Re: Audi 200 Sport

["Daniel Hussey" <dan_hussey@email.msn.com>]

Paul,

I thought it was a 20V at first, but then I noticed the 5000 door panels and
then realized that the movie was made a few years before the 20V was
actually introduced.  I thought the movie came out in 1989, but either way,
it was a few years before the 20V.

I know Audi was playing around with testing for a more high performance
version of the type 44 and had done some fender flaring (like on the
pedecessor to the SCCA Trans Am cars...the one that set that record at
Talledega in 1987).  So, I figured it was a one off show car or specially
built for an Audi or VW exec and used in the film.  Hey, who wouldn't want
thier car used in a James Bond flick???  Anyways, that's what I think, but
then again, it could be this elusive 200 Sport!

Then again, the V8 had flared fenders and was introduced much earlier...in
1989.  So, Audi had the fenders.  All they had to do was slap them on a 200!
I figure it was a special one off factory deal, but that's just what I
THINK.  I wonder if anyone actually KNOWS????

Later,
Dan

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Robinson <paulrobinson.cameraman@virgin.net>
To: Daniel Hussey <dan_hussey@email.msn.com>
Cc: quattro@audifans.com <quattro@audifans.com>
Date: Friday, June 04, 1999 8:37 PM
Subject: Re: Audi 200 Sport


>Hey Dan!
>Thanks for the speedy reply  - I actually have a copy of "The Living
>Daylights" on VHS(it was a gift honest!)and the 200 Quattro in the early
>part of the movie definitely has flared fenders and these are 'rounded'
>rather than squared at the rear of the car, like the later US spec cars and
>V8's.  Here in the UK, the type 44 always came as per the early spec - non
>flared arches etc, but we did get a very small number of V8's, initially
>only with Left hand drive.
>A number of people have mentioned the 200 Sport to me - it is strange if
the
>car was a special for the film since the bodyshell looked identical to the
>later cars but the movie was made 2 years prior to that model launch.
>Perhaps other listers with production information could enlighten us
>Paul
>----------
>>From: "Daniel Hussey" <dan_hussey@email.msn.com>
>>To: "Paul Robinson" <paulrobinson.cameraman@virgin.net>,
<quattro@audifans.com>
>>Subject: Re: Audi 200 Sport
>>Date: Fri, Jun 4, 1999, 9:11 pm
>>
>
>>Paul,
>>
>>The 200 in "The Living Daylights" does actually appear to be a european
spec
>>Audi 200TQ (same thing as a 5000CSTQ in the US) with some mods.  We
noticed
>>while watching the movie that it had 5000 door panels and it also had
solid
>>front seat headrests.  It also had BBS mesh wheels and may have had flared
>>fenders (can't remember).  I wonder if this was a special model produced
>>solely for the movie or if it was this "Sport" model you speak of.  I've
>>been on this list for years and never heard of a 200 Sport model before
>>though.
>>
>>Later,
>>Dan
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Paul Robinson <paulrobinson.cameraman@virgin.net>
>>To: quattro@audifans.com <quattro@audifans.com>
>>Date: Friday, June 04, 1999 1:07 PM
>>Subject: Audi 200 Sport
>>
>>
>>>Does anybody out there in Audi-land have any knowledge of the Audi 200
>>>Sport.  All I know is that it did exist but maybe as a dealer conversion
or
>>>Germany only model.
>>>I believe they had an uprated engine and special trim and the bodyshell
was
>>>the forerunner of the V8 shell - practically identical except for flared
>>>arches and round arches at the rear.
>>>Did one appear briefly in "the Living Daylights" -  truly awful James
Bond
>>>picture from 1987? The car appears near the beginning of the film with
>>James
>>>Bond driving.
>>>Any answers gratefully received!
>>>
>>>Paul Robinson
>>>1987 200 Quattro Turbo Avant 227,650miles
>>>1962 Mini Scamp 1340cc -
>>
>>
>>