The Secret Storage Facility of Audi Sport - /INSIDE QUATTRO

Inside Audi Tradition, where all of Audi's race cars and rally cars go to retire. The secret storage facility located in south eastern Germany is not open to the public, a rare view inside at the collection - including the Silver Arrows.

[@cikoleko]

I like the fact that JF loves Audi so he does these videos with passion and he has his own interest. That's why the videos are so interesting, even if I never used to have huge interest for this brand but /DRIVE does a good job of showing that history to us! Thanks.

[@stevegoodwin9067]

JF - I need you to do the same investigation / tour into Honda's history. How they came to be, their collection of racing automobiles, and smack them to wake the heck up and go back to their mid to late 80's mentality.

[@Stevo1361]

Haha, that was intense! I've never seen any footage of the transam series from that era. Awesome to hear the distorted roar of the Audi chasing down a 300zx! Great video again guys, keep feeding us.

[@OddisProductions]

Awesome to hear all the background history!

[@GT-gt4bf]

Love the story and heritage of car companies. More of this, Drive.

[@JDsHouseofHobbies]

Some very, very brave men drove those Silver Arrows!

[@Fasnfip]

I've never appreciated nor understood the audi cars and neither the company itself, and still don't, but that's just my opinion. But the quattro itself, it brings every man (including me) to his knees, because that is and will always be the roots of our every racing car. The technology these monsters posses is just outstanding. Oh, and I don't mean to offend anyone with my first statement.

[@02CO02]

So impressive every time i watch Inside.. Goosebumps

[@fredmcconnelliii]

2:28 Audi Imsa GTO ... I've got a wheel nut off of the winning car driven by Hans Stuck at Summit Point in '88. These cars were incredible.

[@rare6499]

This set of videos has been FANTASTIC!!! Great work, so brilliant thank you. Would be amazing if you could go to BMW or Mercedes and look inside!

[@TheCaps35]

This is the best /INSIDE QUATTRO yet!

[@saucybackport]

someone forgot to deinterlace sebring test footage before adding it to final cut

[@dyingangelo]

goose bumps i love seeing the silver arrows

[@nickallenray]

I don't care if this is some kind of advertising, it's really interesting history and I thoroughly enjoyed watching it.

[@hlad11]

Brilliant! Creating new automotive content and documenting it for future prosperity, priceless.

[@burtoncampbell2060]

I have never owned a car that pleased, excited and makes me want to go for a drive every day! I have a 2011 A4 Premium. I am 80 years of age. the only thing that I possible could want more would be a S4 Prestige (or equivalent). I will probably never own another vehicle - I am pleased, happy and satisfied. Audi Quattro - what an exciting car.

[@soloswiTch7595]

Those are some cool cars p. Campbell

[@TheCamaro5]

Even though I have never been to a Audi dealership I still think there are awesome.

[@gagu112]

This is why i love Audi. I have an 2002 Audi A4 1.9 for 6 years. I didn't have one single problem with her.

[@kvasirgerollheimer7054]

Gorgeous... Really nice Collection

[@michigank9]

Great video. Someone needs to do a complete video on the background of the works cars from the start to finish. But include stories from the technicians, team managers, co drivers etc.

[@waltercastro8594]

Awesome back story at audi. Thanks drive team

[@SmallBlogV8]

As much as I love behind-the-scenes looks at car companies, this feels a lot more commercial than Inside Koenigsegg did. Very cool cars though. I remember the A4 BTCC cars from the late '90s!

[@trollprepper]

I have a rather ambitious suggestion. Please DRIVE do an hour long documentary on the Silver Arrow.

[@NathanGibb]

EPIC!!!! JF Musial thank you! This series is outstanding!! Loving your work /DRIVE!! CAR BONER X 10!!

[@inlineschool]

Nice, you could do one episode just on the Silver arrows!

[@000Haze]

Thanks JF !

[@Nords_e87_130i]

Please do more videos like this. Well done

[@kilove1]

very good J.F well done man keep up the good work ..very informative and entertaining...a look behind the seen..really show AUDI's success as a brand..

[@Haider_Malik]

Wow! A great insight guys, thank you :)

[@halvathuvit]

Truly astonishing collection of Audi history! Thank you DRIVE for making these awesome jaw-dropping videos for us. Keep up the good work. PS: Suomi mainittu, torilla tavataan!

[@RoboTekno]

Nice history lesson. Thanks :-)

[@aidencoder]

I usually can't get past one minute if J.F is doing the video, but this time it wasn't too bad. I made it to the end.

[@RonaldCimafranca]

The story behind the Silver Arrows is pretty cool.

[@azagedon]

Dat interlacing... That aside, great video and footage!

[@cagriffin101]

Please do an Inside Porsche like this one!!! I would love to hear all the background history of Lemans wins

[@tekkaboy80]

More!!!! Im hungry for more !!!!!!

[@BohserHanz]

Nooo! This was waaay too short! Please guys keep talking, keep telling us this wonderfull stories :-) PS: Da ist man ja richtig stolz auf Audi wenn man sich so n schönes Werk anguckt! ;-)

[@blarkdexture8899]

Larry Kosilla would go nuts there.

