What: 2017 BMW i8 Coupe Color: Protonic Frozen Yellow Edition (protonischgefrorenesgelb; metallic matte; P5P; BMW) VIN: WBY2Z2C30HV676817 Mileage: 54,400 Price: Bid to $33,250 at 4 Days Left CarFax:Link Window Sticker: N/A Location: Las Vegas, NV Listing:Cars & Bids
Despite what you may think, this one’s a special limited edition and not a one-off. This limited edition run followed the Protonic Red Edition and Protonic Frozen Black Edition that would appear to complete the set of colors of the German flag.
Inside, the car got dark NESO seats with woven yellow and anthracite stitching, an i8 logo embossed on the headrest, floor mats with black leather piping and yellow highlights, contrasting grey seatbelts and door sills with special aluminum oil plates. Other interior features included a black ceramic gear shift lever and Harmon Kardon audio.
Outside, this special edition included accents in Frozen Grey Metallic.
This one has relatively low mileage, and bidding is currently low enough so as to suggest a good buy for such a unique sportscar so long as you don’t mind hybrid drivetrains.
Bentley enthusiast Mark King receives his Bentayga Apex Edition by Mulliner, in full Le Mans Collection trim and livery
This option only offered to owners of limited edition Le Mans Collection Continental GT or GT Convertible
Both vehicles feature exterior in Verdant green with Le Mans style racing stripe in Moonbeam
Interior features include Beluga hide and Dinamica fabric seat faces with contrast seat stitching in Hotspur
Apex Edition Bentayga based on 550 PS 4.0-litre S V8 with Bentley Dynamic Ride and rear-wheel steering
Special Apex Edition features include 22” carbon wheels, carbon-ceramic brakes and carbon body kit
Le Mans Collection Continental GT created to mark 20th anniversary of Bentley’s sixth victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans
[source: Bentley]
Crewe, England – A long-term Bentley enthusiast and collector, Mark King, has taken delivery of a very special Bentayga – the latest addition to an extensive Bentley stable. His Apex Edition Bentayga is one of just 20 handcrafted examples by Mulliner worldwide, finished in the same livery and trim as his 2023 Le Mans Collection Continental GT – itself created to mark 20 years since Bentley’s return to victory at Le Mans in 2003 after a 73-year absence from the top step of the podium.
While the Apex Edition Bentayga was also offered in six curated colour and trim themes, the Verdant green and Moonbeam livery of Mr King’s Apex Edition Bentayga was only offered to existing Le Mans Collection owners.
A thoroughbred stable
Mr King, who is based in Northern Ireland, follows a family tradition as a passionate and knowledgeable collector of high-performance vehicles. His new Apex Edition Bentayga joins a garage that holds a Bentayga Speed, a rare Continental GT3-R and a Continental Flying Spur, all of which he uses regularly. A Bentley owner since 2010 and regular attendee at Bentley’s exclusive owner events, he leapt at the opportunity to commission a Le Mans Collection Continental GT in 2023 and needed no encouragement to add the Apex Edition Bentayga in full Le Mans livery when it was announced. His existing Bentayga Speed has covered over 100,000 miles in his ownership and is often pressed into action to trailer other vehicles from his extensive collection.
The Apex Edition Bentayga
The Apex Edition Bentayga is based on the Bentayga S, the sporting flagship of Bentley’s SUV line-up. Its 4.0-litre, twin-scroll turbocharged V8 petrol engine develops 542 bhp (550 PS) and 568 lb.ft. (770 Nm) of torque, giving a 0-60 mph time of 4.4 seconds (0-100 km/h in 4.5 secs) and a top speed of 180 mph (290 km/h). Bentley Dynamic Ride active anti-roll control and rear-wheel steering deliver agile handling with minimal roll, while the V8’s exhilarating snarl is enhanced by a free-flowing sports exhaust.
The Apex Edition takes the performance focus to the next level, with ultra-strong 22” Mulliner carbon wheels that save 44 kg in unsprung mass for enhanced steering agility, and carbon-ceramic brakes for immensely powerful, fade-free braking. As the most performance focused and dynamic Bentayga ever, Mr King’s Apex Edition amply merits its Le Mans-inspired livery.
