No one would ever take an Audi A8L rallying. Yet, it looks right at home. Anyone familiar with stage rally ... its "Quattro" all-wheel drive system to dominate the now-iconic Group B era.

Over at Ford Motorsport, chief rally engineer John Wheeler also remembers the pain of producing homologation cars ... the Audi Quattro, was actually a carry-over from the Group 4 days, but ...

Yet the real star of the show are the rally cars ... and Walter Rohrl the Audi quickly became unstoppable. Initially homologated under the Group 4 rules, the Quattro also competed under Group ...

which traces its roots back to Audi's legendary Sport Quattro Group B rally car. Despite its sporty appeal, the market for small, luxurious two-door sport coupes began to drastically drop in ...

It could have come from another planet. The Lancia Stratos is so completely alien to the rest of the automotive world that you have to wonder how Bertone ever dreamt the thing up in the first place.