Audi does not build many cars like the Audi Coupé: a 2-door coupé (1980–1988) / 3-door liftback coupé (1988–1996) / 2-door Convertible (car) / convertible (1991–2000) with 1595 , built from 1980 to 2000 in the age of turbocharging and the first electronic engine management. Its designer of record is Giorgetto Giugiaro.
The story
The Audi Coupé is a liftback coupé version of the Audi 80, first shown in 1980. The bodywork was shared with the Audi Quattro. The second generation Coupé arrived in late 1988 and was based on the B3 Audi 80, albeit with a different suspension. The Coupé remained in production until the end of 1996 and spawned the Audi S2 series of sports versions. A convertible model arrived in 1991, called simply the Cabriolet, and remained in production until 2000.
What is underneath
Under the skin sits 1595 other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. Kerb weight is 950 -. The wheelbase is 2538 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Its place in the line
Where it sits in Audi's history is not in doubt: the Audi 100 Coupé S came before it; the Cabriolet: Audi A4 Cabriolet / Coupe: Audi A5 followed it; it was built at Ingolstadt, Germany. On a showroom list of its day it stood against the Dodge Ram, the Lancia Delta, the Mitsubishi Pajero. Nearby in the Audi catalogue sit the Audi 200 and the Audi 225.
The money
MotorJury scores cars on the United States complaint and recall record, and the Audi Coupé has none: too old, too rare, or never sold there. Its value today is a collector's question, decided by provenance and condition rather than by a class average.