The Le Mans Collection Continental GT
Created in 2023 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Bentley’s sixth victory at Le Mans, the Le Mans Collection Continental GT’s Verdant green and Blackline specification nods to the black and green livery of the winning #7 Speed 8. The Beluga black matrix grille features a painted #7 in Arctica white, while other distinctive features include black 22-inch ten-spoke wheels, powerful carbon ceramic brakes and red brake callipers.
All Le Mans Collection vehicles feature a six-wreath emblem inlaid into a high gloss carbon fibre fascia, marking each of the six outright victories recorded by Bentley at Le Mans between 1924 and 2003. The highlight of the interior is the three-way Bentley Rotating Display, which revolves to reveal a central vitrine that holds a section of engine valve from the winning 2003 Speed 8.
What: 2022 Porsche 911 GT3 Touring Color: Paint to Sample Irish Green (irischgrün; non-metallic UNI; L60E; Porsche) VIN: WP0AC2A92NS271142 Mileage: 1,383 Price: Contact Dealer CarFax:Link Window Sticker: N/A Location: Costa Mesa, CA Listing:European Collectibles
The iconic Porsche color of Irish Green looks the business on a 60s/70s F-body 911, and really everything else in between. Such is the reason that Irish Green is a regular hit on the Paint to Sample color palette for an in-the-know buyer looking to spec their car in Porsche heritage.
What’s the origin of Irish Green at Porsche? It first appeared in 1964 on the Porsche 356C models, and would quickly become Ferry Porsche’s favorite Green… which is saying something because Ferry Porsche loved greens in general.
In the case of this GT3 Touring, the Irish Green paint is paired with a subdued black leather interior that really harks the era from which Irish Green emerged.
What: 2013 BMW M3 Coupe Color: BMW Individual Atlantis Blue Metallic((atlantisblau; metallic uni; 399; BMW) VIN: WBSKG9C56DJ594778 Mileage: 37,600 miles Price: $92,500 CarFax:Link Window Sticker: N/A Location: Scottsdale, AZ Listing:Hubbard Auto Center
Initially built by the obsessive minds at IND Distribution, this BMW Individual Atlantis Blue Metallic M3 has just about everything you can do to an E9X M3. The subject of more than a few blog posts (like this one), both the history and modifications to this Tailored Driver are well documented. Perhaps it should not be a shock then, that even with a minor on the CarFax the asking price can be described as having a significant bump due in part to notoriety. So while this is in no uncertain terms the most expensive dual-hump DCT E9X for sale, whoever writes this check will also find themselves in one of the most sorted examples ever built.
The innovative space for customising the House of the Trident’s carshas been christened by the exclusive MC20 Cielo “Less is More…?”
[source: Maserati]
Modena, Italy – At the historic Maserati plant on Viale Ciro Menotti, Modena, a space dedicated to the most refined customization of the House of the Trident’s cars has been created: in the new Officine Fuoriserie Maserati, there is no limit to customers’ wishes and the configuration process is enriched with an innovative painting line to produce the Maserati of their dreams.
A century has passed since the hand of his brother and artist Mario Maserati designed the famous emblem, drawing inspiration from the statue of the Roman god Neptune in Bologna’s Piazza Maggiore. The symbol then found its place on the grille of the Tipo 26, making its debut the following year at the Targa Florio and beginning the glorious history of the manufacturer’s cars, first on the track and then on the road. 2025 is the year of the Trident.
This is not just a logo, it is a symbol of heritage and innovation, of desires and luxury, of Maserati’s nature to always focus every decision-making process on the customer, to exalt their desires and make them possible. As such, the future of luxury is shaped, partly through customisations via the Fuoriserie Programme, with bold investments in bespoke design and technological innovation.
Santo Ficili, Maserati CEO: “Maserati is synonymous with Italian luxury around the world and celebrating this concept at the highest level means putting the customer’s desires first in everything we do, especially in the creation of exclusive cars through the Fuoriserie programme. The attention to detail and needs of those who decide to buy a Maserati is what distinguishes us: with the new Officine Fuoriserie Maserati, we offer an additional tailor-made experience, a new chapter in our brand’s history to celebrate our tradition of excellence in artisanship and innovation”.
