Japanese RS2 meeting - including a rare yellow colour

[Mikes2]

That's an airbag 4 spoke steering wheel

[scillyisles]

Some early 1995 production RS2 did have the traditional 4 spoke Audi wheel with airbag.

[andyg plym]

My guilty pleasure I like the grandad steering wheel

[Carl Avant]

In this pic is a Grand Prix White RS2:



Could be Grand Prix .... it could also be one of the two LHD Pearl White (flat colour in the bad light might easily pass) .... anybody speak Japanese !

[Jack4688]

Here is another Japanese RS2:

http://blog.gtroc.com/0001/2006/03/1994audi_avant.php



Isnt it unusual for the MY 1995 car to have a 4 spoke steering wheel?

More unusual for a Japanese car is it's LHD....

[Error404]

I don't believe that any of those cars are Japanese - there are no over-sized air fresheners mashed into the vents or brightly coloured plastic monsters on springs stuck to the dashboard.

[Golfboy666GTI]

In this pic is a Grand Prix White RS2:



Could be Grand Prix .... it could also be one of the two LHD Pearl White (flat colour in the bad light might easily pass) .... anybody speak Japanese !

You could be right also, but I know that there is a Grand Prix white RS2 in Japan.

[Golfboy666GTI]

More unusual for a Japanese car is it's LHD....

Not unusual at all surprisingly.
The Japanese love there LHD european cars. Most mid to high end European cars are LHD in Japan. Manufacturers even import them LHD for the Japanese market. An example of this is Japanese spec E46 M3 CSL's - all LHD. It also seems to be a 60/40 split in favour of LHD B7 RS4's, and on it goes.

[Golfboy666GTI]

Looks like the yellow RS2 is up for auction in Japan:

[huksa]

Not unusual at all surprisingly.
The Japanese love there LHD european cars. Most mid to high end European cars are LHD in Japan. Manufacturers even import them LHD for the Japanese market. An example of this is Japanese spec E46 M3 CSL's - all LHD. It also seems to be a 60/40 split in favour of LHD B7 RS4's, and on it goes.

Quite right. Japanese love LHD import cars. Both official and grey importers legally import them.

Rare cars like Porsche 964 3.6 Turbo S Flatnose were all LHDs and imported by Porsche Japan.

[Nathid]

Linky pls? Anyone on here ever purchased from these auction houses? Looking for insight ito experiences and what to look out for ie: pitfalls etc

[RS2fan]

Quite right. Japanese love LHD import cars. Both official and grey importers legally import them.

Rare cars like Porsche 964 3.6 Turbo S Flatnose were all LHDs and imported by Porsche Japan.

I've once read that the Japanese find it prestigious and honorable to own an LHD european car.

[Golfboy666GTI]

Linky pls? Anyone on here ever purchased from these auction houses? Looking for insight ito experiences and what to look out for ie: pitfalls etc

No link sorry, it was emailed to me on an auction email list.
It went to auction around 10 hours ago, I dont know if it sold.

[Ruffiano]

it was sold, 1.7 million yen

[Golfboy666GTI]

It was 1.5 Million.