Audi RS2 Avant: a 315-hp turbo wagon with Porsche flair, Quattro AWD, and manual gearbox—Audi’s first RS icon, now a rare classic.

The car appears to be an Audi RS2 Avant, the first performance wagon and first RS-badged performance car ever made by the ...

But while the brands were much more distinct in the 1990s and 2000s, Porsche did collaborate with Audi on one of the most interesting cars to wear the four rings on the grille: the RS2 Avant.

Audi had developed the RS2 in cooperation with Porsche, with assembly occurring at Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen. Its appearance alone was indicative of the power of the first RS model.

How do they do that? Mixing it with the strict two-seaters, we have BMW’s immense M5 (E34 vintage) and Audi’s RS2, an estate with engineering by Porsche. Both are as sensible as ten-year-old ...

The Audi TT RS from Virdis' imagination takes clear inspiration from the RS2, which was Audi's first vehicle to wear the vaunted badge. Like the wagon, the Mk1 TT RS wears five-spoke Porsche Cup ...