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It’s never easy to succeed an icon, just ask Chris Evans or David Moyes. So, when Audi eventually retired its Quattro flagship, the S2 Coupe had a huge weight of expectation placed upon its shoulders. On reflection, that’s probably why the S2 was never officially marketed as a successor to the German marque’s ‘rally car for the streets’, but instead as a car with its own identity.
However, if that really was the plan, then giving it the ‘S’ moniker might not have been the wisest choice. After all, that badge had gained fame while attached to Audi’s revered S1 rally monster of yesteryear, making the S2 the first production-spec vehicle to have it glued to its boot lid. No pressure then.
On paper, it looked as though the new car might be up able to live up to those
