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The '''Audi RSQ''' concept vehicle series include:

==Audi RSQ (2004)==
{{Infobox automobile
| name           = Audi RSQ
| image          = Audi study.JPG
| manufacturer   = [[Audi AG]]
| production     = 2004
| predecessor    = 
| successor      = 
| class          = [[Concept car]]
| layout = [[mid-engine, four-wheel-drive layout|mid engine, all wheel drive]]
| platform       = [[Fiberglass|Fibreglass construction]] over [[aluminium]] [[space frame#Cars|space frame]]
| body_style     = 2-door [[coupé]]
| engine         = 5.0 L [[twin-turbo]]charged [[Gasoline Direct Injection|FSI]] [[V10 engine|V10]]
| transmission   = 6-speed [[manual transmission|manual]]
| doors         = [[Butterfly doors|Reverse butterfly doors]]
| wheelbase      = 
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| aka            = 
| related        = [[Audi Le Mans quattro]]<br>[[Audi TT]]<br>[[Lamborghini Gallardo]]
| designer       = Julian Hönig <small>(Senior Exterior Designer at Audi AG)</small><ref name="PR" />
}}
[[File:Audi RSQ 4.JPG|left|thumb|Rear view]]
The '''Audi RSQ''' is a [[mid-engined]] [[concept car]] developed by [[Audi|Audi AG]] for use as a [[product placement]] in the 2004 sci-fi film ''[[I, Robot (film)|I, Robot]]''.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060128023648/http://www.audi.co.uk/company/pressrelease.jsp?id=11429 An Audi for the Year 2035: In]</ref> It is meant to depict a technologically advanced automobile in the [[Chicago]] cityscape from the year 2035.

This [[sports car|sports]] [[coupé]] is a visionary interpretation of Audi's typical [[automobile design]]. An important challenge presented to the designers was that in order for the car to have successful advertising for Audi as product placement, despite its extreme character, the car still had to be recognised by those audience members familiar with car designs as an Audi. To accommodate this demand, the engineers implemented a current Audi front-end design which includes the trapezoidal "Audi single-frame [[Grille (architecture)|grille]]," the company's trademark four overlapping rings, and the [[Multi Media Interface]] (MMI) driver-to-car control system.<ref name="PR">{{cite web |url= http://www.audiworld.com/news/04/nyias/robot2/ |title= The Making of the Audi RSQ for the Epic Movie Event "I, ROBOT" |access-date=2007-12-30 |date= 2004-04-07 |work= Press release |publisher= Audi| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080105064907/http://www.audiworld.com/news/04/nyias/robot2/| archive-date= 5 January 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref> The RSQ also includes special features suggested by film director [[Alex Proyas]]. The car uses spheres instead of conventional wheels.<ref name="PR" /> Its two reverse [[butterfly doors]] are hinged to the [[C-pillar|C-pillars]] of the body.<ref name="PR"/>

Although this kind of collaboration was a first for Audi, a similar project named the [[Lexus 2054]] was developed by [[Lexus]] for use in the 2002 film ''[[Minority Report (film)|Minority Report]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://cars.ign.com/articles/529/529473p1.html |title= I, Robot: U, Audi |access-date=2007-12-30 |date= 2004-07-09 |work= IGN Cars |publisher= IGN Entertainment| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080105123307/http://cars.ign.com/articles/529/529473p1.html| archive-date= 5 January 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref>
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==Audi RSQ e-tron (2019)==
{{Infobox automobile
| name         = Audi RSQ e-tron
| image        = 
| manufacturer = [[Audi]]
| production   = 2019
| predecessor  = 
| successor    = 
| class        = [[Concept car]]
| layout       = [[Individual-wheel drive]]
| platform     = 
| body_style   = 2-door [[coupé]]
| engine       = 
| motor        = 4 liquid-cooled [[Brushless DC electric motor|permanent magnet synchronous electric motor]]s placed at each wheel
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| related      = Audi RSQ
| designer     = Jan Poliak
}}

The '''Audi RSQ e-tron''' is a concept car developed by [[Audi]] for use in the 2019 animated film ''[[Spies in Disguise]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Audi RSQ E-Tron Is An Animated Spy Car You'll Never Drive |website=[[Motor1.com]] |date=29 November 2019 |url=http://www.motor1.com/news/384862/audi-rsq-etron-animated-spy/ |access-date=11 January 2020}}</ref><ref>[http://www.audi-mediacenter.com/en/press-releases/audi-designs-first-virtual-concept-car-for-hollywood-movie-spies-in-disguise-12189 Audi designs first virtual concept car for Hollywood movie "Spies in Disguise"]</ref>

According to Audi, the car was designed closely with [[Blue Sky Studios]] and features a "visionary design language and futuristic highlights including a hologram speedometer".<ref>{{cite web |title=New Audi RSQ e-tron concept car|url=http://www.audi.co.uk/audi-update/new-rsq-etron.html |publisher=Audi UK |access-date=11 January 2020}}</ref>

===Marketing===
As part of the Audi RSQ e-tron and Spies in Disguise movie launch, a video named 'Lunchbreak' was produced.<ref>[http://www.audi-mediacenter.com/en/press-releases/audi-teams-up-with-twentieth-century-fox-on-spies-in-disguise-digital-content-ahead-of-film-premiere-12380 Audi teams up with Twentieth Century Fox on ‘Spies in Disguise’ digital content ahead of film premiere]</ref>

==See also==
*[[Audi Le Mans quattro]], a similar styled concept car
*[[Audi R8]], a road car influenced by the RSQ's design and the production version of the Le Mans Quattro
*[[Audi RS Q e-tron]], an off-road competition car debuted in 2021

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Audi RSQ}}
* Audi UK page: [https://web.archive.org/web/20060405185050/http://www.audi.co.uk/experience/techdesign/conceptcars/rsq.jsp RSQ], [https://web.archive.org/web/20210509162537/http://www.audi.co.uk/audi-update/new-rsq-etron.html RSQ e-tron]

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