Launched 30 years ago - Audi 100 (C3) Avant
03/08/2013
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Exactly thirty years ago, the Audi 100 Avant (of the C3 series) was unveiled at the 1983 Geneva Motor Show. It was not necessarily a sensation, but nevertheless an important milestone.
There had already been an Avant model of the predecessor C2, but this had been designed as a hatchback rather than an estate and was even shorter in length than the saloon.
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With the C3, a step was taken in the direction of a station wagon, as the roof was extended and the rear window was steeper. However, Audi was still reluctant to adopt the classic station wagon look. The car looked like a mixture of hatchback and estate car, but at least it offered a large tailgate and was therefore practical without looking too sober.
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However, the concept also had disadvantages: the interior heated up considerably due to the sloping rear window, and the trunk volume could not compete with the real station wagons.
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In any case, the successor C4 already had the classic station wagon shape, which has been retained to this day.
Of course, the pictures shown here and a few morecan be found in the Zwischengas archive .
