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Audi Quattro Purple Metallic Minichamps 1:18

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Audi Quattro Purple Metallic Minichamps 1:18 155016125 Diecast
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Minichamps' 1:18 diecast Audi Quattro brings the original 1980 road coupe to a shelf in rich purple metallic, cast as a sealed one-piece body. The flared arches and boxy Ingolstadt lines that started a rallying revolution come through in tight shut lines and deep paint depth. A striking colour choice for a marque that usually appears in rally livery.
Audi Quattro Purple Metallic Minichamps 1:18
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Car Brand
Audi
Model Manufacturer
Minichamps
Scale
1:18
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
New Model
SKU
155016125
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About the Audi Quattro Purple Metallic Minichamps 1:18

TL;DR: Minichamps reproduces the original 1980 Audi Quattro road coupe at 1:18 in purple metallic diecast, cast as a sealed one-piece body. The flared arches and angular Ingolstadt design that underpinned Group B rallying come through in tight shut lines and deep, even paint.

Every rally-liveried Quattro traces back to this shape, and seeing it in an unusual road colour rather than a familiar racing scheme is a genuine reminder of where the story actually started.

The Original Road-Going Quattro

A Coupe Built to Homologate a System

Audi launched the Quattro coupe in 1980 principally to put its new permanent four-wheel-drive system into production, a requirement of the homologation rules that would let the rally version compete. The road car's flared wheel arches, needed to cover wider running gear, gave it a distinctive, muscular stance that the rally cars would later exaggerate further.

Purple Metallic Against an Angular Shape

Purple was a genuinely available factory shade of the period, and it sits well against the Quattro's flat panels and sharp creases, showing off the metallic flake in a way a more common silver or red would make less distinctive on a shelf.

Sealed Diecast Construction on a Flared Body

This model has no opening panels, cast as a one-piece diecast shell, and the Quattro's flared arches are exactly the kind of raised, load-bearing surface detail that a fixed zinc alloy body holds cleanly without the risk of a hinge line interrupting the flare's edge. Lifted from its stand, the weight signals metal construction immediately, denser in the hand than a resin coupe of similar footprint, and that mass sits low over a wheelbase that reads as genuinely planted rather than toy-like. The purple paint holds an even metallic grain across the bonnet and door panels, and chrome trim around the window surrounds and quad headlamps catches light cleanly against the darker body colour. Badge details on the grille and tailgate are picked out with the tampo precision Minichamps applies across its road car range, and the arch flares themselves show a crisp transition into the door skins rather than a blurred join.

A Road Coupe Among Rally Liveries

A Deliberate Contrast on a Themed Shelf

Placed beside a rally-liveried A2 or Sport Quattro, this purple road car makes the clearest possible point about how far a homologation special travelled from its factory-colour starting point.

Footprint and Positioning

At 1:18 the coupe's compact wheelbase and flared arches give it a footprint of around 21 to 22 centimetres, a manageable size for a standard cabinet row.

For a collector who already owns a rally-liveried Quattro, this purple road coupe is the piece that completes the story rather than repeating it.

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