rs2 limo

[S2central.net]

Thats cool - I had no idea the RS2 limo existed legitametly - even if none were actually sold as such. Of course Porsche would not have allowed such a thing to be anything other than Avant style so as not to curtail sales of Porsches !

Its sad that Ingolstadt treats it like an orphan - and Zuffenhausen too. From what I remember hearing/reading at the time, the RS2 donor cars were actually taken to Zuffenhausen as partially built 80 Avant quattros out of Ingolstadt to be finished off by specially trained folk at the Porsche facility. That maybe explains why Ingolstadt feels nothing special about it. Isn't it the case that most of the later S, RS and R series came out of Neckarsulm ? The UR and S2 are unique in that they were ALL built in Ingolstadt.

It would be quite easy to replicate an RS2 limo from a B4 80 quattro - just not cheap by any stretch of the wallet - especially to do it properly with respect to details.

Cheers,

Paul

I can confirm that 4 sedan RS2 were produced this was declared by a guy in his sixties that is now a Tour Guide in Ingolstadt Audi Forum, we had a chat with him and the guy is a retired engineer that was the chief in the 5cylinder turbocharged project.

Funny enough tough the RS2 owners will fell a bit out of place in Ingolstadt.....
Kind of orphan car i must say..... none in the museum (although they have two of them in the wharehouse one is a sedan...) none in the literature none in the posters..... no t shirts no memorabilias no models... basically no trace!
Even the guy told us that we could have more infos in Zuffenhausen.....
But again at Porsche Home there is not much about the RS2 again basically nothing!
It's seems to me like both company feel "ashamed" of the project itself considering it was carryed out for the sake of Porsche in the period and mere covenience for Audi.

We fans and owners of the RS2s are facing IMHO two options in the future:
1) the car it's definetely unique i'm not saying that the car it's a legend or anything but it's unique because the very few manufactured and the double brand Audi and Porsche together in the paper.. the only example for Porsche Jointventures the Mercedes E500 was only Merc the 914 was just Volkswagen......
So it could be that in ten years time the value of the car could rise to some stupid ludicrous price (i'm hoping so)

2) the RS2 will just go out of memory and seen as just as an hold fat n fast Audi 80
i hope not....

Stefano

P.S.

That replica it's easy to tell as a replica 3 seconds to an RS2 old owner..... no dooor trims....

[veneto rs2]

The best i can do is telling you guys what i have been told in Ingolstadt.

This guide (official guide for tours) told us that: Yes few sedan Rs2 were built and that they have one Avant and one Sedan in the Depo of the museum.
Did i have it on paper? No
Do i have a recorded tape? No
Did i see one? Nope
Do i care for a Sedan? Could'nt care less.... in Italy Sedan states for Grandpa car(i reckon a coupe with RS2 COMPLETE upgrade is a far better toy if it was ever built)
As far as my conceirn though i would have payed 100 euros to get inside that warehouse..... we went very close to get into (the chap was really a nice guy) but a top order said NO! (and we were an Official Club in visit....)

We are programming a visit to Zuffenhausen next summer....... will see if we have better luck for infos..... but i doubt!

Stefano

P.S.

Paul i believe Porsche was more worried about a Coupe in RS2 specs rather then the Sedans...... A proper Porsche Killer at the time considering evrything involved power drivetrain etc etc.

[4WheelDrifter]

Hallo Herr X,

unsere Recherchen haben ergeben, dass es eine RS 2 Limousine gab. Die genaue
Anzahl beläuft sich jedoch auf vier Stück. Zwei davon sollen in die
Arabischen Emirate auf Sonderanfertigung geliefert worden sein. Die
Anfertigung, die im Audi Museum steht, gehört einem Werksingenieur und von
der Nummer vier haben wir leider keine Informationen.

Die zwei für Saudi Arabien sollen sich aber von der in Ingolstadt stark
unterschieden haben.


Von der RS 2 Limousine im Audi Museum fügen wir Ihnen ein Bild bei.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen


Sekretariat Audi Region Süd

[veneto rs2]

Danke schon!

Stefano

[saltinot]

I happened across more pictures of Herr Sprenger's RS converted 80q this morning. My German is rusty, but is he saying that he used axle shafts from a 1.8T?

complete site here

1.8T, Frontantriebs-Getriebe mit integriertem S2-Differential

[A80Avant]

that was the first one he built with the 1.8T engine.I have some photos of that as well.

[saltinot]

that was the first one he built with the 1.8T engine.I have some photos of that as well.

Cheers, I was having some difficulty with that one.

[prosty]

Soon a friend of mine is getting a sedan, hopefully RS2 kitting it. That will be awesome.
The car will look cool as hell.
I guess I will be building the engine, not sure yet though

[prosty]

Yes they have the same CV joint/boot. I've heard that the Passat has bigger drive shafts. However the Avant / Sedan drive shafts are alot more sturdy than the coupe version. Never heard of anyone breaking one of those yet. Only the outer boot.

I happened across more pictures of Herr Sprenger's RS converted 80q this morning. My German is rusty, but is he saying that he used axle shafts from a 1.8T?

complete site here

1.8T, Frontantriebs-Getriebe mit integriertem S2-Differential

[Andreas]

I guess you will be building the engine <: as soon as I order the parts... if you dont do that as well? <;

[veneto rs2]

Hi all just camed back from a visit to Ingolstadt.
I was there due to Audi Club International and....
I was lucky enough this time thanks to a swiss friend that has fantastic connections in the Audi Tradition department to visit the "wharehouse" of this department.....
And now i can tell for sure that:
Two RS2 sedans where built and one of them is sitting there black color with less then 100000km omn the clock.
This time i have pictures of the car and myself with the guy that guided me around this treasures full "cavern" also picture of the Paper with datas that was sitting on the windscreen.
I will post them shortly.

Stefano

[A80Avant]

come on!! dont keep us waiting!!

[aspro]

Hi Stefano

How is Claude ?

[NEO]

Hi all just camed back from a visit to Ingolstadt.
I was there due to Audi Club International and....
I was lucky enough this time thanks to a swiss friend that has fantastic connections in the Audi Tradition department to visit the "wharehouse" of this department.....
And now i can tell for sure that:
Two RS2 sedans where built and one of them is sitting there black color with less then 100000km omn the clock.
This time i have pictures of the car and myself with the guy that guided me around this treasures full "cavern" also picture of the Paper with datas that was sitting on the windscreen.
I will post them shortly.

Stefano

You mean this place:

http://www.fourtitude.com/news/publish/Features/article_3334.shtml

And this car:



They seemed to have scaled that gallery down. =( Earlier there was pictures of the sign you meantion with the specs. Also pictures of the yellow coupé with fourwheel steering. To bad they have taken them down. =(

[veneto rs2]

Yes!

That's the one!
But my pictures are including............. the data sheet close view and........
Me!

By the way that storage facility it's THE place to go in Ingolstadt NOT the Audi Forum!

Stefano