What is "quattro"

Quattro (meaning four in Italian) is the sub-brand used by the car brand Audi AG to indicate that all-wheel drive (AWD) technologies or systems are used on specific models of its Audi automobiles. It is also Audi's actual performance division alongside S and RS

The word "quattro" is a registered trademark of Audi AG, a subsidiary of the German automotive concern, Volkswagen Group.

Quattro was first introduced in 1980 on the permanent four wheel drive Audi Quattro model, often referred to as the Ur-Quattro ("Ur-" is a German prefix that means "original" or "first"). The term quattro has since been applied to all subsequent Audi AWD models. Due to the nomenclature rights derived from the trademark, the word quattro is now always spelled with a lower case "q", in honour of its former namesake.

Other companies in the Volkswagen Group have used different trademarks for their 4WD vehicles. While Audi has always used the term "quattro", Volkswagen-branded cars initially used " syncro", but more recently, VW uses " 4motion". Škoda simply uses the nomenclature "4x4" after the model name, whereas SEAT uses merely "4". None of the above trademarks or nomenclatures defines the operation or type of 4WD system, as detailed below.

Quattro are a group of comic book villains who first appeared in Malibu Comics' The Solution #1.

Quattro consisted of:

• Book
• Death Dance
• Gate
• Meathook

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Quattro (Italian for Four) may refer to:

Automobiles/cars:

• Audi Quattro, a model of car
• Quattro (four-wheel-drive system), an Audi trademark
• quattro GmbH, an Audi private subsidiary company

Computing and computer games:

• Quattro compilations, a series of video game compilations (each with four games) released for the NES in the 1990s
• Quattro and Quattro Pro, spreadsheet applications
• The Microsoft codename for the Windows Home Server

Fictional characters

• Quattro Vageena or Quattro Bageena, an alias of Char Aznable in the Mobile Suit Gundam anime series
• Quattro, a character in Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Strikers

People

• "Quattro", a nickname of A. J. Foyt IV

Other

• Quattro, a range of four-bladed razors from Wilkinson Sword (sold in the U.S. under the Schick brand)
• Quattrocento, the cultural and artistic events of 15th century Italy
• Southern Skies Quattro, an American paramotor
• Adept Quattro Robot, a pick-and-place robot made by Adept Technology