Final yr, Audi Real Equipment added an indoor automobile cowl for the E-Tron GT to the catalog boasting a print that mimicked an E-Tron GT prototype. The duvet shared all the main points of the prototype’s painted elements and wrap, from the crimson strakes on the decrease entrance consumption to the decrease case “e” sample and the aero wheels. For a number of consumers that are not glad with their E-Tron GT pretending to be a static show of a pre-production mannequin, Audi USA has developed the RS E-Tron GT Undertaking 513/2. That is the actual deal 637-horsepower battery-electric sedan with a really shut rendition of the actual wrap affixed to protos used for early media check drives. There are completely different aero wheels on the manufacturing model versus the 21-inch five-double-spoke rims on the prototype, and minor revisions just like the manufacturing automobile lacking the “e-tron gt prototype” script on the rear doorways for apparent causes. In any other case, it is all there.
There are a selection of firsts on this one, prime amongst them being Audi providing a camo print on a car from the manufacturing facility. The second first is within the identify, “Undertaking 513/2” being the automaker’s inner code for merchandise. Akin to a VIN, every quantity in 513/2 defines a facet of the car, like product section, technology and physique fashion. It exhibits up etched within the rear glass and embossed on the cabin’s middle armrest. The third novelty is Audi placing crimson rings on the entrance and rear of a retail mannequin.
The inside’s been matched to the outside in coloration and theme. Purple accents present up on the air vents, Fantastic Nappa leather-based seats, steering wheel and ground mats. Need one other first? Audi created carbon fiber inlays for the instrument panel imbued with the wrap sample, the inlays a number of thousandths of a millimeter deep and “primarily created by hand.” Another reminder of exclusivity comes within the new E-Tron background for the MMI infotainment system.
And we do imply unique: Audi’s solely making 75 of those, all for the U.S. Each one will come virtually loaded, the usual package together with these ventilated and massaging Fantastic Nappa leather-based seats, ceramic brakes with crimson calipers, Energy Steering Plus and rear wheel steering, carbon fiber trim all around the exterior, illuminated carbon fiber dills and HD Matrix headlights with Audi Laser Gentle. Each instance additionally comes with VIN “artwork portraits” on high-gloss aluminum plates, “exhibiting an in depth artwork print expression of the client’s car in high-resolution for show.”
The value: $179,900, plus $595 for metallic paint, plus $1,495 for vacation spot, coming to $181,990 earlier than extra fripperies. That is almost $37,000 greater than an ordinary RS E-Tron GT earlier than choices, that means the actual worth of having the ability to inform a tall story like “I acquired mine earlier than they hit the market” will likely be a lot increased.
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