{"id":28462,"date":"2012-10-01T11:22:33","date_gmt":"2012-10-01T10:22:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.influx.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=28462"},"modified":"2022-06-22T17:45:33","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T16:45:33","slug":"walter-rohrl-and-the-ballet-of-the-quattro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/blog\/walter-rohrl-and-the-ballet-of-the-quattro\/","title":{"rendered":"Walter Rohrl and the Ballet of the Quattro."},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Rohrl.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28463\" title=\"Rohrl\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Rohrl.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"925\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Rohrl.jpeg 1400w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Rohrl-300x198.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Rohrl-1024x676.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Rohrl-624x412.jpeg 624w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Rohrl-278x185.jpeg 278w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Rohrl-251x167.jpeg 251w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Rohrl-526x347.jpeg 526w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Rohrl-672x444.jpeg 672w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Rohrl-572x377.jpeg 572w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Not sure whether or not we&#8217;ve posted this before or whether you&#8217;ve seen it: but this edit is one of our favourite clips of all time.<\/p>\n<p>We love the teutonic coolness of the navigator&#8217;s voice (though it obviously wasn&#8217;t recorded in-car). 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