Audi 200 Avant Quattro - Four rings, a heart and a crown

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Audi 200 Avant Quattro - Four rings, a heart and a crown

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Created on April 19, 2023

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Bruno von Rotz

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Audi 200 Avant Quattro (1986) - this car once belonged to actress Audrey Hepburn

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Audi 200 Avant Quattro (1986) - in the color "Lhasa-Metallic"

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Audi 200 Avant Quattro (1986) - visually more dynamic with the flat rear, but also less practical than the competition

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Audi 200 Avant Quattro (1986) - Hardly an estate car premium: with cw = 0.34, the hatchback is only slightly worse than the saloon

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Audi 200 Avant Quattro (1986) - Hardly an estate car premium: with cw = 0.34, the hatchback is only slightly worse than the saloon

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Audi 200 Avant Quattro (1986) - The trim strip around the headlights distinguishes the 200 from the 100

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Audi 200 Avant Quattro (1986) - The trim strip around the headlights distinguishes the 200 from the 100

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Audi 200 Avant Quattro (1986) - 50 percent paint, 50 percent light: the rear is almost uniformly tricolored

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Audi 200 Avant Quattro (1986) - a single, downwardly curved exhaust pipe was also sufficient for the top model

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Audi 200 Avant Quattro (1986) - The low air resistance is almost visible to the naked eye

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Audi 200 Avant Quattro (1986) - dynamic, but not sporty

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Audi 200 Avant Quattro (1986) - over 200 km/h fast

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Audi 200 Avant Quattro (1986) - over 200 km/h fast

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Audi 200 Avant Quattro (1986) - only when this road is covered in snow can the all-wheel drive really come into its own

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Audi 200 Avant Quattro (1986) - only when this road is covered in snow can the all-wheel drive really come into its own

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Audi 200 Avant Quattro (1986) - a reference to all-wheel drive is also a must in the radiator grille

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Audi 200 Avant Quattro (1986) - Roof rails at extra cost, still chrome-plated in the old-fashioned way

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Audi 200 Avant Quattro (1986) - side windows flush with the bodywork

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Audi 200 Avant Quattro (1986) - Ronal alloy wheels with 15-inch diameter

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Audi 200 Avant Quattro (1986) - Quattro lettering on the tailgate

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Audi 200 Avant Quattro (1986) - Tailgate with needle felt and split window

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Audi 200 Avant Quattro (1986) - rear end with small spoiler, large Quattro heating wire and huge rear lights

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Audi 200 Avant Quattro (1986) - Spacious load compartment despite steep roof slope

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Audi 200 Avant Quattro (1986) - Even the leather steering wheel and upholstery can't quite conceal the dreary VAG charm of the 1980s

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Audi 200 Avant Quattro (1986) - Double air vents on the left, steering wheel with large baffle plate and a hint of on-board computer

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Audi 200 Avant Quattro (1986) - lightweight construction of a different kind: hollowed-out headrest

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Audi 200 Avant Quattro (1986) - rotary switch for the differential locks. Probably more important for Mrs. Hepburn: the cigarette lighter

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Audi 200 Avant Quattro (1986) - The center console emphasizes the vertical with air vents and pushbuttons

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Audi 200 Avant Quattro (1986) - five-cylinder engine with 182 hp mounted well ahead of the front axle

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Audi 200 Avant Quattro (1986) - because the engine protrudes so far forward, the radiator sits next to it instead of in front of it

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Audi 200 Avant Quattro (1986) - in contrast to the rest of the car, the Tubro lettering is emphatically rounded

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Audi 200 Avant Quattro (1986) - properly routed injection lines

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Audi 200 quattro 20v (1982) - with four-wheel drive

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Audi 200 quattro 20V (1989) - after the facelift with round rear wheel cut-out

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Audi 200 (1984) - Cockpit of the automatic version

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Audi 200 quattro (1987) - View into the cockpit

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Audi 200 quattro (1987) - with safe driving characteristics

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Audi 200 quattro (1987) - on the golf course

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Audi 200 Avant (1982) - with the sloping estate rear end

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Audi 200 Avant quattro (1985) - luxury truck of the first hour. Up to seven people traveled in the 200 quattro avant

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Audi 200 Avant quattro (1987) - with plenty of storage space for sports equipment

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Audi 200 Avant quattro (1987) - can tow 1700 to 1900 kg

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Audi 200 Avant quattro (1987) - not just for boat owners

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Audi 200 Avant quattro (1987) - for small and large vacations

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Audi 200 Avant quattro (1987) - ideal for towing a horsebox

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Audi 200 Avant quattro (1987) - ideal for towing a horsebox

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Audi 100 Avant (1984) - plenty of space for suitcases

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Audi 100 (1985) - aerodynamic masterpiece

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Audi 100 (1984) - in the wind tunnel - cW value 0.30

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Audi 100 duo (1989) - plug-in hybrid version of the Audi 100 Avant

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Audi 100 Avant (C3) (1983) - the rear end of the C3 was still strongly influenced by the hatchback sedan

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Audi 100 Avant (C3) (1983) - the sloping rear window provided space for an additional rear spoiler

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Audi 100 Avant (C3) (1983) - visually somewhere between an estate and a hatchback

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Audi 100 Avant (1985) - now with fully galvanized body - IAA 1985

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Audi 100 Avant (1983) - shown for the first time, the new avant-garde, with a streamlined body (drag coefficient 0.34) - at the 1983 Geneva Motor Show

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Audi 100 Avant (1983) - the estate is also available with an additional bench seat in the trunk - at the 1983 Geneva Motor Show

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Audi 100 Avant (1983) - one can only marvel - at the 1983 Geneva Motor Show

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Audi 200 Quattro (1988) - set two world records in Nardo: 326.403 km/h over 1000 kilometers and 324.509 km/h over 500 miles

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Audi 200 Quattro - Walter Röhrl crosses the finish line at the 1986 Monte Carlo Rally

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Audi 200 Avant quattro 1985 Padrutts advertising ams

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Audrey Hepburn on the Bürgenstock in 1981

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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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