Audi
RSQ (I, Robot film car)

Why it matters

The RSQ was a product-placement project in which a carmaker designed a car of the future for a feature film. It is a one-off, and its design themes, such as the single-frame grille, linked it to Audi's road cars of the time.

How rare is it?

Six separate kinds of rarity – never combined into one number.

Each kind of rarity is rated separately and never combined.

Production

Every figure says what it counts.

Independent counts (e.g. engine and colour) are never combined into a calculated figure. Surviving examples are never presented as original production.

History

Director Alex Proyas had been impressed by Audi's Nuvolari quattro concept and approached Audi for a car for I, Robot. Audi's design team, under design chief Walter de Silva, created the RSQ: a mid-engined sports car that in the film runs on spheres instead of wheels through a futuristic Chicago.

Audi presented the car to the public at the New York motor show in April 2004. For the film Audi also supplied an interior model for in-car shots and disguised series-production cars for traffic scenes.

Technical specifications

Engine

Transmission & drivetrain

Chassis, body & dimensions

Performance

“Not yet verified” means no source has been checked for that value yet. Nothing is estimated to fill a gap.

Identification guide

How to tell an original from a replica or later conversion.

The RSQ is a unique car: rear-hinged doors attached at the C-pillar that open butterfly-fashion, the Audi single-frame grille, and sphere 'wheels' as seen on screen. The separate interior model used for cabin filming is a different object from the exterior car.

Sources

Each number links to the exact facts it supports.

1. 1
   Motor1 – Vergessene Studien: Audi RSQ Concept (2004) Level C

   • 1 one-off film car (Audi also supplied a separate interior model and disguised series cars for traffic scenes)

   Accessed 2026-11-12
2. 2
   Audi RSQ – press release, New York/Ingolstadt Level A Audi AG (via news aktuell / presseportal) · 2004-04-07

   • Mittelmotor-Sportwagen

   Accessed 2026-11-12