Four-speed manuals or three-speed automatics were on offer, in all three bodystyles. By 1978, ever more stringent emissions rules meant that this had dropped to 78 hp (58 kW 79 PS). Subsequent versions came with 1.6-litre engines rated at 83 hp (62 kW 84 PS).
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The Fox originally had a 1.5 litre engine rated at 55 hp (41 kW 56 PS), attached to a four-speed manual transmission. This version, first seen in mid-1975, appeared in the United States, South Africa, and several other markets. In certain markets a five-door "Avant" (Audi's name for an estate/wagon) variant was offered - effectively a rebadged Volkswagen Passat with Audi front panels. Īudi's design and development efforts paid off during the 1973 European Car of the Year competition where the 80 won ahead of the Renault 5 and the Alfa Romeo Alfetta.Ī facelift in autumn 1976 brought about a revised front end in the style of the newly introduced Audi 100 C2 with square instead of round headlights, 1.6- instead of 1.5-litre engines (still of 75/85 PS) and a new 80 GTE model with a fuel-injected version of the 1.6-litre (110 PS (81 kW 108 bhp)) replacing the former 80 GT.
The Audi 80 had a MacPherson strut front suspension, and a C-section beam rear axle located by trailing arms and a Panhard rod, and using coil springs and telescopic dampers. In September 1973, Audi added the sporty 80 GT (two-door only) featuring a carburettor 1.6-litre engine (code: XX) rated at 100 PS (74 kW 99 bhp). On the home market, two- and four- door saloons were available in base trim (55 or 60 PS, called simply Audi 80 and 80 S, respectively), as L models (LS with 75 PS engine) or as a more luxurious GL (85 PS only). The 1.5-litre (codes: ZB, ZC) at 75 PS (55 kW 74 bhp) for the ZB and 85 PS (63 kW 84 bhp) for the ZC. For the 1.3-litre engines, (identification code: ZA) was rated at 55 PS (40 kW 54 bhp), code: ZF was rated at 60 PS (44 kW 59 bhp). The internal combustion engines were available in various rated power outputs.
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The B1 was a clean break from the Auto Union era, being equipped with.a range of brand new 1.3- and 1.5-litre SOHC inline-four petrol engines - the first appearance of the now legendary EA827 series of engines, whose descendants are still used in VW Group vehicles to the present day. The Audi 80 B1 was only the second modern-era Audi product to be developed entirely under Volkswagen ownership - Audi chief engineer Ludwig Kraus had famously been disparaging about the outgoing F103 series, referring to it as the "bastard", owing to its Auto Union/DKW bodyshell and Mercedes-Benz engine. It effectively took the place of several models that Audi had discontinued (the F103 series, which included the first model designated as an "Audi 80"), and provided the company with a viable rival to the Opel Ascona and the Ford Taunus ( Ford Cortina in the UK), as well as more upmarket offerings including the Alfa Romeo Alfetta and Triumph Dolomite. This model debuted in Europe in 1972 as the Audi 80, and in 1973 in Australia and North America (Canada and the USA) as the Audi Fox, and was available as either a two-door or a four-door saloon (sedan). The Passat was based again on the Audi A4 (B5 or "8D" platform) for its B5 generation, and returned to a transverse engine for the B6 and later generations. This link was severed in 1988 when the Passat moved to a non-related, transverse-engined, VW-specific platform for its 80-unrelated B3 and B4 versions.
Originally this numbering convention ran concurrently with that of the Volkswagen Passat, the first generation of which was essentially a badge engineered clone of the Audi 80. Under Audi's platform numbering convention, the 80 is classified as a member of the B-series or B platform family of vehicles, with the four generations of 80 being numbered as B1, B2, B3 and B4 its replacement – the Audi A4 – continues this sequence with platform numbers B5 through to B9.