Audi does not build many cars like the Audi F103: a 2- or 4-door saloon / 3-door estate with 1.5–1.8 , built from 1965 to 1972 in the decade that gave the world the pony car and the mid-engined supercar.
How it came about
F103 is the internal designation for a series of car models produced by Auto Union in West Germany from 1965 to 1972, derived from the earlier DKW F102. To signify the change from a two-stroke to four-stroke engine, the DKW marque was dropped in favour of Audi, a name that had been dormant since before the Second World War.
The hardware
Under the skin sits 1.5–1.8 . Kerb weight is 960 –. The gearbox is a 4-speed manual. The layout matters: the engine drives the front wheels, the packaging choice that gives a small car a big cabin. The wheelbase is 2490 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Family and rivals
Where it sits in Audi's history is not in doubt: the DKW F102 came before it; the Audi 80 B1 followed it; it was built at Ingolstadt, West Germany. On a showroom list of its day it stood against the Ford Transit, the Ford Bronco, the Nissan Silvia. Its Audi stablemates include the Audi 200 and the Audi 225.
The money
There is no federal ownership record for the Audi F103 — it predates the complaint database or was never sold in the United States — so MotorJury publishes no running-cost figure for it. For a car of this age the price is set by the collector market and the condition of the individual example, not by a formula.