The Audi RS2 wasn’t the world’s first fast estate – the Volvo 850 T5 arrived a year earlier – but it is the most iconic of those early hard-hitting haulers. It was also Audi’s first RS model (yes, an estate) and because Audi didn’t have the expertise it needed for the project, was built with help from Porsche.

Quite a bit of help. The shells, adapted from the standard Audi 80, were constructed at Ingolstadt, then sent to Zuffenhausen near Stuttgart where they received the brake, wheel and tyre package from the Porsche 968 Clubsport, plus the uprated engine, six-speed manual gearbox and new door mirrors.

The 2.2-litre 5cyl was boosted by a single KKK turbocharger, yielding 315bhp at 6500rpm and 302lb ft at 3,000rpm. 0-60mph was over in 5.4 secs and flat out it would hit 163mph. For the time these were stellar figures, as quick as a Ferrari 456.

It was launched in the UK in summer 1994, costing a hefty £45,705. Only 182 right hand drive versions came to the UK.

EXTRA_A = High Beams (swapped with Fog Lights due to my skill issue)
EXTRA_B = Left Door
EXTRA_C = Right Door