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Line 9: ===Four wheel-drive=== He tested a [[Volkswagen Iltis]], a [[four-wheel drive]] military [[off-road vehicle]], with another engineer [[Roland Gumpert]] in the late 1970s in Finland. He proposed a four-wheel drive road vehicle in February 1977 to [[Ferdinand Piëch]], the head of R&D at Audi and [[{{ill\|Walter Treser]]\|de}}.<ref>{{cite journal\|title=Obituary of Ferdinand Piech\|journal=Classic and Sports Car\|url=https://www.classicandsportscar.com/obituaries/rip-ferdinand-piech-1937-2019\|accessdate=28 June 2020}}</ref> The go-ahead was given to test the idea with an [[Audi 80]], with an ''allrad'' (all-wheel) design, without a centre [[Differential (mechanical device)\|differential]]. Parts from an [[Audi 100]] were also taken to produce the new transmission design.<ref>{{cite journal\|title=100 Best Cars Ever Made\|journal=[[Daily Telegraph]]\|accessdate=28 June 2020\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/guides/100-best-cars/car/audi-quattro/index.html}}</ref> The car received the backing from the board of management of Audi in September 1977. The vehicle was tested on the [[Turracher Höhe Pass]] in Austria, one of the steepest routes in Europe, climbing the snow-covered 23% gradient without [[Snow tire\|snow tyre]]s. The vehicle was given to the head of R&D at Volkswagen, the Austrian [[Ernst Fiala (automotive engineer)\|Ernst Fiala]], to test. A main feature is the dual-direction transmission system invented by Audi's head of transmission, [[Franz Tengler]].

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