1989 Audi 90 quattro Car Picture

Audi 90 quattro

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1989 Audi 200 Car Picture

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The Audi V8 was a large luxury sedan built by Audi AG of Germany from 1988 to 1994 as the company’s range-topping model, and was the first Audi to use its namesake engine configuration. It was replaced by the A8 in 1994, though the A8 would not be sold in North America until the 1997 model year.

1988 Audi V8 Car Picture

Although the vehicle was based on VW/Audi’s existing C3 platform (namely the 100/200 sedan), the V8 model featured standard quattro all-wheel drive and a 32 valve, DOHC V8 engine with either a five-speed manual or four-speed electronically controlled automatic transmission, giving it the power and road-holding ability to match the V8 powered offerings from BMW and Mercedes-Benz.

The 3.6 L (3562 cc) powerplant was essentially two four-cylinder engines which had been mated at the crankshaft to form a V8. In this case it was the Volkswagen Golf GTI’s 1.8 L, twin cam, 16-valve inline 4-cylinder that provided the starting point. Power output was very strong for the day, with 250 PS (184 kW/247 hp) and 340 N·m (251 ft·lbf) of torque available over a fairly wide powerband.

Audi introduced a long wheelbase version in 1990 and in 1991 made a 4.2 L (4172 cc) powerplant with 280 PS (206 kW/276 hp) and 400 N·m (295 ft·lbf) available. Like the base model, it had standard quattro and an optional automatic transmission, but a six-speed manual gearbox replaced the 5-speed of the 3.6 model.

The car’s base price in 1994, its final year of production, was US$58,700.

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1988 Audi quattro Car Picture

The Audi Quattro was a famous and historically significant Audi road and Rally car. It was special in that it was the first AWD Grand Tourer since 1966’s Jensen FF. Officially, the model name is simply “Quattro”, always with a capital “Q” (although the graphics on the car, confusingly, refer to the AWD system and use a lowercase “q”).

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Audi released the original Quattro in 1980, making it both the first car to feature Audi’s quattro All Wheel Drive system (hence its name) and the first to mate quattro with a turbocharged engine. The powerplant was a 2.1 L, single overhead cam, 10 valve straight-5 originally making 160 hp (149 kW) and eventually receiving upgrades to 200 hp and then to a twin-cam setup producing 220 hp (164 kW). It is considered one of the most significant rally cars of all time, and was one of the first to take advantage of the then-recently changed rules which allowed the use of all-wheel-drive in competition racing.

Total road car production is around 11,000 vehicles over the period 1980-1991. The body style received very little modification during its production run, the only significant changes were made for the 1985 model year, which included a new sloping front grill, headlights, trim and badging changes. All Quattros were hand built in Germany by a dedicated crew.

The Audi Sport Quattro was a Quattro program car developed for Group B rallying homologation, and sold as a production car in limited numbers – it featured a different body shell and a significantly shorter wheelbase.

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1988 Audi Coupe Car Picture

Audi Coupe

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1987 Audi 90 Car Picture

The Audi 80 is a compact executive car produced by the German car manufacturer Audi, from 1966 to 1996. It initially shared its platform with the Volkswagen Passat, and was available as a saloon car/sedan and an Avant (Audi’s name for an estate car/station wagon).

The coupé and convertible models were not badged as members of the range but shared the same platform and many parts.

There were several different engine types, of which the petrol engines included the fuel-injected “E” (Einspritzung), and carburetor “S”, and the diesel engines included “D” (diesel), “TD” (turbodiesel), or “TDI” (Turbocharged Direct Injection).

In North America, the 80 was sold briefly as the Audi Fox and from 1980 to 1987 as the Audi 4000.

The Audi 90 was an upmarket version of the Audi 80.

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