Re: rare urq pix

[Tom Nas <tnas@euronet.nl>]

c a l i b a n <caliban@sharon.net> wrote:

>	looks like a pininfarina one-off, early eighties
>	vintage.  love to know what happened to this car,
>	where it is today.

>	http://caliban.sf.ca.us/img/audi/urq-quartz.jpg
>	http://caliban.sf.ca.us/img/audi/urq-quartz-2.jpg

I have the original brochure for this project. Pretty boring- all text and
a few renderings.
I have a head-on pic, too- it's pretty hideous. But now at least we know
where Alfa Romeo got the idea for the current GTV and Spyder front ends.
It was the Pininfarina showpiece of the '81 Geneva Motor Show.
Nothing is said about its current whereabouts, but I'd guess it's either a
museum or a dusty store room.

>	the artz porche 944 and 928 avant conversions are
>	pretty durned cool, too.  not to mention that
>	walter wolf lamborghini... or bertone's lamboghini
>	bravo... sbarro's super 12... mardikian bmw m1...

Artz did an UrQ Avant, too- with an all-glass rear hatch. And a type 43
Avant on a 200 5T.

And the Zender Fact series, based on the UrQ... now _those_ are ugly.

Tom