the Audi 100, which was unveiled late in the autumn of 1968, was a success and quickly the brand’s best-selling model. The demand was so great so that an additional rolling band was started in the Volkswagen factory in Wolfsburg. But it could have ended even before the production started. The car was designed, namely in the stealth of the engineers followed with the at Volkswagen’s purchase of Auto Union from Mercedes.
When the newspaper Technology World tested the model got the thumbs up on most points. Spaces and the performance was on the top, as well as secure handling, thanks to front-wheel drive – an unusual on the larger cars at the time.
the sound of the engine was, however, strained. The power drain on the testbilen, who was in the lavish LS-performance, was 100 hästrafter and the displacement of 1.8-litres. It’s got the eyebrows to be raised. The result was a car that was both faster and more fuel economical than most competitors.
Volkswagen, which still relied on the classic Ram and different versions based on its technology.
Audi’s personality, however, was unclear. The technology World thought that the lines on the 100-breathed a little Mercedes, but the interior gave the Volkswagen feel. In a later test in 1974 was the car was sound but blunt German.
Snusförnuftigheten resulted in a gubbimage who eventually tvagades away in 1980 with the rallyikonen Quattro and the aerodynamic 100 of the generation of three who managed to get Car of the Year in 1983.
of the first generation, with the internal code C1, offered other than gubbighet. The top model was a coupe that unashamedly borrowed the shapes from the contemporary Aston Martin DBS.
the power drain on the 112 horses were also in the sedanversionens GL-execution. As shown in the picture. In combination with vinyltak. That’s it, now don’t we Audi 100 stand idle any longer. Fold the map so we run. Anywhere. Welcome as classics.
the Article has previously been published in the magazine Classic Cars.