“The home of the new Officine workshops is in the historic Modena plant”, Ficili went on. This area is the beating heart of an extraordinary brand, the longest-lived in all of Italy’s Motor Valley, with the ability to bring to the world a unique vision of performance and design: the opening represents a major investment in the Modena site and its people, demonstrating the brand’s commitment to the local community and at the same time, creating new opportunities for growth”.
Maserati Fuoriserie customisation programme Fuoriserie is the embodiment of Maserati’s bespoke artisanship. It is a process that stems from listening to the customer and provides the opportunity to customise every aspect of their car, from the body colours and in-car materials to the most minute detail of the finishes, with complete immersion in the configuration process.
Indeed, it offers access to a wider range of body colours, liveries, brake callipers, rims and interior combinations. Maserati Fuoriserie customers thus become the stylist of their car, using a personal designer.
There are two levels of customisation: the first is the catalogue where, to assist in orientation through thousands of possibilities for combinations, two collections have been identified (Fuoriserie Corse and Fuoriserie Futura); the second is the Bespoke world of “tailor-made” in which cars are created with content specifically requested by the customer or as unique one-of-one models.
The custom-built collections are dedicated to fans of timeless style and loyal enthusiasts for Maserati history. The Corse collection is inspired by the brand’s glorious heritage on the track, whereas Futura is designed for futurists who embrace change with enthusiasm and energy and are curious about the most avant-garde proposals.
Collezione Corse: for fans of timeless style and gentleman drivers. The inspiration in this case is drawn from the past, from Heritage racing. The main features are colour, as a material, inspired by the reinterpretation of historical shades. The liveries are inspired by iconic racing cars, reinterpreted with a contemporary flair and made entirely of paint, with no decals. Another sporty detail, but more sophisticated and subtle, are the dreamlines, chromatic signs that emphasise the volumes of the bodywork.
The exteriors are also embellished with dedicated brake callipers that add new colours to the range to match the liveries, as well as anodised colour treatments and more outstanding, prestigious finishes such as polish. The interiors are joined by new, more heritage-based leather colours, inspired by tanned vegan leather, and contemporary upholstery, reminiscent of traditional combed melange wool.
Collezione Futura: for futurists, fans of technology and new materials, people who welcome and encourage every change with enthusiasm and energy. This collection – based on the concept of material and chromatic experimentation, with the support of technological innovation – stands as a stylistic workshop where the Maserati brand experiments with the combination of new materials derived from the interior design, product design and sportswear industries. In addition to aesthetics, a great deal of attention is paid to the performance and sustainability of the materials. The chromatic experimentation of body colours also sees more extreme or industrial shades combined with textured or matte finishes with interference pigments. Even the two-tone of the bodywork in this collection becomes unexpected and extreme, creating new, more graphic breakdowns.
Finally, the pinnacle of tailoring is reached with the Bespoke cars, where the experience becomes unique and creativity knows no limits. It is the freedom to bring the customer’s vision to life in a completely unique way, forging an exclusive relationship between Maserati’s creative department and the cars’ owners, to configure an exclusive model
Bespoke is the facet of the Fuoriserie customisation programme whereby dreams come true, allowing a reflection of extraordinary individuality to emerge.
Officine Fuoriserie Maserati and new paintwork area The Fuoriserie programme is evolving and expanding, aiming at offering an even more unique experience. It has been given a dedicated space within the historic headquarters in Modena, at Maserati’s home for over 80 years. This is where the Officine Fuoriserie have opened: technology meets artisanship, while creativity and customisation know no limits thanks to the possibilities of painting all the models in the current range.
Officine Fuoriserie is a comprehensive tailor-made journey where the experience of buying a car is all-encompassing and seamless, from the initial configuration to the dedicated delivery to the factory.
It all begins in the showroom, in a renovated Fuoriserie lounge area dedicated to the Maserati customer, full of materials from the Catalogue or Bespoke, with an innovative configurator created for the bespoke world, where initial decisions can be made in constant dialogue between the Fuoriserie teams and the designers of the Maserati Centro Stile. We then move on to the pre-existing painting area, where the preparation for the manual paintwork and quality controls take place. Then we arrive in the new innovative paintwork area, for a very high-tech process. After the automated painting, it is divided into three stages: cleaning room; robotic painting and resting, firing at 80°C, double firing. The artisan customisation of the details is then finished.
