If you’re an Audi fan the colour Nogaro Blue will do exciting things to your nether regions. Not least because it was the hero colour of the fearsome RS2 estate, Audi’s first ever RS model, but also because it’s just a shit hot colour.
For some reason Audi stopped offering the colour. Perhaps so they could charge more to put some pretty sparkles in the paint instead. Sprint Blue, a metallic colour, became Audi’s S/RS hue of choice for a while, but it’s not got the purity of Nogaro Blue. The last time we saw Noggy Blue in Australia was on the first-gen S3 and S4 models, around 10 years ago now.
The RS2 celebrates its 20th anniversary this year and to mark the occasion Audi will be launching an RS4 Avant Nogaro selection at the Geneva Motor Show next month. As the name suggests the car will be painted in Nogaro Blue and will include blue interior highlights. We could live without the splashes of blue inside the car to be honest, but they’re a small price to pay for bringing one of the world’s best exterior colours back to life.
It’s the perfect birthday present for one of the motoring world’s most underrated cars. Bravo Audi, bravo!