the great bond mystery

[edkellock at juno.com]

It does seem a bit strange, however not a huge mystery.
100/200 was always the European designation, right?
The center trunk button coincides with non-flush door
handles, period-wise.  The only limb to go out on here
would be that off assuming that the 15x7.5 (or 16) wheels
and flared wheel arches were some sort of sport package
that was offered, much like the 100 Sport we've seen
pix off.  Larger wheels and flared arches go nicely together.
Seems reasonable, yes?  Can any listers in Europe speak
to the availability of a 200 Sport?

Ed
Woodland Park, CO

On Fri, 6 Oct 2000 23:54:15 -0400 Brett Dikeman
<quattro at pdikeman.ne.mediaone.net> writes:
> So, one of the better known(and early) Audi-in-movies entry...The 
> Living Daylights features a 200 quattro used as a getaway car, 
> picking up some russian general(who manages to comfortably fit in 
> the 
> trunk :-)
> 
> Anyway, the car is quite a puzzle.
> 
> The trunk has the 5000-style middle button, and the lettering on the 
> 
> trunk says "200 quattro" and the tags are the older plastic "fat" 
> letter style
> 
> -Front bumper is euro style, as are headlights(no parking light 
> segments, and euro turn signals/fogs)
> 
> -door handles are not flush, but the wheel wells are flared
> 
> -rims are the 15x7.5's(very wide machined lip is very clearly 
> there), 
> possibly 16 inch rims, hard to tell
> 
> -movie was produced in 1987, well before the type 44 saw the 20v 
> engine, well before the 20v engine saw anything, for that matter, 
> and 
> well before (I had thought) the flared wheelwell type 44.
> 
> Seems to be the oddest mix of all the type 44's...can any euro 
> listers lend any insight?
> 
> My only thought was that this was the same as the talledega(sp?) 
> car, 
> which had flared wheel wells.
> 
> What's even stranger is that there are 100's out there with flared 
> wheel wells and stuff(I've seen the pics)...100 "sport" models, I 
> think they're called...
> 
> Brett
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