In the new Officine, more than 20 workstations are ready every day to paint the models in the range, such as the Grecale, MC20, GT2 Stradale, GranTurismo and GranCabrio. The latest technologies cover a dedicated surface area of 4,000 m2, with an innovative paint shop that offers customers a wide choice of colours that are constantly evolving both chromatically and in terms of technology, as well as a broad palette of liveries inspired by the brand’s Racing and Heritage DNA.
At full capacity, the new project could eventually involve up to 110 highly specialised employees, 40 of whom have already been trained in ensuring the highest quality for all Maserati tailor-made cars.
The line is the perfect synthesis of the most advanced technologies and the most refined artisanship. The revamped paint shop can complete work on 24 cars per day, in up to eight units per shift, for a total of 24 potential colours on a daily basis.
MC20 Cielo Less is More…? For the opening of the Officine, Maserati presents Maserati MC20 Cielo “Less is More…?”,a new and exclusive One-Off, the epitome and icon of the Fuoriserie programme’s most extraordinary production, with the ability to give form to the customer’s every desire.
It is a special MC20 Cielo customised with design cues inspired by the Bauhaus art movement, full of fine details and complex workmanship, such as a dedicated livery and specially designed body colours.
The exterior of this unique model features geometries that run along the entire length of the car, from the front to the rear. Just as the Bauhaus movement praised simple and abstract shapes in honour of a clean and minimalist aesthetic, likewise the Blu Corse Matte bodywork is embellished with an exclusive livery featuring dots, lines, triangles and rectangles that form a stylised Trident on the bonnet.
The succession of colours – chosen using the classic tones seen in Bauhaus as a starting point and reinterpreting them with a Maserati flair – is almost musical. The geometric shapes range from Rosso Capannelle Gloss, the shade used on the House of the Trident’s first racing cars, to Giallo Avia Pervia Gloss, recalling the Modena emblem, and to Bianco Audace, the launch colour of Maserati MC20 in its matte finish, here proposed with a polished finish that uses meticulous manual processing. Further details come in Azzurro Himmelblau and in Nero, while the most attentive will also recognize the presence of orange, the same Arancio Devil created to remember Maria Teresa De Filippis – the first woman to qualify for a Formula 1 Grand Prix, having done so aboard a Maserati 250F – and Viola Salchi, taken from the customisation of a Ghibli SS Coupé.
To complete the exterior, the MC20 Cielo “Less is More…?” features 20″ Corsa Forgiati Opachi wheels with Blue Classic brake callipers and an original colour combination for each rim. In the front, the two wheel rims might combine a red profile with a yellow hubcap or a yellow profile with a blue hubcap, in which case the combinations at the rear become white and red or blue and white.
The artistic appeal in the use of different shades is carried over to each finish: artists such as Wassily Kandinsky and Paul Klee – who taught at the Bauhaus – explored the use of expressive and “contrasting” colour, in the same way as the details of this exclusive MC20 Cielo with specific badges and the Trident logo in Bianco Gloss.
MC20 Cielo “Less is More…?” is a unique model specially built for a customer as part of the Maserati Fuoriserie Bespoke programme.
Maserati S.p.A. Maserati produces a complete range of unique cars, immediately recognizable for their extraordinary personality. Thanks to their style, technology, and innately exclusive character, they delight the most discerning, demanding tastes and have always been a benchmark for the global automotive industry. A tradition of successful cars, each of them redefining what makes an Italian sports car in terms of design, performance, comfort, elegance, and safety, currently available in more than 70 markets internationally. Maserati line-up includes the Grecale, the “everyday exceptional” SUV, the GranTurismo, the iconic Italian grand tourer, and the GranCabrio, the new convertible of the Trident; all models characterized by the use of the highest quality materials and excellent technical solutions. A range equipped with 4-cylinder hybrid powertrains – available for Grecale – and V6 petrol, with rear-wheel and four-wheel drive, embodying the performance DNA of the Trident brand. The top of the range is made up of the MC20 super sports car and the MC20 Cielo spyder, powered by the ground-breaking 100% Maserati Nettuno V6 engine, which incorporates F1-derived technologies into the power unit of a standard production car for the first time. The GranTurismo is available with both the high-performance V6 petrol engine, derived from the Nettuno, and a 100% electric version: the GranTurismo Folgore, the first car in the Modena-based brand’s history to adopt this solution. The full-electric range also currently includes the Grecale Folgore, Maserati’s first 100% electric SUV, and the GranCabrio Folgore. Finally, the House of the Trident’s latest addition is the Maserati GT2 Stradale, the road-legal version of the GT2 that took Maserati back to the track in closed-wheel championships. The heart of the new super sports car is the V6 Nettuno engine, reaching 640 hp (471 kW) in the latter configuration. The GT2 Stradale is therefore the most powerful road-going Maserati with an internal combustion engine. The mission at Maserati is to write the future of mobility in the luxury segment, focusing on its customers’ requests. The Brand, in line with the Stellantis “Dare Forward 2030” strategic plan, is now taking Italian luxury all over the world.
