quattro digest, Vol 1 #5233 - Audis in the Movies

[Larry C Leung]

The car in the Living Daylights that is being spoken of had
the larger US style front bumper, lending credence to the car
being a prototype 20V

LL - NY


> Date: Sun, 03 Aug 2003 16:18:09 +0200
> From: Per Lindgren <lindgre at online.no>
> To: quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: audis in movies...
>
> In 88 and 89, you could get the 100 Sport or 200 Exklusiv with the
> flared fenders later commonly known as the 20V fenders. The 200
> Exklusiv
> was a 10V with the smaller Euro bumpers, but still with flared
> fenders.
>
> 200 Exklusiv:
> http://amkg.homeip.net/astory/old1/pics/c3200exc.jpg
> http://amkg.homeip.net/astory/old1/ec3.htm
>
> Jens, the maker of audistory.com owns a '90 100 Sport with the
> flared
> fenders.
> http://amkg.homeip.net/astory/old1/picold/meinv1.jpg
>
> PerL
> 87 Cq
>
> Larry C. Leung wrote:
>
> >It was either a 200 Sport Body or 200 20V, not sure if it was a Q.
> If it
> >had
> >BBS wheels, it was probably a 20VQ, with the stock BBS rims that
> came
> >with the 20V models (15 x 7.5 forged, cleared the UFO's). 20V's
> came out
> >in Europe before they did the in the US, 88 or 89. Bear in mind,
> the car
> >was
> >European, NOT US, so the car was not a prototype. As for the year
> (the
> >movie was '88) of the first European 200 20V's, list help. Ti?
> >
> >LL - NY
> >
> >
> >Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 20:18:07 -0400
> >From: QuickAudi at aol.com
> >To: quattro at audifans.com
> >Subject: Re: audis in movies...
> >
> >What Audi was in a late 80s/early 90s Bond movie?  I think that it
> was a
> >Ti=
> >mothy Dalton one; the Audi was a big one, so it was definitely
> either a
> >500=
> >0/200 or a V8.  Had a light blue paint job and some really, really
> nice
> >loo=
> >king BBS(?) wires(?).  Wanted to own that car for forever.
> >
> >
> >Joel Liggins
> >'90 V8q (new TPS and wheels waiting for me when I get home)
> >'86 5kcstq (being driven by dad until he gets the van on the road)
> >
> >