2004 Audi RSQ Concept

Audi delivered the concept exactly to specification, with honeycomb-patterned orbs that take the place of normal

Audi's styling team incorporated many of the company's signature traits as seen on current production and concept cars. (Photo: Audi Canada)

wheels, as well as butterfly doors which open upwards. Unlike gull wings which are hinged at the top, scissors which are hinged at the front, the RSQ's are fastened to the car at the C-pillar, and open upwards and outwards.

With requirements met, Audi's styling team incorporated many of the company's signature traits as seen on production and concept cars. The large trapezoidal grille (though lacking the usual chrome trim other than the brand's four-ringed logo) is fitted up front, with narrow, evil looking xenon

From start to finish, amazingly the RSQ was completed in just ten weeks. (Photo: Audi Canada)

headlamps. Meanwhile, its taillamps, as well as the intake and exhaust vents are more conventional.

The roofline, starting at the windshield, is sporty and quite low, looking similar in rake to the current TT. The glass screen continues up through the roof to create a semi-panoramic view of the sky that leads into roof-mounted intakes for the engine.

From start to finish, the RSQ was completed in just ten weeks, including the preliminary designs and sketches. The turnaround from idea to rolling concept was quick for such a unique and complicated design, especially one that is complete with a furnished interior. Overall, it's quite similar to the Le Mans concept inside, with low seating position and cup-shaped racing buckets. The RSQ's instruments and controls are illuminated in a brilliant blue, and the driver takes hold of a flat-bottomed, semi-steering wheel similar to those used in Formula 1 open-wheel racers.