Audi 80

The Audi 80 is a compact executive car that Audi, a subdivision of the Volkswagen Group, built across four generations from 1966 to 1996. It was sold as a saloon and as an estate that Audi marketed as the Avant, while the coupe and convertible models of the period used a derivative of the same platforms without carrying the 80 badge. The first car to bear the name was a model of the F103 series, which was derived from the DKW F102; the clean break from the Auto Union era came with the B1 of 1972, which introduced the EA827 family of inline-four petrol engines and won the 1973 European Car of the Year title. The B2 of 1978 was styled by Giorgetto Giugiaro, and the 1983 80 quattro brought four-wheel drive to the range. Names varied by market: North America knew the car as the Audi Fox and later the Audi 4000, and the Audi 90 was an upmarket version. The Audi A4 effectively replaced the 80 from 1994.