[@EmmanuelTurner245225]

That was awesome.

[@cvillalobos27]

Please upload the uncut version !!!

[@stigmsr1]

Excellent!

[@bquick2blame]

Fantastic!

[@ChristopherMundahl]

excellent

[@MrSilverfish12]

Do they sell road legal versions close to those track tested a4??

[@jamsbong]

Audi = Best

[@TheDreamm21]

James May lol...wrong for you not for others!

[@jus1029ph]

James B James May TheDreameR Why don't we say they're all the best?

[@jamsbong]

jus1029ph No to socialism and communism! LOL

[@HekateMGO]

James May Impostor confirmed. We all know the real James May would rather have a Dacia. :P

[@Mikab61]

James May BMW? Better check the record books. Audi currently has the most wins for a race car, previously it was Porsche. Where were the Group B BMW's? Or how about DTM? Remember the Audi V8 dominated the series while the BMW M3 and Mercedes AMG chased.

[@LongbranchOlivetti]

Somebody needs to remind this fellow that 'silver arrows' are mercedes racing cars

[@banddude121]

All German cars are Silver Arrows en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Arrows

[@CJM44.41]

LSG Drizzt But it's usually used to describe a racing Mercedes both new and old, hence their logo. Even according to your source above, the term was first used to describe a Mercedes: "In 1958 Alfred Neubauer's biography was published, and he described the origin of the Silver Arrows as being accidental. In 1934 the international governing body of motor sport prescribed a maximum weight limit of 750 kg for Grand Prix racing cars, excluding tyres and fuel. Neubauer said that when in spring 1934, the Mercedes-Benz team placed its new Mercedes-Benz W25 on the scrutineering scales prior to the Eifelrennen at the Nürburgring, it allegedly recorded 751 kg (1,656 lb). Racing manager Alfred Neubauer and his driver Manfred von Brauchitsch, who both later published their memoirs, claimed that they had the idea of removing all the white paint from the bodywork. The story continues that the next day the shining silver aluminium beneath was exposed and scrutineering was passed. After the 350 hp (260 kW) car of Von Brauchitsch won the race, the nickname Silver Arrow was born, according to this version.". Audi were the ones who later followed suit and removed their paint to save weight. Just google search it again and see how many results will appear as Mercedes related.

[@banddude121]

***** Just because it started at Mercedes doesn't mean it is limited to just Mercedes. Every German car is a silver arrow. Silver=Germany, Green= England, Red= Italy.

[@CJM44.41]

LSG Drizzt Yeah I understand that much and it does make sense, but for the most part silver arrow is perhaps simply just a slang for referring to Mercedes in general (most significantly today in F1). Just look how many show up as Mercedes related. Hard argument, we're really just splitting hairs here. I get where you're coming from. Just trying to help clarify.

[@Mikab61]

Where do you guys get your info from? A beer hall? The Mercedes in 1934 were never painted white and never had to be stripped. It was a lie. Both Audi and Mercedes were polished Aluminum as early as the 1934 Avus race which was before the Nürburgring race. These cars were never white because both teams knew their cars were overweight so they built them in polished aluminum to meet the 750kg limit. Mercedes referred to their cars in a press release as the Silver Arrows and this was applied to both cars by the newspapers. So from then on both Audi and Mercedes were the Silver Arrows. Germany previously used white for their national racing color. See the Mercedes SSK race cars. Read Dog Nye's article on how Neubauer's biography was wrong.

[@motorin25]

I didn't realize Group 44 was a part of Audi's '80s SCCA/IMSA racing.

[@tomeis8499]

Completely lost my mind when I saw that typ D! That thing has a 3liter supercharged V12 with 485HP... and its from the 30's!?!

[@fer557]

Superb!

[@xGabicca]

These cars are so mesmerising that even JF can't frustrate me. Overall this series feels like a missed oportunity, such brilliant cars and yet very little information about them. The highlight of the R15 being a leap in aero? Really!? Next time please get someone more interested and informed to do this as they may ask some interesting questions and give us some interesting information.

[@streeatbeat]

touching....

[@375GTB]

What about Switzerland? Did any make it there? Like Mercedes had the good sense to do!

[@marleyjameson5461]

r.i.p. group b

[@xanderrr521]

does Leno have a silver arrow?

[@glenjohnson3441]

When is /Drive Clean coming back?

[@laktix]

Why wasn't this longer? :(

[@zxcvbqm]

why is there a redbull door inside audi's storage? 7:22 hahaha

[@whitefalken87]

Of all the countries that could've stolen those cars, it had to be Russia! Oh my God what a waste.

[@styleemusic]

Offcourse

[@xrider55]

He looks just like Mr. Bean :D

[@J0s3ho0dlum]

Was that rally car NA?

[@vwdasher]

Needs moar Silver Arrows! :)

[@thetreblerebel]

I say America is the land of the Automobile...at least during the 50s and 60s ... Those generations lived their cars..

