Audi Quattro sells for a world record price of £163,000 - smashing the previous record by £91,000 having only done 9,700 miles in its 30-year life

• The iconic eighties motor was believed to be the last one ever manufactured
• The UR Quattro 20V has had two owners in 30 years and has done 9,700 miles
• As a result the car proved highly desirable when it went under up for auction
• It sold for hammer price of £145,000, with auctioneer's fees making it £163,125

An immaculate Audi Quattro has sold for a world record price of £163,125.

The iconic eighties motor was believed to be the last one ever manufactured by the German car giant when it rolled off the production line in 1991.

The UR Quattro 20V has had just two owners in its 30 year life and has just 9,700 miles on the clock.

As a result the pearly-white vehicle proved highly desirable when it went under the hammer.

It sold for a hammer price of £145,000. With auctioneer's fees added on the total price paid by the winning bidder was £163,125.

It beat the previous British auction house record paid for a Quattro road car that stood at £72,000 in 2017.

The unnamed vendor was said to have been 'over the moon' with the price.

The Audi Quattro, so-called because they were four wheeled drive road cars, were made between 1980 and 1991 and have become a cult classic over the years.

As well as its illustrious rallying history the Quattro is recognisable as the car DCI Gene Hunt drove in the hit TV crime drama Ashes to Ashes.

Gary Dunne, sales controller of Silverstone Auctions, said: 'The car is quite simply the best Quattro we have ever seen.

'It is believed to be the last one to be produced and until the sale it had had just two owners. The first for 17 years and the second, our vendor, for the past 13 years.

'The condition of the car was superb, with less than 10,000 miles covered, and we are thrilled we were able to achieve such a fantastic result for our vendor.

'The vendor is over the moon with the result and the world record price achieved.'

It was sold alongside a 2002 Volkswagen Golf GTI 25th Anniversary edition with a mere eight miles on the clock, having been stored from new by its only keeper.

It sold for £38,250, also a record figure for this limited-edition version of the Mk4 Golf GTI. 

The Quattro has a 2.1-litre turbocharged engine that produces 217bhp and a top speed of 143mph.

It still has its original Pirelli tyres and Blaupunkt radio/cassette player. It was sold with its original purchase invoice showing it was bought for £38,995. 

While this example now holds the record figure paid for an Audi Quattro road car, it is some way off the outright record for this model.

In February of this year, a 1988 Audi Sport Quattro S1 competition model sold for a staggering €2million - almost £1.8million - at the Artcurial Parisienne collectible car event in Paris. 

Not only was the winning bid twice the figure predicted ahead of the sale but set a world record for the highest fee paid for any rally car at auction.

It is the final version of the Audi Quattro competition car to be created and was described as being in 'exceptional condition' for a rally car before the sale took place.