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Audi sketches born-again Quattro supercar ahead of limited-edition production Thirty years after the original, Audi is returning the Quattro badge to its line-up. These sketches are confirmation that Audi will debut its new Quattro Sport at next month’s Frankfurt motor show, with a limited production run heading into showrooms from late 2016. Based around the current RS 7 architecture, the Quattro Sport will be priced well above every other production Audi – even the R8 – and put together on a dedicated production line in Neckarsulm, Germany. Driven largely by Audi’s design team, the Quattro Sport will be based loosely on Audi’s 2010 Quattro Concept (pictured here in white), but is larger, has a longer wheelbase and utilises more of the design language from the original 1980 UR quattro. Besides delivering pleasant nostalgia and giving its design team a chance to take its pencils for a walk, the Quattro is designed to be a high-profile counter to attacks on Au...