[@pauldunneska]

And I drive a 2013 Skoda Octavia 7 speed DSG 1.6 TDI, all Volkswagen,audi technology, thank you.12/2/2014.Irish time 14:45.Wednesday.

[@375GTB]

The Type D is the real story, here. Modern Audi's started with the NSU-Ro80 rotary Wankel.. The failure of which let DKW buy the tooling for the car. Just as their two strokers were banned world wide... along with SAABs.. From out of the ashes! Combing WITH Porsche was a stroke of genius.. Just as the 917s were dominating LeMans.. 924s and 928s REALLY were Audi's ditto 944's.. 959s.. Badge Engineering from the board room.. Piesch & Co.... Family ties.. So it goes..

[@Zemjang]

Mr.Bean lol

[@viorcustom]

Audi the best ever.

[@madbikeboysins]

Pity about the reliability. After years of dealing with the NZ dealer network, and frustrating fragility, I'll never own one again. I regularly drive a friends 2013 S6 wagon, and it's fast, no argument - but I'm always waiting for something to break...

[@gbjames64]

Who noticed the Group 44 stickers on the front of the V8 touring cars???? Little known fact.

[@MichaelF1]

2:47 Sweet Jesus that is fucking CRAZY!

[@SnakeyUk08]

That sound is awesome :)

[@WildTurkeyRacing]

SERIES!!! The word is Series! rofl

[@TumzDK]

Tom K's old cars 5:49 :-)

[@djandri619]

rowan atkison?

[@ejpmooB]

They are just fancy Volkswagens ofcourse : )

[@acjonny031]

why Audi not in formula 1??

[@jstoli996c4s]

5:48 - crocodile car!

[@josephcote7702]

the "Silver Arrows" was Mercedes, not Audi/Auto Union.

[@rahikkala]

"Secret"? in Ingolstadt

[@smokerubberandlove]

being an audi enthusiast, i just nerd gasm'd everywhere.......

[@dickcheese663]

same thing can be said about all brands competing. They all have purpose

[@BLAZEDGODD]

hit 10 people-bonus points

[@nightridesp]

I love audis, but the silver arrows where the Mercedes Benz formula 1's.

[@eddiesmith48]

DUDE!!!! Someone please tell me that ISN'T the creepy Dr guy from the Human Centipede!!!!!!

[@christiancontreras5349]

just a very expensive Volkswagen but they damn good cars

[@walshy1093]

Not any more it isn't!

[@darek4488]

Ok, so why Audis nowadays are dull and boring?

[@banddude121]

They aren't? Provide evidence of them being dull and boring.

[@sherman3211]

LSG Drizzt A4-8. Theres your answer. I can't even tell the damn 4 door models apart anymore. I own a UrS6 too, Audi used to make some really cool road cars, now they are just sort of meh.

[@banddude121]

sherman3211 Well yeah the A cars are "boring." They're your family/ commuter cars. The whole brand is dull because they sell a lineup of family cars and not all S or RS style cars?

[@sherman3211]

LSG Drizzt Yep. If the bread and butter cars are boring, the whole line up that is based off of said cars would also be boring. The A5 and 7 are the only exceptions really. Don't get me wrong, they are nice cars, but I'm not exactly blown away by their styling or performance.

[@banddude121]

sherman3211 Same goes for Mercedes then too?

[@MrBooster999]

Its called the auto union

[@Tony-1971]

ur still rules!

[@MichaelF1]

2:16 Very nice, how much? *Borat Voice*

[@taj334]

Sebring is the most punishing track in the world? Have ever been to the Nordschleife?

[@jstoli996c4s]

Sebring is the most punishing because of the bumps. Modern prototypes are too fast for the Ring these days.

[@27jabberwocky12]

Did the commentator say Silver Arrows? Surely the SA's are a Mercedes legacy.......?

[@acodike]

No. German racing cars were called like that (M. Benz and Auto Union). It was the distinctive german colour back then.

[@Horse6L]

All the top teams used to use Sebring... until nascar took over. Sad.

[@kevinsmith8800]

Everytime one specific Manufacture is mentioned , there's always someone feeling insecure cause ''Honda'' was not involved , this documentary is about German Engineering , i have the likes for all cars but please just enjoy the show and stop feeling like one Manufacture is Higher and better than the other , each one has there pro's and con's

[@ast0nmart1n1]

Damn you Russians!!! Kidnapping the Silver Arrows, somewhere out there those beautiful beasts are still Missing In Action. I refuse to say Killed In Action.

[@ambasadororientu]

"Silver Arrows"...like Benz calls their cars since forever

[@ellasOLE22]

German formula cars were always called silver arrows by all Brands.

[@kingdongo4388]

Yeah it was auto union

[@fawzisalah7]

The Audi guy is dressed like Mr bean.

[@AlisterRobbie]

deinterlace guys. deinterlace!!!

[@drackula1985]

22 people drive BMWs :)

[@TheMattyboy20]

Can't believe the Russians did that to the cars, makes me mad.

[@TheEryk03]

Everywhere where quattro is allowed Audi dominate but then... quattro is banned.

[@RaulParis21]

auto union type d prewar f1 when f1 was only balls and no computers