E-Legend’s electrical EL1 homage to Audi Sport Quattro S1 nears manufacturing

Two years in the past, German outfit E-Legend went public with plans to create an electrical homage to the Audi Sport Quattro S1. The renderings confirmed a battery-powered coupe bearing the acquainted silhouette of the celebrated Group B rally automobile, with exaggerated takes on the Audi’s already-exaggerated options just like the swollen wheel arches and energy bulge hood. The EL1 updates the design with neat thrives just like the NACA-duct-shaped glass panel within the roof illuminating a luxurious cabin. The manufacturing model is getting nearer, E-Legend taking one in every of its carbon fiber monocoques to an airfield for a fine-tuning session of drifting and donuts. We all know how specs can dramatically change from conception to manufacturing, however the efficiency specs match or outdo the targets: 805 horsepower and 848 pound-feet of torque from three e-motors of uneven output, 0-62 miles per hour in 2.8 seconds, and a high velocity of 186 mph. Of these sums, torque is up 74 lb-ft.

For any who do not know, a sequence of Audi Sport vehicles merely named “Quattro” gained two WRC tiles, in 1982 and 1984. E-Legend has chosen one of the iconic fashions to emulate, however the least profitable, the Audi Sport Quattro S1. That may have one thing to do with E-Legend’s founder, Marcus Holzinger, being the son of Wolfgang Holzinger, a modeler at Audi within the early Eighties who labored on the Audi Sport Quattro’s strains. The S1 model gained a single rally, the San Remo occasion in 1985 with Walter Röhrl on the wheel, and 0 championships. The traditional mannequin made about 476 hp and 354 lb-ft from a turbocharged 2.1-liter inline-five-cylinder engine and weighed roughly 2,580 kilos.  

The prototype remains to be being labored as much as its goal figures and last tools spec, although. For the time being, the pre-pro model makes 604 horses from its two 302-hp rear motors. When every part is cranked up, the final word plan is to have the entrance motor contribute an additional 201 hp, the torque break up about 280 lb-ft from the entrance motor and about 247 lb-ft from every of the rear motors. Energy’s despatched by means of an open diff now, manufacturing vehicles ought to get a mechanical limited-slip differential on the rear axle and possibly one up entrance, too.    

The most important diversion from the 2021 spec issues the battery and curb weight. The unique spec sheet included a 90-kWh T-shaped battery behind the cockpit, the transverse portion meant to maintain weight centered 43/57 front-to-rear. The battery capability’s been shrunk to 80 kWh; regardless of that, curb weight is up. E-Legend deliberate for the automobile to weigh 3,700 kilos, that is climbed to three,950 kilos. Nothing that 805 hp and 848 lb-ft ought to have bother transferring, although. Most charging velocity can also be down, from 300 kW to 200 kW.

E-Legend’s put the manufacturing run for the EL1 at 30 items, every beginning at 890,000 euros ($949,000 U.S.). The worth contains that sensational trying inside in addition to options like energy home windows, air con, parking sensors, and a rear-view digicam. The plan is to point out the manufacturing model on the 2024 Monterey Automobile Week. E-Legend says it is already conceiving its follow-up product, one other rally legend that can develop into the EL2. If you don’t need need to wait, keep in mind that E-Legend is not the one outfit hand-building stunning resurrections of WRC icons. The automobile that interrupted Audi’s WRC triumphs was the Lancia 037, and in the event you’re happy with inside combustion, the Kimera Automobili 037 is a beautiful little bit of cellular artwork you should purchase proper now.

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