Audi 100

The Audi 100 was a mid-size executive car that Audi built from 1968 to 1997 over four generations, labelled C1 to C4. It began as a four-door sedan unveiled on 26 November 1968 and took its name from a nominal 100 PS of power. The first generation also brought a two-door saloon and the 100 Coupe S, and later generations added the five-door 100 Avant. The Audi 200 was the upper version, and in North America the C2 and C3 cars were sold as the Audi 5000. The C2 of 1976 introduced the first inline five-cylinder petrol engine, and in 1982 the C3 achieved a drag coefficient of 0.30, remarkably low for its time. In 1993 the cars were restyled and renamed the Audi A6, which replaced them in 1994.