The film goes further in its period-correctness than just equipment choice though, and from the inflection of the narrator's voice (who does an uncanny job of matching the era's semi-transatlantic sales pitch accent), to the way they cut the perfectly cheesy scene of looking for a test driver, to the little pants-dropping doll suction-cupped to the rear window—it's all handled with the care of people who know their subject matter and its context. That rude plush toy is an easter egg in and of itself too, a cool callback to the 1989 IMSA season in which Stuck's dominant Audi 90 featured the same mooning character in its rear plexiglass. And by the same, we mean the exact same one—Stuck has held onto the cheeky memento for the last 20 years. Our favorite part though? The way the narrator explains the RS 2 is an Avant instead of a sedan: "We tried putting all this in a standard sedan. But alas, no." It is simultaneously the least descriptive and yet most German explanation we can think of. Perfect.
Modern classics are hip, and even the squares out there who are using "hip" without irony are contributing to the still-rising popularity of enthusiast cars built in the 1980s and 1990s. Boxy is beautiful, plastic is fantastic, and the vehicles that initially aged into the purview of boy racers that cared little about maintenance and less about preservation are now being rightfully viewed as collectibles worthy of complete restoration. For any deviation from OEM spec, period-correct is the favored route for modifications, and though manufacturers are getting wise to this and are dipping their toes in with some retro merchandise, we haven't seen any of them do what Audi has with this excellent bit of period-correct filmmaking. It worked as an excellent catalyst for our office to check prices on US-importable RS 2s, but more importantly, it gives us faith that promotional videos being made in 2019 are not mutually exclusive with videos we actually want to watch.