For those who thought with the launch of the recently introduced ABT RSQ8 Legacy Edition, one of the most popular Audi SUVs, couldn’t get even more exclusive, they have not considered the design specialists from ABT. They have crowned the SUV flagship with an ABT Individual interior package.
“From the RSQ8-S to the RSQ8-R and the RSQ8 Signature Edition, we have continuously developed the potential of this outstanding vehicle. With the ABT RSQ8-LE, we are completing our Legacy Edition series, which already includes the RS6-LE and RS7-LE. Our RSQ8 customers value the special, the extraordinary. This is the very reason why we pulled out all the stops when developing the customised interior for this vehicle,” explains Hans-Jürgen Abt.
The refinement options of the ABT Individual interior programme are almost endless: from high-quality leather and the finest Alcantara to exclusive Dinamica – the choice extends across countless colour nuances and material combinations- every element can be tailored individually.
“Our RSQ8 customers value the special, the extraordinary.”, says CEO of the ABT Group Hans-Jürgen Abt
In case of the RSQ8-LE, the driver is immersed in an elegantly progressive ambience in classic Racing Green, a colour that has its roots in motorsport and lends the vehicle a historical depth. This historical reference is interpreted in a modern way by the linear quilting pattern designed exclusively for the RSQ8-LE, which elegantly extends across numerous interior elements such as the seats, door panels and headlining through to the floor matsand trunk mat. This design is complemented by further details trimmed in leather or Alcantara, including the steering wheel with perforated 12 o’clock marking and contrasting colour underlay, as well as the steering wheel hub and steering wheel cap. The centre console, including gearshift bag, gear knob cap and armrest, is also finished in high-quality leather. A harmonious contrast is provided by the shift paddles, dashboard and seat frame trims finished in matt visible carbon fibre. On the exterior, accents such as the limited edition badge on the mudguard provide stylish highlights.
The technical attributes remain as impressive as before: 760 hp and 980 Nm of torque catapult the luxury SUV into a performance league of its own. The sophisticated ABT suspension with electronic roll stabilisationensures a remarkable balance of dynamics and comfort.
The ABT Individual ‘Signature Line’ interior package for the RSQ8-LE can be ordered at a price of €74,900.00 incl. 19% VAT, including assembly.
We’ve found a great example of BBC’s Top Gear doing what Top Gear does best, put together a comparison of cars most of us will never get a chance to buy and highlighting their strengths and weaknesses. If you’re a fan of the Remaster segment of companies building ultimate reimaginings of iconic vintage sportscars, you’ll most certainly want to check this one out.
The latest Lancia Delta Integrale remaster to roll out of Maturo is known as the Japan Commission. This striking example, an Evo 2 finished in Blu Lord, sets off the imagination of what can be had from the firm.
Sent to Maturo in a container without a specific plan, the owner simply wanted the car to be “done at Maturo”. After some discussions, the plan was for a Maturo Classic ultimo specification with virtually all of Maturo’s redevelopments and upgrades.
Upgrades included a modern and upgraded ECU paired with new engine internals that are all good for 275 hp. Also installed were suspension with adjustable ride height and Maturo’s own braking system.
Blu Lord, in case you’re curious, is a non-metallic dark blue. It pairs well with the upgraded specification of the car, particularly the handsome and fully reupholstered tan interior.
The Japan Commission was shared on Maturo’s Facebook Page HERE. Also check out more on the firm on their main website maturocars.com.
