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Audi 80

Matt_Robinson@autovia.co.uk

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THE B3 Audi 80 was at the centre of all sorts of technological milestones in the marque’s history. You could have it with the flawed yet innovative procon-ten safety system (see panel), and Audi’s second-generation quattro all-wheel drive system. On the menu later in the car’s life was a 1.9-litre TDI diesel engine with what was at the time a very rare use of variable-vane turbo geometry.

When the B3 80 evolved into the slightly longer B4, it inspired the German manufacturer’s very-first RS model, the RS2, produced via a joint venture with Porsche, which

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