Audi 200 Avant Quattro - Four rings, a heart and a crown
Summary
Four rings, four driven wheels, five doors and five cylinders with turbo - equipped in this way, the Audi 200 Avant Quattro was the perfect car for Switzerland - and also for actress Audrey Hepburn, who once ordered the "lhasa green" example in our photos. Thanks to its outstanding aerodynamics, the all-wheel drive truck from Ingolstadt left far behind. However, it lost valuable cargo space due to its sleek hatchback. This article presents the top version of the Audi Type 44.
This article contains the following chapters
- The C3 as an aerodynamic wonder
- The spacious hatchback station wagon
- With factor 2 to the top model
- All-wheel drive for the entire product range
- Quite sporty
- Perfect for Switzerland
Estimated reading time: 7min
Preview (beginning of the article)
Admittedly, the movie "A Heart and a Crown" (originally "Roman Holiday") is not the best-known film starring the beautiful Audrey Hepburn. More common are probably "Breakfast at Tiffany's", "Story of a Nun" or "Sabrina". But the Roman love story, in which Hepburn played a princess together with Gregory Peck, was simply better suited to the title. This film also marked the breakthrough for the Belgian-born actress. She even won the Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performance. The always elegant Audrey Hepburn is not necessarily associated with certain cars. She herself drove a Ford Thunderbird and a Mercedes-Benz 230 SL, among others. In films, she was usually seen in the passenger seat (e.g. in a Jaguar E-Type) or in the back of luxurious cars such as the Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost (in the film "Sabrina"), or in a typical New York cab as in "Breakfast at Tiffany's".
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