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‘WHEN AUDI ASKED IF THE RULES COULD BE AMENDED TO INCLUDE FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE, NO ONE MINDED’

paradigm shift in rallying. Before its arrival, physics decreed that rally cars could only harness a certain level of power before more became pointless on loose surfaces; with fourwheel drive, however, there was virtually no limit. But so unlikely did its advantage seem that when Audi quietly asked if the rules could be amended to accept four-wheel drive, no one minded. After