Michele Mouton piloted her Audi S1 E2 up Pikes Peak to set a new overall record of 11:25.39, beating all the men.

A 2012 Audi TT RS sits next to a 1984 Audi Rally Quattro A2 Group B racer, an evolution of the Quattro driven by Michèle Mouton to victory in 1981 to become the first (and so far, only) woman to ...

Michèle Mouton, who broke new ground for women in motorsports as a successful rally driver for Audi in the 1980s, is set to take a final step back from racing.

In the YouTube clip embedded after the jump, former Audi driver Michele Mouton briefly reminisces about her time behind the wheel during the crazy Group B days.She talks about some of the things ...

Audi's iconic all-wheel-drive Quattro changed the world of performance cars in an instant, using mechanicals that were once ...

1981. The year the World Rally Championship would change forever. Group B regulations were introduced. Ari Vatanen became the first privateer to win the title. Audi introduced the first four-wheel ...

Michèle Mouton competed in World Rally Championships 40 years ago, yet she remains the last woman to have competed at the highest level of the sport – and the only one to win. Mick O’Hare ...

The relegation to test driver at Audi saw Mouton break her contract with them in late 1985 in favor of joining Peugeot for the 1986 season. She eased back into the swing of things with two WRC ...

Michèle Mouton is the most successful woman to ever compete in the World Rally Championship, and this year marks 50 years since her first rally in 1974. Early in her career, she was so fast that ...

Michèle Mouton (at the wheel) with Fabrizia Pons during the 1984 RAC Rally in the U.K. I was working at a motorcycle shop and had also never heard of rally racing. One of the mechanics told me I ...

Lia met Michelle Mouton, perhaps the most well-known and successful female driver. She became the first woman to win a World Rally Championship event in 1981. She was driving the Audi Quattro at ...

Back in the mid 1980s, drivers seeking a European sports sedan could choose a BMW 3-series or a Mercedes-Benz 190E, but the Audi's all-wheel-drive capability let you live out your rally-racer dreams.