Fire up the Quattro!

Your chance to own DCI Gene Hunt’s iconic Audi Quattro from BBC TV’s Ashes to Ashes.

The famous red Audi Quattro famously driven by DCI Gene Hunt in the BBC hit drama series Ashes to Ashes is being auctioned for this year’s BBC Children in Need.

The car, “fired up” by Hunt in each episode, is a 1983 example featuring a two-valve-per-cylinder version of the legendary turbocharged five-cylinder petrol engine.

It has undergone a major restoration by Audi UK to ensure that it looks its very best for the live televised show on Friday November 14.

Actor Phil Glenister, who played Hunt, has also added value by personally signing an autograph underneath its bonnet, and as a further reminder of its colourful career on the small screen has also added his character’s “fire up the quattro” slogan.

The auction is already underway at the BBC Children in Need eBay shop and it ends at 9pm on November 16.

In a 2013 Auto Express poll, the Ashes to Ashes Quattro was voted number four in a list of the top 40 most famous television cars of all time.

The model itself became the world’s first large volume all-wheel-drive production car, breaking the mould in engineering terms and ushering in a new era in motorsport spearheaded by legendary World Rally Championship-winning versions.