Special Audis: Treser

A man who stands for converted Audis like no other is Walter Treser. During the 80s he styled and restyled many Audi. Treser chose the One as his symbol. Presumably this had two causes. On the one hand he thereby demonstrated his position as the number one Audi stylist, on the other, the One was Audi's logo before tey fusioned to Auto Union.
Be it 100, 200, 90 or Coupe, Treser made sure that they became something special.
Add-ons like Spoilers or the today sought after rearlights gave the money for more extravagant projects. As these did not always sell too good and the project of a two seated Roadster T1 with retractable hardtop (like the Mercedes SLK) failed, Treser had to go into bankruptcy. I do not know who bought the trademarks, but I would really be interested in. But I know, thanks to a post on our Audi 100/200 Forum, who bought the old dies and tools, at least a big part thereof: It was Walter Beutlich. More info about him can be found here.

There are really different opinions about his creations. Some think they are awesome, some think they are terrible. I think I really like them. Largo, Liner and Hunter are fantastic conversions. The Treser quattro Roadster is interesting on the technical aspect but even on the optical, I learned to like it.
Decide for yourselves!

This is the legendary Treser wheel with Michelin tires. The special thing about it is, that it is a metric wheel. The rim size is 210 TR 415, the tires are 230/45 VR 415. Everything clear? 210 is the rim width in millimeters (equals 8.25inches), 415 is the rim diameter in millimeter (16.3inches), 230 is the tire width and 45 the ratio sidewall height to tire width.
Michelin stopped production of these tires in 1990. However they have stored some of them in such a special way that you can buy them today and they are as good as new.