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Let's all take a moment and discuss a very interesting and powerful topic in the automotive world. Something Madirish and I both find ridiculously interesting. Something that was brought upon us nearly 20 years ago and is still -today- absolutely killer-looking.
I am talking about the Audi Avus wheel design and its progress over the years.
What started out on this concept car in 1991
www.audi.at/de/seiten/... [jpg]...was later made in 16", 17", and 18" - nearly identical to the concept car's wheels for the UrS4, UrS6 and pre 99B S8s
www.wheelcollision.com... [jpg]After a model facelift and new model intros (99B B5 S4, D2 S8, C5 S6, S3) the Avus wheel design was slightly altered, the spokes became narrower and the design became flatter. Some like it better, some don't.
www.elektro.com/~audi/... [jpg]And so in 2003, with the introduction of the B6 S4, the current generation Avus wheel was introduced. More masculine and powerful spokes were designed, and even today on the B7 S4, these wheels are on.
www.finishlinewheels.c... [jpg]A few questions do arise however. The S3, S6 and S8 was still being produced one year after the current Avus design was introduced - why weren't they given these wheels? Why were they still running on Avus mk 2 wheels when the predecessor, the mk 3 Avus, was available? Were they too cheap to manufacture properly ET:ed wheels for the entire S range so they decided to go with the old design? They did make the mk 2 Avus wheels in two different bolt patterns (5x112 for all cars except the S3s 5x100), so why couldn't they introduce the mk 3 on the entire range?
And more importantly, which is the better looking one?
So many questions, so little time...
jox
(Sep 2 07, 11:26)avus good.