RE: Audis in the movies

[Anton Gaidos III <anton_gaidos_iii@firepower.com>]

Independence Day - a 4000 in one New York scene and a very brief
appearence by the rear end of an
A4 in another scene
Anton

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>From: 	steveb@falcon.kla.com[SMTP:steveb@falcon.kla.com]
>Sent: 	Monday, December 16, 1996 8:51 AM
>To: 	quattro@coimbra.ans.net
>Subject: 	RE: Audis in the movies
>
>> I think we have seen this string before, but I have a new one.  I think the
>> movie is a John Hughes flick "Something Wonderful" or something with the
>>word 
>> "wonderful" in the title.  Anyhow, a 5K wagon is featured in the movie, as
>>is 
>> a 5K 4-dr in Ferris Beullers Day off.
>> 
>> I was channel surfing last night and the sight of an Audi 200 Quattro sedan
>> caught my attention.   It was prominently featured in "The Living
>>Daylights" 
>> starring Timothy Dalton as James Bond.  I started watching the chase scenes
>> and then later he gets into another Audi: this time a 200TQ Wagon.  The 
>> Audis didn't have all the trick stuff as in the Aston.    So which other 
>> movies have Audis been spotted in?
>> 
>... familiar thread ... since it seems to come up every once in a while 
>it might be good if someone put it in the archives!
>
>I don't recall seeing this one before, so I thought I'd chime in.  In another
>Bond movie (View To A Kill) Patrick McNee takes the Rolls to a gas station to
>be washed.  In the station are some kind of Renault, with the bad gals, a
>Mini
>and an older Audi 80 (AKA Fox).  Since the Fox is near and dear to my heart I
>thought I'd mention it.  This one was red and not in prime condition ...
>
>Steve Buchholz
>s_buchho@kla.com
>San Jose, CA (USA)
>'78 Audi Fox GTI 4+5 (ACHTZIG) ... perhaps soon to leave the fold ...
>