We had been dreaming for a long time of being able to assemble the tremendous Audi Sport Quattro S1 E2 in plastic, and our dreams came true. The kit includes the decorations used by the official Audi team in the 1985 San Remo rallies, where Walter Röhrl achieved the
only victory in the World Rally Championship for this car, and in Monte Carlo in 1986. A very complete kit, which also includes the
auxiliary lights used in the night stages. Just one "but", the decals
do not include tobacco advertising!, although that will not be a problem with the different sets available on our website to complete the sponsors.
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Audi Sport Quattro S1 E2 Group B car scale model kit:
Audi Sport only sent one car to the 1985 rally San Remo, and it turned out to be a high point of E2 performance in that Röhrl outpaced two works 205 T16 E2s and four Lancia Rally Evo2s to win this mixed-surface event by six and a half minutes.
Both car and driver had benefited from almost three weeks of testing. The E2 was now able to run with an unlocked centre differential so that the 50/50 split provided by the locked one was no longer the only torque split on the menu. The water “injection” for the disc brakes so necessary on tarmac staged had been modified to reduce the discs from 700 to 500 degrees without having them crack when the cold water got on them and, to Röhrl’s delight, the throttle response had been altered so that at the initial small movement of the pedal did not immediately result in full power.
It was a truly epic performance only spoilt by the fact that on the way back to Ingolstadt, someone stole this remarkable car from its trailer while the mechanics were having lunch.
Only Röhrl and Mikkola were entered for the 1986 Monte Carlo with a possible program of six more WRC events. The cars for the first event were Sport Quattro E2s fitted with manual six-speed gearboxes. Before the start, Röhrl has intimated that their chances of success were not high – “more narrow roads this year for our big car” – and this turned out to be the case since at least one Lancia and one Peugeot were always ahead. For Röhrl, things become even worse when a “logistical mistake” forced him, after sustaining a puncture, to run a spare wheel fitted with studs when the car was equipped with racing tyres. This cost him six minutes and he dropped back down the field but then, by dint of recording seven fastest times, came back to finish fourth, two minutes behind Mikkola in third.
SpotModel recommends this product exclusively for experienced professional modellers and collectors. Take appropriate precautions as this product is not a toy, it can be toxic and/or dangerous. Keep away from children. Use is not allowed for children under 14 years.
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Beemax Model Kits was born as a brand specializing in 1/24 scale competition cars, both rally and circuit. Later it was renamed to Nunu, so their references are gradually being marketed under the new brand, but without losing an ounce of their quality!
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