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Injected - Audi 80 GTE in (historic) test

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Created on December 13, 1975

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Holger Glanz

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Audi 80 GTE (1976) - The fuel injection gave it unexpected power

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Audi 80 GTE (1976) - Injection pump instead of carburetor

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Audi 80 GTE (1976) - with 1.6-liter injection engine - 0 to 100 km/h in 9.2 s - Geneva Motor Show 1976

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Audi 80 GTE (1976) - With K-Jetronic injection system

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Audi 80 GTE (1975) - with the injection engine

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Audi 80 GTE (1977) - B2 with new front section

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Audi 80 GTE (1977) - Only the radio aerial detracts from the rally look

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Audi 80 GTE (1977) - Sporty accents

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Audi 80 LS (1977) - As a four-door model

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Audi 80 LS (1977) - Taking the car on a sailing trip

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Audi 80 LS (1977) - After the facelift with the front of the Audi 100

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Audi 80 GTE (1978) - Particularly good on the track

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Audi 80 LS (1977) - top speed 151 km/h

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Audi 80 LS (1977) - With 75 hp at 5800 rpm

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Audi 80 GT - 100 hp from a displacement of 1.5 liters - at the 1974 Geneva Motor Show

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Audi 80 GT (1973) - sporty rounding off of the 80 series

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Audi 80 GT (1973) - International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt 1973

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Audi 80 GT (1973) - to continue an old tradition

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Audi 80 GT (1973) - with black rally stripe

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Audi 80 GT (1973) - at full speed

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Audi 80 GT (1973) - View of the checkered seat covers

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Audi 80 GT (1973) - with alloy wheels

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Audi 80 GT (1973) - sporty perforated spoke steering wheel

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Audi 80 GT (1973) - new top model with 100 hp and a top speed of 175 km/h - International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt 1973

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Summary

Thanks to new fuel injection, Audi succeeded in turning the 80 GTE into a wolf in sheep's clothing. Many people were probably surprised when they were left standing at the traffic lights by an Audi 80. What the Audi had to offer apart from sporty performance can be read in the test from back then.

This article contains the following chapters

Plus points
Minus points
Overall verdict
Engine/running behavior
Engine/performance behavior
Power transmission
Chassis
Suspension
Technical data

Estimated reading time: 10min

Preview (beginning of the article)

Understated cars trigger different reactions: Astonishment among drivers of expensive cars, admiration among owners of weaker models in the same range. The Audi 80 GTE is a special understatement car. The same was already true of its predecessor, the 80 GT, but it was little appreciated by buyers. After an unfavorable start (oil crisis, speed limit), the GT version accounted for less than two percent of Audi 80 registrations in two years of sales. Challenged by the Kadett GT/E, Escort RS and expected Golf GTI competition, the Ingolstadt-based company was nevertheless not afraid to offer a GT successor.

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