![Ex-Walter Röhrl and Stig Blomqvist rally quattro will feature at Olympia Classic & Sports Car – Quattros to celebrate the big 4-0 at London Classic Car Show](/sites/default/files/styles/article/public/2020-01/Classic%20%26%20Sports%20Car%20%E2%80%93%20Quattros%20to%20celebrate%20the%20big%204-0%20at%20London%20Classic%20Car%20Show%20%E2%80%93%201985-Audi-S1-E2-Rally-Car.png?itok=51Cx2VL8)
Few cars are as iconic and instantly recognisable as the Audi quattro and its 40th birthday will be honoured at next month’s London Classic Car Show with a special showcase.
The event is moving to Olympia for the 2020 edition on 20-23 February and a five-strong display will pay tribute to the quattro both as a road car and a rally star.
And for many the must-see car is likely to be the one pictured above – the 1985 S1 E2 that Walter Röhrl drove to victory at that year’s Semperit Rallye, and that Stig Blomqvist piloted to second in the 1985 Rally of the 1000 Lakes.
![1981 Audi quattro 10V Classic & Sports Car – Quattros to celebrate the big 4-0 at London Classic Car Show](/sites/default/files/2020-01/Classic%20%26%20Sports%20Car%20%E2%80%93%20Quattros%20to%20celebrate%20the%20big%204-0%20at%20London%20Classic%20Car%20Show%20%E2%80%93%201981-Audi-Quattro-%2810V%29.png)
![1991 Audi quattro 20V Classic & Sports Car – Quattros to celebrate the big 4-0 at London Classic Car Show](/sites/default/files/2020-01/Classic%20%26%20Sports%20Car%20%E2%80%93%20Quattros%20to%20celebrate%20the%20big%204-0%20at%20London%20Classic%20Car%20Show%20%E2%80%93%201991-Audi-Quattro-20V---unregistered-2.png)
Blue 10V and super-late 20V will be on show at Olympia
Representing the roadgoing quattros are two cars that book-end its production run.
There’s an early, UK-spec, left-hand-drive quattro 10V from 1981, before right-hand-drive models had been developed.