[s-cars] [20v] [urq] oh snap.

[Michael Lardizabal]

The Treser Roadster looks like the result of a drunken liason between an UrQ and a horny Subaru Brat. 

--- On Sun, 1/11/09, John Cody Forbes <cody at 5000tq.com> wrote:

From: John Cody Forbes <cody at 5000tq.com>
Subject: Re: [s-cars] [20v] [urq] oh snap.
To: "Mark J. Besso" <mbspeed at maxboostracing.com>, "Nick Bean" <20v at 2bean.com>
Cc: "Audifans" <quattro at audifans.com>, s-car-list at audifans.com
Date: Sunday, January 11, 2009, 1:24 PM

Every time I see that pic the thing that really strikes me is how well it's 
done. I mean it really looks like a pre-production model that just needs a 
few final styling tweaks.

-Cody Forbes

Mark J. Besso wrote:
> You think the Treser Roadster looks like an El Camino?  Check out
> what I
> found when I snuck around the back of the Neckarsulm facility.
>
> Picture: http://5000tq.com/audifanspics/Neckarsulm/DSCN2557
>
> ~Mark
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, 10 Jan 2009 21:47:49 -0800
>  "Nick Bean" <20v at 2bean.com> wrote:
>
>  Then flip through a few more pics from Mark's link and you hit
>  http://5000tq.com/audifanspics/Ingolstadt/DSCN2995.
>
>  The ur-camino.
>
>
>  nb
>  ~~~
>  20v at 2bean.com
>
>
>
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark J. Besso" <mbspeed at maxboostracing.com>
>  To: <racingiron at comcast.net>
>  Cc: <audi at humanspeakers.com>; <20v at lists.20v.org>;
"Audifans"
> <quattro at audifans.com>;
>  <urq at audifans.com>; <s-car-list at audifans.com>
>  Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2009 9:34 AM
>  Subject: Re: [20v] [urq] oh snap.
>
>
>  Thanks Eric.  I was trying to dig up my copy of the book to scan a
>  few images.
>
>  Perhaps using the word "ugly" isn't appropriate.  It was
attractive
>  to me when it was new.  It's aged much better than I expected too.
>  I think the lines of the Coupe S are far nicer than the sedan.  In
> its day it was a
> very
>  elegant car and the ride was fantastic.  Handling was.....well,
>  average at best.  FWD was still pretty uncommon in mainstream sedans
> and the 100 LS
> had
>  some quirks.
>
>  I saw this one in Ingolstadt:
>  http://5000tq.com/audifanspics/Ingolstadt/DSCN2988 a few years ago
>  at the Quattro 25 cellebration.  Even at an event where rare Audis
> were all
> around,
>  this one attracted a lot of attention.
>
>  ~Mark
>
>
>
>  On Sat, 10 Jan 2009 17:22:40 +0000 (UTC)
>   racingiron at comcast.net wrote:
>   Pics of said testbed can be found not too far down the page here:
>   http://20v.org/pictures.htm
>   ...just below pics of one in Greece with urq ronals. I've seen
>  several 100S coupes in person, and they are gorgeous, even if the
>  styling isn't all that original. Didn't someone (John on the 20V
>  list?) claim that one of those 928 testbeds is still running around
>  So Cal?
>
>   Eric R.
>   '86 urq
>   '92 urS
>   '93 urS
>
>   ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark J. Besso" <mbspeed at maxboostracing.com>
>   To: audi at humanspeakers.com, "W. Bean"
<theringmeister at triad.rr.com>
>   Cc: urq at audifans.com, 20v at lists.20v.org, s-car-list at audifans.com,
>  "Audifans" <quattro at audifans.com>
>   Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2009 10:14:58 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada
>   Eastern Subject: Re: [urq] oh snap.
>
>   +1
>
>   It's so ugly that I want it.
>
>   The first time I saw one of these was in the pages of Project 928:
>
>
>
>
http://www.amazon.com/Project-928-Development-History-Production/dp/B0007AP8BO
> where Porsche used the body of one to disguise the 928 drivetrain so
> they could test on open roads secretly.
>
>   ~Mark
>   '91 CQ
>   '01 TTQ
>
>
>
>   On Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:08:03 -0500
>   Huw Powell <audi at humanspeakers.com> wrote:
>
>   That is the ugliest, most beautiful, coupe ever made.
>
>   W. Bean wrote:
>> the holy grail of non-quattro coupes...
>>
>>
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Cars-Trucks___VERY-RARE-73-AUDI-100-COUPE-S_W0QQitemZ130280110797QQddnZCarsQ20Q26Q20TrucksQQddiZ2282QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUS_Cars_Trucks?hash=item130280110797&_trksid=p4506.c0.m245&_trkparms=65%3A-1|39%3A1|240%3A1318
>> --
>> Wylie Bean
>> TheRingmeister at triad.rr.com
>> 90 cq
>> 91 90q20v sport
>> 92 UrS4
>> 08 Q7 3.6
>>
>>
>>
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