At the time, spending $36,000 or so on a 2016 Audi A3 2.0T Quattro seemed entirely ... harkening back to the earliest days of Quattro rally dominance, seemed perfect to shoehorn into the compact ...

Before the Audi quattro, four-wheel drive was for farmers. After it, to turn up to a rally without four driven wheels was to admit defeat even before the flag had fallen to commence the opening stage.

When you think of rally-inspired ... GR Yaris that generally comes to mind. But Audi was first to have a go at the formula with its limited-run A1 Quattro, which muscled onto the scene nearly ...