
Audi Sport Quattro S1 #1 W. Rohrl Pikes Peak International Hill Climb Winner Record 1987 Minichamps 1:43

Specifications
- Car Brand
- Audi
- Model Manufacturer
- Minichamps
- Scale
- 1:43
- Material
- Diecast
- Model Condition
- New Model
- SKU
- 410871201
- Year
- 1987
- Era
- 1980s
- Body Type
- Special Models
- Vehicle Class
- Hillclimb & Special Events
- Openable Parts
- No
- Packaging Condition
- New
- Model Type
- Race Models
- EAN / GTIN
- —
About the Audi Sport Quattro S1 #1 W. Rohrl Pikes Peak International Hill Climb Winner Record 1987 Minichamps 1:43
TL;DR: Minichamps' 1:43 diecast Audi Sport Quattro S1 recreates Walter Rohrl's number 1 car from his record-breaking 1987 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb run. The sealed one-piece body carries the rally livery and rear wing detail in sharp tampo print, a genuine hillclimb history piece for a Group B shelf.
Pikes Peak rewards outright speed on a road that offers no margin for error, and Walter Rohrl set the outright record there in 1987 driving the Audi Sport Quattro S1. Minichamps built this 1:43 release around that specific run rather than a generic rally livery, a distinction worth knowing before adding any Audi hillclimb subject to a Group B collection.
Rohrl's 1987 Pikes Peak Record Run
The Sport Quattro S1's Hillclimb Specification
The Sport Quattro S1 that Audi prepared for Pikes Peak carried the extreme aerodynamic package the factory developed late in the Group B era, with a towering rear wing, wide box-arch bodywork, and a front splitter built for a climb rather than a stage rally. Rohrl drove this specific configuration to a new outright record on the mountain in 1987, a benchmark that stood as the fastest time up Pikes Peak until it was beaten the following year. Minichamps reproduces that wing and arch package accurately, which matters because the Pikes Peak S1 looked noticeably different from the stage-rally versions of the same car campaigned across Europe.
Livery and Number 1 Graphics on a Sealed Body
The number 1 sits prominently on the doors and roof, with Audi Sport's period sponsor graphics carried across the bonnet and sills in sharp tampo print. Because the body is a single sealed casting, those decals wrap continuously around the wheel arches and splitter without interruption at a panel join, which suits a livery built around bold, simple graphics rather than dense small text. The rally-spec lighting pods and roof aerial are moulded into the shell, keeping the silhouette clean and correctly proportioned against reference photographs of the real hillclimb car.
Minichamps' Diecast Detail on a Group B Icon
Paint, Wheels, and Wing Detail
The diecast body carries real weight for its size, the kind of density that keeps a model settled on a shelf rather than shifting when a cabinet door closes nearby. Paint holds an even finish across the wide box arches, and the rear wing, one of the most recognisable features of the Pikes Peak S1, is moulded with defined struts rather than a simplified block shape. Wheels carry accurate rally-spec detail with the correct offset for the widened arches, and the ride height sits correctly for a car built to attack a mountain road rather than sit low for tarmac stages.
1:43 Scale for Rally and Hillclimb Subjects
Rally and hillclimb cars are collected across scales, but 1:43 suits a subject like this particularly well because it allows a Group B shelf to cover multiple manufacturers and events without dominating a cabinet. The Sport Quattro S1's dramatic wing and arch package also reads clearly at this size, since the shapes involved are bold rather than fine. Buyers comparing rally replicas across manufacturers should check wing strut definition and wheel-arch flare first, since those are usually where lower-tier castings simplify most.
A Group B and Hillclimb Collection Anchor
This Sport Quattro S1 works well as the centrepiece of a Group B shelf, sitting alongside stage-rally Quattros and rival manufacturers' hillclimb specials from the same period. Because Rohrl's 1987 run is a genuinely documented record rather than a decorative livery, the model carries real historical weight beyond its paint scheme. Minichamps' 1:43 diecast keeps that kind of themed collecting practical, letting a Group B display grow across several manufacturers without excessive cabinet space.















