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The Audi 100 and Audi 200 were executive cars manufactured for model years 1968–1994 by Audi, a division of the Volkswagen Group. The C2 and C3 models of the Audi 100 were sold in the United States as the Audi 5000 until 1988. ==Audi 100 (C1, 1968–1976)== The first Audi 100, developed by Volkswagen's subsidiary Auto Union at Ingolstadt, was shown to the press as a four-door sedan on 26 November 1968. Its name originally denoting a power output of , the Audi 100 was the company's largest car since the revival of the Audi brand by Volkswagen in 1965. The C1 platform spawned several variants: the Audi 100 two- and four-door saloons, and the Audi 100 Coupé S, a fastback coupé, which bore a resemblance to the Aston Martin DBS released a year earlier, especially at the rear end, including details such as the louvres behind the rear side windows and the shape of the rear light clusters. Audi followed up the introduction of the four-door saloon in November 1968 with a two-door saloon in October 1969 and the 100 Coupé S in autumn 1970. The cars' 1.8 litre four-cylinder engines originally came in base 100 (), 100 S (), and 100 LS () versions, while the Coupé was driven by a bored-out 1.9 litre developing . From April 1970 the 100 LS could be ordered with a three-speed automatic transmission sourced from Volkswagen. The Audi 100 included a rough engine note that was described as unlikely to discourage buyers whose first car had been a Volkswagen and who aspired to drive a diesel powered (pre-turbo) Mercedes-Benz. The Ingolstadt production line was at full capacity, but supply fell short of demand that during the summer of 1970 an additional production line for Audi 100s was set up in Volkswagen's own Wolfsburg plant, which made it the first water-cooled car to be produced in Germany's (and by some criteria the world's) largest car plant. Starting with the 1972 model year, the 80 and 90 PS versions were replaced by a new regular-petrol-variant of the 1.8 litre engine developing 85 PS (84 hp/63 kW); at the same time, the 100 GL was introduced featuring the 1.9 liter engine formerly used only in the Coupé S. In March 1971 the 500,000th Audi was produced. By now the Audi 100 had become the most commercially successful model in the company's history. In September 1973 (for the 1974 model year) the 100 received a minor facelift with a somewhat smaller squared-off grille, with correspondingly more angular front fenders, and with reshuffled taillight lens patterns. The rear torsion bar was replaced by coil springs. For model year 1975 the base 100 was re-christened the 100 L and received a 1.6 litre four-cylinder engine (coming out of the Audi 80). A four-wheel drive prototype of the Audi 100 C1 was built in 1976, long before the appearance of the quattro. In the United States the Audi 100 appeared in 1970 in LS guise, with a SAE 1.8 liter engine and with either two or four doors. For 1972 the engine was enlarged to 1.9 litres, but the SAE net claimed power was down to . A base and a GL model were added, as was an automatic transmission.〔Flammang, p. 63〕 For 1974 the lineup was again restricted to the 100 LS, while the larger safety bumpers were now fitted. Power increased to for 1975, by changing to fuel injection.〔Flammang, p. 64〕 Standard equipment was improved accompanied by an increase in prices.〔 In August 1977 the new Audi 5000 replaced the 100, although another 537 leftover cars were sold in 1978.〔Flammang, p. 66〕 The Coupé was not available in the United States. File:Audi 100 C1 2 door Garmisch-P.jpg|Audi 100 LS two-door (C1) File:Audi 100LS C1 1761cc first registered November 1976.JPG|1976 Audi 100 LS four-door (C1) File:1973 Audi 100 Coupe S pic1.JPG|1973 Audi 100 Coupé S (C1) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Audi 100」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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