Audi 200 TransAm

After doing good advertising for itself in USA with the Talladega and some Pikes Peak entries, as
Group B was shut down, Audi joined in the TransAm Championship. This was a racingclassification
without many specifications except that all entries should be based on the silouette of a production car,
and engine block should be a standard offer from manufactor. This gave the TransAm a very wide and
strengthened spaceframe chassis, with a regular 200 coupe-top regarding the roof, A B and C pillars.

As the Audi 200 was not offered in 20V version until 1990 model, the TransAm featured a 10 valved
engine, based on the engine from the rally quattro A2. With Bosch Motronic management, this engine
put out 510~520hp at 7500 rpms and over 600Nm of torque. Drivetrain was a sixspeed transmission
and quattro allwheeldrive.

Length and width is 4897mm and 2033mm, in that order, with a weight of 1115kg.

These cars were more or less configured by Audi Sport for what seems to be a manufactor-backed
team in the US, TEAM Group 44, which handled most of the service and maintenance. After the 1988
season, Audi chose to put all it's effort in the IMSA series due better coverage by the media.

Sources:
Audipassion.com