of wasn't eligible for Trans-Am (Porsche 959, Ford RS200, etc).
      In theory they could have let everyone develop AWD systems and drove up the costs for everyone or they could ban Audi from using it and make all but one team happy while solving the problem.

  • @doonbags22
    @doonbags22 Před rokem

    If someone is better then you. Bring them down.

  • @christopherpuls651
    @christopherpuls651 Před 10 měsíci

    The wash mashine with V6 is nice !
    4⁴ for much more tons this torse inside feel torge and tracktion , bring to look forward and think before over on :) ;) Eggcooker Series Paket but 4 Breskdisks front 17" and 18" 2 in back . Not cheap tyres :);)