Circuit of Ireland 1987

coupequattro

Dave Llewelyn and Phil Short came close to winning the circuit of Ireland in 1987. They competed in an Audi Coupe quattro, registration 44 XMN. I'm trying to document this car as much as possible, it was a great result for a VAG car in Ireland. Here's what I've pulled together on the Coupe quatro in Group A rallying so far

http://www.kvquattro.com/groupArally.html

If anyone has any photos, video, or other information that they'd like to share on 44 XMN or any other group A Coupe quattro, could you please contact me at james@kvquattro.com?

Thanks in advance, James

quattro777

Great site
I'm torn between getting an early ur quattro or a type 43 200 at the mo.

rugbyman

am 90 % certain i remember a french lady michelle Mouton in a quattro in the circuit of ireland many moons ago.
regards rugbyman

Ballykine43

rugbyman wrote: »

am 90 % certain i remember a french lady michelle Mouton in a quattro in the circuit of ireland many moons ago.
regards rugbyman

1985. See early part of this video http://www.motorsportmad.com/view/6570/1985-circuit-of-ireland

gears

coupequattro wrote: »

Dave Llewelyn and Phil Short came close to winning the circuit of Ireland in 1987. They competed in an Audi Coupe quattro, registration 44 XMN. I'm trying to document this car as much as possible, it was a great result for a VAG car in Ireland. Here's what I've pulled together on the Coupe quatro in Group A rallying so far

http://www.kvquattro.com/groupArally.html

If anyone has any photos, video, or other information that they'd like to share on 44 XMN or any other group A Coupe quattro, could you please contact me at james@kvquattro.com?

Thanks in advance, James

Good site, but I see that 44XMN has been crushed, why oh why would you crush such a car. I presume it was destroyed in a crash of some type, do you know what happened?

coupequattro

Broke it's back on a jump and wasn't possible to repair apparantly. I have 2 of these great cars......

rugbyman

Ballykine43 wrote: »

1985. See early part of this video http://www.motorsportmad.com/view/6570/1985-circuit-of-ireland

thanks .Ballykine
lot of history there
It was up in Co Down that I saw her. I thought henri Toivenen was in the 911 that year, bur seems i was wrong. in the year he entered the rallly he broke his arm near dundalk and did the next few stages one armed, as i recall

regards Rugbyman

Silvera

Interesting stuff.

44 XMN and MAN 44A are Isle of Man plates btw.

coupequattro

These were both Dave Sutton cars, and I believe that a lot of his cars were registered over there to get around some of the UK type approval rules

carchaeologist

coupequattro wrote: »

These were both Dave Sutton cars, and I believe that a lot of his cars were registered over there to get around some of the UK type approval rules

Thanks,i was just going to ask...:D

coupequattro

If anyone has any information, photos, articles, negatives, memorabilia or otherwise that they'd like to share regarding 44XMN in the 1987 Circuit of Ireland Rally, then please contact me

TIA, James

galwaytt

.....I remember watching RTE at the time, and Hannu Mikkola sliding his........S1 ?...........around the paddock at the RDS. All 4 wheels spinning on tarmac. I have it on VHS somewhere...........that's probably the same year Michelle was here too.

And even if it never won anything here, the sound alone was worth it.................many years later I got to see and hear an S2 in action in the UK, and it's spine-tingling stuff.........