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Sporty and elegant or elegant and sporty? - Audi 100 two-door and Coupé S in the (historic) test

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Created in 1970

Reading time 13min

Written by:

Dr. Paul Simsa

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Audi 100 Coupé S (1971) – Werksfoto mit Dame

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Audi 100 Coupé S - elegantes Coupé von der Audi 100 Limousine abgeleitet - gzeigt am Genfer Autosalon 1971

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Audi 100 Coupé S (1972) – der Testwagen wird hart rangenommen

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Audi 100 Coupé S (1971) - elegante Formgebung auch von hinten

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Audi 100 Coupé S (1971) - bequemer Einstieg und angenehmes Ambiente

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Audi 100 Coupé S (1971) - sportliche Aufmachung, aber grosses Lenkrad vor dem übersichtlichen Amaturenbrett

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Audi 100 Coupé S (1971) - gut profilierte Sitze

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Audi 100 Coupé S (1971) - nur mässiger Platz auf der Rückbank

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Audi Coupé S (1971) - für ein Coupé geräumiger Kofferraum

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Audi 100 Coupé S (1971) - der längs eingebaute Vierzylindermotor

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Audi 100 Coupé S (1971) – Zeichnung des Cockpits

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Audi 100 Coupé S (1971) – Längsschnitt

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Audi 100 Coupé S (1971) – die hintere Torsionskurbelachse mit Drehstabfederung

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Audi 100 Coupé S (1971) – die Vorderachse mit innenliegenden Scheibenbremsen und längs eingebauter Motor-Getriebe-Einheit

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Audi 100 LS Special (1971) - Neuheit mit Doppelscheinwerfern und Vinyldach - Genfer Autosalon 1971

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Audi 100 S (1971) - die zweitürige Limousine mit der sportlichen Technik des Coupés, auch als LS

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Audi 100 Karmann Cabriolet (1969) - offene Variante des Audi 100

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Audi 100 Zweitürer (1971) – Zeichnungen der coupéhaften, zweitürigen Limousine

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Audi 100 Zweitürer (1971) – Einstieg und Armaturenbrett

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Audi 100 Zweitürer (1971) – Innenraum und Rücksitzbank

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Audi 100 (1971) – Vorderradaufhängung, Lenkung und Radantrieb

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Audi 100 (1971) – die hintere Torsionskurbelachse mit Drehstabfederung

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Audi 100 Coupé S (1970) – Gewichte und Dimensionen

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Audi 100 Zweitürer (1970) – Gewichte und Dimensionen

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Audi 100 (1970) – Beschleunigungs-, Geschwindigkeits- und Drehzahldiagramm für Limousine und Coupé

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Audi 100 Zweitürer (1971) – in der Pressemappe zusammen mit einem viertürigen 100 LS

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Summary

At the beginning of the 1970s, Audi offered two different two-door versions of its top model. With a notchback and long wheelbase, the Audi 100 two-door was for those who wanted to combine the advantages of a saloon with a little more elegance. The coupé with a shortened chassis and hatchback, on the other hand, was more for the sports driver who often needed four seats. This historical test from 1970 clarifies the details.

This article contains the following chapters

The two-door saloon
The Coupé
The equipment of the coupé
The competitors
The price of the Audi 100 Coupé
Prices and costs
mot overall verdict
Plus points
Minus points

Estimated reading time: 13min

Preview (beginning of the article)

Our test of the two-door saloon also serves to check the workmanship, maturity and further development since the Audi 100 : Mercedes 200/220 comparison test last summer. The temporarily poor workmanship after the start of full production in the spring of 1969 had already been overcome by the summer; in the meantime, intensive refinement work continues to make itself felt, particularly in the interior noise damping. Due to a working error during testing, Audi had only recognized the cause of a vibration transmission between the engine and body after the start of series production. In addition, the running smoothness of some of the engines was disappointing, and there was also the inevitable gathering of experience with the new model. However, the noise damping now achieved is already exemplary; the slightly higher noise level in the medium speed range, which we criticized, is only noticeable because the noise damping in the lower and upper speed range is so particularly good. Further progress concerns the refinement of functional details; it is particularly pleasing that the engine no longer jams under load changes (accelerating/decelerating) as it used to.

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