The ghost of rally legends returns. Well, sort of.
Meet the HSR Manufaktur Type 085. It is not the 1984 original, but it carries that specific brand of chaos the old Audi Sport Quattro was famous for. HSR calls this the Homologation Special Reimagined. A 500+ horsepower fire-breather dressed in modern tech.
“We hold formally signed Letters of Intent… seeing the highest volume of demand from the USA.”
HSR does not just scan a shell and bolt on parts. No, that is too easy. They take an original Audi Coupe B2 chassis and chop it. Severely.
Twelve-point-six inches off the total length. But wait—they stretch the wheelbase. Front axle moves forward, rear moves back. Each by four-tenths of an inch. Why? The original car twitched like a nervous dog at speed. This fixes it. Then comes the carbon fiber skin. Lightweight. Sharp. Inside the bones, an integrated roll cage reinforces everything.
The weight? About 2645 lbs. Light enough to be dangerous.
Now look under the hood. There is no vintage five-cylinder here. HSR stuffs a modern Audi 2.4-liter TFSI turbo into the bay. Longitudinal fitment, just like the old days. They borrowed the DAZA engine code, essentially the heart of the RS3, but stripped it down. Forged internals replace the factory stuff. A dry-sump oil system handles the g-forces.
You pick the tune. 500 horsepower on the conservative setting. 600 on the brave setting.
It connects to a six-speed manual. Audi’s old OB4 box, reinforced to survive the torque. Torsen differential sends power all-wheel. Forty percent to the front. Sixty percent to the back. The website claims the exhaust exits through side outlets, active valves and all. The renders, however, are AI-generated so you really cannot tell what is real anymore.
The price tag hurts. Starting at $570,082. Adjusted for current exchange rates. That is just for the car, too. Options will climb it higher.
HSR is not building many. Just 84 units.
The number is a nod. 1984 was the year Audi took the World Rally Championship. Eighty-four cars. No more. You cannot just walk into a dealer. You need a letter of intent. You need approval from HSR. The demand is heavy—Americans, Germans, Swiss all want a piece.
Why pay half a million for a carbon-fiber ghost of a 1980s rally car?
Maybe you do not want it to be reliable.