What: 1983 Audi quattro Color: Audi exclusive Nogaro Blue(nogaroblau; pearl effect UNI; Z5M; Audi) VIN: N/A Mileage: 124,500 km, 77,360 miles Price: CHF 98’000 CarFax: N/A Window Sticker: N/A Location: Auto Bordin GmbH, Bettlach, Switzerland Link: Link
Despite evidence you may see here suggesting otherwise, Nogaro Blue as a paint color didn’t show up at Audi until the RS2 era. If you’re doing the math, that’s about a decade before this 1983 Audi quattro left the factory. Yet here it sits.
So how’d it happen? Auto Bordin, the Swiss dealer listing this car tells the story fairly comprehensively, and so we’re going to post the English translation below. In case you don’t have time for that though, its’ worth noting that the car received a considerable full restoration with complete color change to Nogaro Blue.
It’s interesting that an earlier pre-facelift quattro was chosen. Perhaps that’s a preference for the vertical grille and headlight design of the original. It’s also interesting that they kept the original seat leather that shows wear, although from a collector standpoint that was probably a smart move and the reasoning is explained in the full description.
So, has this car grabbed your attention yet? If so, let’s begin the full listing description below.
Begin listing text: source Auto Bordin, Translation by Apple
Audi Turbo quattro “Nogaro Edition” – An Urquattro like certainly not a second
An Audi Urquattro in the color nogaro blue – which Urquattro owner did not have this thought? At the beginning probably no one, since the color only became popular with the Audi RS2 in the 90s. But at that time one could not imagine that this color would be so important for Audi that it could be called THE AUDI BLUE today. But it was not only Audi that had discovered this color for itself in the 90s. While it was called nogaro blue at Audi, it was called jazz blue at VW and maritime blue at Porsche. And since the RS2 was a collaboration between Audi and Porsche, they naturally decided to present this car in this special blue. Since the Audi RS2, almost all RS successor models have been associated with this color. So also the direct successor of the RS2, the RS4 B5 and even the S4 models, were gladly ordered in this color. A phenomenon of the 90s and early 2000s? No, even in 2014, Audi put a nogaro blue RS2 at the Geneva Motor Show together with the then most current Audi RS4 B8 on the stand and launched the “Nogaro Selection” and later also with the RS6 C7 as a limited “Nogaro Edition”. This color has become as historically important for Audi as the name “quattro” that people would like to use it to lift very special models again and again.
Let’s now come back to the previous train of thought, that every Urquattro owner probably had the idea of making his Urquattro like this when he saw the Audi RS2, but hardly anyone did it then….
No wonder, because an Urquattro was not disassembled and repainted so quickly, like a 911 from the 80s. And those who did it, usually did this in addition to the rust control and then hardly wanted to remove the windows or even the engine. So those who were then repainted were simply done à la “farmer painting”.
And to be fair enough, we would never have made this effort to want to do it better, because an Urquattro to paint, including engine compartment and without window rubber’s, means nothing more than work, work and work again… Unimaginable at that time, because the Urquattro used to have hardly the value it has today, where it would be worthwhile “more or less”. The question arises, why don’t you do it today, now that the Urquattro has finally become valuable enough? Quite simply, firstly, where are the spare parts for such a project and secondly, the Urquattro’s that you can buy today as a restoration object, are so rusty that it is almost reflected into an impossible project, if you then have to reshape each rusty sheet metal yourself. In the end, it is not a million Ferrari where this effort is worthwhile and a perfect, well-preserved Urquattro is certainly not taken apart for such a project nowadays.
You notice what we want to get. Actually, it would not be a thing of impossibility, but it is then so elaborate that no one wants to do it and so would be a newly built, nogaro blue Urquattro, something like a unique piece.
And it is precisely in front of such a Urquattro that we are now. And of course you ask yourself rightly – didn’t you just talk about the fact that it’s almost a thing of impossibility and yet we are now facing such an Urquattro? Now this question can only be answered by the following story.
For this we go back to the 90s. Where the then second owner of this Urquattro’s decided, when he got problems with the cylinder head gasket and he wanted to repair the engine again, he still saw the possibility of making his dream of the nogaro blue Urquattro come true. Because if we take out the engine to revise it, we can also take apart the rest of the Urquattro’s at the same time and have it professionally repainted, according to the words to his son at the time.
