Hands down one of the most spectacular concept cars to ever carry the fabled Four Rings, the Audi Avus Quattro is making a rare appearance on video. Originally unveiled in 1991 at the Tokyo Motor Show, the low-slung supercar gets the walkaround treatment to show off its hand-beaten aluminum and polished body without a lick of paint. It predated the Audi Space Frame from 1993, a concept that went on to preview the original A8 launched a year later.
The swoopy coupe was named after a race track located near Berlin and shares the Avus moniker with the 1930s Type C from the Auto Union days. Those body panels we mentioned were extremely thin and helped Audi's engineers to keep weight down to an impressively low 1,250 kilograms (2,755 pounds). The shiny 20-inch wheels along with the tires represented about half of the vehicle's height and there was a roof-mounted NACA-style duct.
