Audi : 100 / 200 C3
1982–1991
Model Introduction
With its flush glass, smooth lines, and low drag coefficient, the C3 Audi 100 looked futuristic when it arrived. It offered a refined drive, solid build quality, and strong performance in 200 form.
Magazine articles (15)
Magazine Articles
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'90s Breakthrough : Audi 100
New Audi 100
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Scoop!
New Audi 100 Avant
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Audi Unleashed
Audi's super-efficient 100, free at last of the planners, engineers and wind-tunnel boffins that gave it life, shows its true purpose dashing through the West Country
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Newcomers : Avant : Audi 100 Holdall
Audi's new Avant five-door has neither the 100's low drag or a true estate capacity. But it works
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Scoop!
Audi 200 Turbo - The world's fastest saloon car!
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Audi's Ultimatum
This 143mph Audi 200 Turbo is the wizard engineers of Ingolstadt's grand challenge to every other fast saloon car maker - 'match our performance, or our efficiency'.
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Giant Test
BMW 520i v Audi 100CD v Citroen CX GTi
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Class Dispute
After several hours behind the wheel of an Audi 100, Georg Kacher comes face-to-face with an R25 for the first time
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Audi 200 Turbo
IT’S EASY to be cynical, but if Audi’s marketing men can sell what is basically a turbocharged Audi 100 as a bona fide BMW 7-series/Jaguar/Mercedes-Benz S-class rival, why haven’t the sales supremos at Ford worked the same magic on the Granada? Perhaps that’s exactly what will happen when the new Granada joins the flush glass brigade, but they’re not going to find it any easier to sell the concept than Audi. At the UK press launch of the 200 Turbo Audi suggested, rather cattily, that people who buy Jaguars, or the other two, merely want to own ‘badges’. A more accurate observation might be that they’re keen to own and drive what are generally considered to be the finest cars currently available; cars that set the highest standards in terms of performance, handling, accommodation, ride comfort and refinement. In many areas the Audi 200 Turbo is bang on target. At £17,793 (£17,013 for the manual version), for example, it is directly comparable to a BMW 732i (£16,850) a Jaguar Sovereign 4.2 (£18,494) ora Mercedes-Benz 280SE (£16,990). Starting with a lighter, smaller and more aerodynamic body (up to a 0.33 Cd for the 200 Turbo due to wider tyres and different cooling arrangements than the 100) than the famous three it’s also not surprising the 182bhp Audi goes faster (143mph top speed, 0-60mph in 8.2sec for the manual) while returning markedly better fuel consumption.
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Generic breeding
Audi 200 Turbo Quattro
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Test Match
Audi 100 quattro v BMW 528i SE v Ford Granada Scorpio
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Fast Freight
Audi Avant 200 Quattro v Mercedes-Benz 300TE v Volvo 740 Turbo
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Audi 100 goes sport
A sports suspension package Audi 100 has been developed specially for the UK to meet demand for discreetly sporting executive saloons
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Impressions: Audi 100/200
Lately, Audi's 100 and 200 models have started to show their age. With the more advanced 80 and 90 stealing the limelight and the sales, Audi have decided to give their top-of-the-range an extensive revamp
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Impressions : Audi 200 quattro
The new Audi 200 quattro has changed some since the original but the look is still somewhat dated.
