Audi 100 GL 5S (C2/C43)

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Car-ID: XT0065

Model, Body type:
Sedan
Registration:
1978
Engine Power:
2,119 CCM (85 KW / 115 BHP)
Transmission:

			
			Manual transmission
		
Color:

			Other		
Doors:
4
Mileage:
90,800 km

Vehicle Description

“Wow, my dad (uncle / father-in-law / granddad / best friend’s parents) used to have one of those!”
Its copper metallic paint (Audi colour code L95F) gives it away: This Audi 100 GL 5S is clearly a child of its time, which in this case means the late 1970s. Built in 1978 and in one ownership right until 2014, this large 2nd generation Audi 100 sedan has been lovingly maintained over the years. The overall impression is strikingly good. Outside, the paintjob is near-perfect, even the bumpers display only the slightest parking scratches. On the inside, it is much the same: very few traces of use on the red-brown velours interior, which exudes 1970s cuddly-coziness at its very best. The contemporary Blaupunkt radio is on board. It is safe to assume it would have played Boney M’s “Rivers of Babylon” when new… The features’ list also includes a sunroof, headlight washers, fog lights and chromed hub caps.
Under the bonnet, there’s a particularly nice example of “Vorsprung durch Technik”: the robust and reliable inline 5-cylinder engine with 2.2 litres of capacity with its typical, healthy sound.
The Audi’s last holder was the well-known comedian Urban Priol who bought this car from its original owner in 2014 and piloted it at the 2015 “Weinfranken Klassik”. The 100 comes with valid technical approval until 05/2016 and historic vehicle registration documents.
A 1970s family sedan in beautiful condition, which will bring back fond memories (pun unavoidable…) in many people.

In 1976, Audi presented the 2nd generation of its successful Audi 100 model, internally named C43, commonly referred to as the C2. It was rather more angular in shape than its predecessor and was available as two-door and four-door sedan as well as five-door hatchback, introducing the “Avant” which two decades later was to become the most popular body style. In the late 1970s / early 80s, however, it was the 4-door sedan that was the volume seller. As entry level engine, a 1.6 litre 4-cylinder was available, but it was the 2.1 litre 5-cylinder engines that made the Audi 100 famous. Audi proclaimed they combined six-cylinder smoothness with four-cylinder economy. Top of the range was as of 1979 a fuel injection turbo engine which produced 125 kW (168 hp) of power, it was limited to the upmarket models sold as Audi 200. A diesel version of the 5-cylinder engine was also available and, for the very last model years, a turbo diesel variant with 63 kW (85 hp). A rotary engine version was planned and tested, but dismissed.
In the US, the large Audi was sold as Audi 5000. Right-hand drive cars were produced at the Uitenhage plant in South Africa.
A total of just over 900,000 Audi 100 C2 rolled off the assembly lines, most of them in the typical colours of the era: subdued shades of brown, blue, orange and green.