Said and done, the Urquattro was completely taken apart and taken to a renowned body shop near us. In the meantime, the owner went looking for spare parts. The bodywork itself was not enough for him, he also wanted to restore the vehicle and so many new parts from Audi had to come.
Connoisseurs are probably thinking now – Audi Urquattro and get new parts at AUDI/AMAG – great joke… but that was not the case in the 90s. He was able to order many new parts for the Urquattro, since it was still a current vehicle at the time and thus came to parts that one would only dream of today if one would get them new and original from Audi. Among other things a new KKK Turbo including collector, completely new cylinder head, various hoses, disc rubbers, complete decor and many other specific original parts….
The time in the body shop passed, because on the one hand they took the work seriously and on the other hand to keep the whole thing as economically as possible, it was agreed with the body shop that you could take enough time and you should just work on it when you have time. What you see in retrospect, you can never say to a body shop, because firstly there is never time left anyway and secondly it is not just a year, but then more than three years. But they just wanted a perfect result and so the body was made like that of a new car and extensively sealed with Dinitrol so that rust will never be an issue again.
As fate had, the owner unfortunately died before the Urquattro left the body shop. So that now the son of the deceased owner stood in front of an empty body and several parts. What do you do in such a situation? Not selling at all, this is a memory of the father, in the end you also helped with the project and on the other hand you can’t just assemble it quickly. It simply lacks the time and also the know-how, since you have not taken it apart 100% yourself.
In total, almost 30 years passed and no work was done on the vehicle until the son finally decided to sell the vehicle and it came to us in 2021.
We decided to take over the project. Not because we wanted to do this job, but because we were simply storn away when we saw the Urquattro in this color live. In addition, we liked the impeccable body condition, as well as all the new parts that were available.
At that time we did not know ourselves whether we wanted to do the Urquattro or not. On the one hand, the appeal was great, because we knew that there would never be a second nogaro blue Urquattro at this level and on the other hand we knew that it is not exactly without rebuilding such a vehicle from scratch and this even more so if you have not even taken it apart yourself, but someone else and this without pictures as help. There is probably nothing more complex than wanting to restore a German rally car, including turbo technology and vacuum lines until it no longer works and differential locks and electronics and and and…
To keep the whole thing short – after three winters where we said ourselves we always do a little something about it as soon as we have time, it is now finished. The nogaro blue Urquattro freshly shown as a veteran in July 2024 and to be honest, we wouldn’t want to do this a second time, but somehow you supplant the whole thing when you stand in front of the finished car – breathtakingly beautiful, especially outside when the sun shines on this color.
Our ultimate goal was to make the vehicle as if it were ordered from the factory in the special color nogaro blue. Say no tuning or tinted windows, white rims, dark taillights since Jg. 1983, no blue spoiler, etc. Even from the decor it had to look like fresh from the factory with all the emblems etc. Only this and no different is seen from our point of view, the nogaro blue Urquattro, a tribute to the later RS2.
We also do not want to lean so far out of the window and say that this is probably the only nogaro blue Urquattro that was made at this level, yet we are convinced that hardly anyone has ever made this effort.
The pictures speak for themselves, even if there are only 16, we have of course archived more pictures about the whole process for you. Nevertheless, you must have seen the vehicle in real life, not to mention driving. Because here you can see all the new parts, how powerful the newly built 5 cylinder turbo engine accelerates and this fortunately without a catalyst as with the later unsaleable Edition models…
It is a Urquattro for individualists, not for original fetishists. And yet it is not a vehicle that one would not describe as original at first glance. As a successful rally vehicle, the Urquattro always had its charm of wanting to have it in a different color. Until now it was only available in red or white as an “exciting color” and now it is available for ONE lucky one even in nogaro blue.
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Not exactly one that rolls off the tongue, but as Juliet once told Romeo- what’s in a name? In this case, measuring a generous 24 characters spread over 7 syllables, quite a lot actually. Fish Silvergrey Metallic was added to Porsche’s Paint to Sample program in 2023, and meshes the aforementioned silvergrey with a tasteful hint of green. Nearly chromaflair-lite in execution and cost, Fish Silvergrey Metallic as seen here is quietly making a serious case for itself in the world of Tailored Driver.
