Long before Audi experimented with the allroad and even predating the modern trend of SUVs that inspired Audi’s off-road apiring Avant, the then-well-known and now-defunct Audi tuner Treser built their own interpretation. Even in the 1980s, first with the Type 85 Audi 80 (second-generation 4000 for Americans) and then with the cars like this Type 89 Audi 80, Treser saw the potential of Audi’s quattro all-wheel drive system in off-road situations. The cars were reportedly marketed as a vehicle for the persuit of falcons.
Somewhere in my VW/Audi magazine archive I've got a VW Motoring (England)article that features the B4 based Treser Hunters. Interestingly the article noted that on special request Audi supplied the Audi 80 quattros from the factory fitted with Audi V8 motors. Just goes to show that Audi has always been keen on "special engineering" vehicles.
Thanks for the good write up.
David C.
01 Audi TT 225Q Roadster 88 Vanagon Wolfsburg Edition
It should be noted that falconry is not the pursuit of falcons, but rather the use of trained falcons to hunt.
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