Nardò 6000” Audi

“Nardò 6000” a significant part of Ingolstadt’s history.

Back in the late Eighties, Audi had its sights set upon Mercedes. Specifically, the records set by the latter’s diesel-powered C111 prototypes back in the late Seventies. Thus, the late Dr. Ferdinand Piëch picked three 1988 Audi 200 Quattro sedans to take on the task at Fiat’s old Nardo Ring. The “Nardò 6000” trio would go on to smash two of the C111’s records, with a third aborted when one of the Audi’s crashed.