Here is a history-related question which, for some reason, has come to mind in recent days. In which group, A or B, did the Audi 80 Quattros entered by the works for Stig Blomqvist in Sweden and by Audi Sport UK for various drivers (mainly Harald Demuth, but also Darryl Weidner and Andrew Cowan) on the 1983 British Open Championship run?
I ask because I had always thought these were Group A cars; indeed, for instance, the narration on the ITV report of the 1983 Ulster Rally stated: 'Running against him [Per Eklund] in Group A is Harald Demuth's four-wheel-drive Audi 80 Quattro'. However, other video reviews of the 1983 British rounds do not talk of the 80 Quattro as being in Group A against Eklund's Corolla, Chris Lord's Mazda, the Escort RS1600is and so on (for example, here —
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqeEdBwol7w — where it is stated that Louise Aitken and Lord were contending the Group A lead at a point before Demuth retired). Also, both here —
http://www.juwra.com/sweden_1983_entries.html — and here —
http://www.rallybase.nl/index.php?ty...lt&rallyid=253 — Blomqvist's Sweden entry is given as being part of Group B. Yet a privateer Group A 80 Quattro is listed amongst the finishers on the 1983 1000 Lakes, and subsequent examples of the type, such as Mikael Ericsson's, were always Group A cars. I'd be most interested to read an explanation! Are those sources that have the 1983 works cars as being Group B just mistaken, or is there another reason?