Audi RSQ, The Car Star Of I, Robot
Imagine yourself holding your life thread. Pull it as fast as you can until you find yourself in the year 2035. There, you will find that humanoid robots are as common as cars. Yes, as many as cars.
But whether or not these cars have catalytic converters, well, that’s the big question. But focus on the main thing: living among humanoid cars. That’s exactly the scenario in the 2004 movie I, Robot starring the legendary actor Will Smith. Set in Chicago in year 2035, the movie pictured the future where robots are normal part of everyday life. In the film, Smith played the role of a detective who investigated about the real cause of death of the inventor of the Three Laws of Robotics who in the end found a friend in an NS-5 robot.
Audi’s RSQ, a two-seat, mid-engine sports car of the future, was the car-star used by Will Smith in the movie. This car's power generates from four bulbous spheres unlike standard cars that run on wheels and tires. That gives the car a computer mouse appearance. Still, it has the common features of Audi cars such as the Audi front-end as well as the single-frame grille. In the movie, the Audi RSQ raced through the future Chicago via its spheres instead of wheels while the butterfly principle was applied in opening its two doors.
Designed as a concept car and made spectacular mainly for the I, Robot movie, the Audi RSQ was displayed during the 2004 New York Automobile Show.
This was the first time Audi developed a car solely for a major Hollywood movie.
I, Robot was directed by Alex Proyas, the same man who directed other fabulous movies like Dark City and The Crow.
