A 1988 Audi 200 found a new owner in Paris, France this week who paid €235,750 for it. You could have a brand-new R8 performance quattro for that kind of money, but the investment seems justified this time around.
The reason is, the elderly sedan is none other than the Turbo Quattro Nardo 6000, a track-focused supercar built for speed records. It is capable of crossing the 350 km/h (217 mph) mark, which is particularly impressive for a production vehicle out of the 1980s.
Ferdinand Piech, who presided over Audi at the time, was the mind behind the ambitious project. He felt that speed records were a perfect way to advertise both the Quattro AWD and the company’s innovative five-cylinder turbo engine.
Only three cars were built, each with a Kevlar body kit with a drag ratio as low as 0.27Cx, aluminum roof and doors, plastic side windows, magnesium alloy wheels with centerlocks, built-in air jacks and a safety cage. The fuel tank was 340 liters (90 gallons) large and supported quick fueling. Two vehicles were outfitted with 20-valve engines and one with an experimental 25-valve unit for extra torque. The power output was identical at roughly 650 PS (641 hp / 478 kW).
This particular vehicle with the chassis number N6000/1 was owned by Siegfried Brunn and was later sold to a new owner, who has now sold it. He claims the car had not seen any use since the mid-1990s.
Along with the car, the buyer received a set of OEM wheels, some suspension parts and body kit elements.