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Audi RSQ
Designed, engineered and built in just ten weeks, the Audi
RSQ is a concept vehicle specially commissioned for the
futuristic Hollywood movie I, Robot. Conceived to be a stylish sports
coupe from the year 2035, the Audi RSQ is bestowed with an amazingly
forward design with some of Audi's trademark cues. The Audi RSQ
was used in the film by the movie's star Will Smith, in his role
as the police officer Detective Spooner.
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Definitely one of the most interesting concept cars
of the last few years, the visionary 2-door, 2-seater highlights
fluid, curving lines fitting of its futuristic bent.
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The Audi RSQ carries a sculpted look with circular design angles
and colors often employed in science-fiction sets. Set under proper
lighting, the Audi RSQ successfully evokes dramatic and sweeping
effects. The vehicle combines ideas from Audi's design team along
with the original vision from the movie's director Alex Proyas.
An important design consideration was to keep the vehicle as a
recognizable Audi, achieved with the unmistakable Audi four-rings
logo on a single-frame radiator grill in the nose. A light-powered
Audi logo is also prominently latched at the rear panel with the
RSQ label appearing on the doors.
Features
The most unique feature of the RSQ is its sphere-shaped wheels,
a major design issue during the vehicle's relatively short development.
Once installed, however, the wheels allowed great agility and mobility,
being able to turn the vehicle in unusual ways. The wheels are installed
in equally spherical closed arches.
The Audi RSQ houses a mid-mounted 5.0 liter twin-turbo V-10 engine
capable of generating 610 bhp with a 750 Nm maximum torque. Estimated
acceleration from 0 to 60 mph is around 4 seconds. The Audi RSQ
features an all-wheel drive and a six-speed manual transmission.
The body is a laminate glass fiber build with a lunar silver paint
job. When exposed to intensive light, the blue shimmer of the coating
illuminates to hint of a golden shine. The Audi RSQ has gullwing
doors that open towards the rear butterfly-style and a large sweeping
windscreen that extends to either sides of the roof and the back,
offering a real panoramic view.
The interior of the Audi RSQ has been designed to copy aesthetics
from jet aircraft, with ample room, maximum front visibility, and
a central console surrounding both the specially-fitted driver and
passenger bucket seats. The Audi RSQ looks and feels like a cockpit
atmosphere, from the colors used down to the available controls
and accents.
The cabin of the RSQ has been custom-designed to lend credible
time-forward features including a steering wheel that folds out
as the driver enters and Audi's Multi Media Interface technology
for both reading relevant performance statistics and controlling
appropriate vehicle functions. This information is fed and shown
in a digital display in the instrument cluster.
Entertainment and other auxiliary features have been removed from
the vehicle's design, equipping the Audi RSQ only with important
driving-related controls.
Where Is It Now?
The car's placement in the movie turned out to be a brilliant marketing
move, both generating a lot of interest in the Audi RSQ and leaving
a strong brand impression in the process. The RSQ has been awarded
excellent reviews and has made its appearance in a variety of high-profile
auto shows.
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