Audi Coupé GT

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Audi Coupé GT
Manufacturer	Audi AG
Parent company	Volkswagen Group
Also called	Typ85
Production	1980 - 1987
Assembly	Ingolstadt, Germany
Body style(s)	2-door Coupé
Layout	Front engine, front-wheel drive / quattro permanent four-wheel drive
Platform	Volkswagen C3 platform
Engine(s)	1.8L (1781cc) 8v I4 (DZ) 1.9L (1921cc) 10v I5 (WN) 2.0L (1994cc) 10v I5 (JS) 2.1L (2144cc) 10v 2.2L (2226cc) 10v I5 (KV)
Related	Audi Quattro Audi 80/Audi 4000 Audi Coupé quattro
Designer	Giorgetto Giugiaro

The Audi Coupé GT is a 2-door sports car coupé produced and sold by Audi from 1980 to 1987. The car was an attempt by Audi to offer a more affordable version of its turbocharged, quattro permanent four-wheel drive Audi Quattro.

The Coupe GT featured a similar body shape to the Quattro, but without the knife-edged fender flares of the more expensive car. Mechanically, the biggest changes from the Quattro to the GT were the use of a naturally aspirated 1.9 litre carburetter engine, 2.0 litre, 2.2, or 2.3 litre injected 5-cylinder engine and a front-wheel drive drivetrain. Although some later Coupe GTs were also fitted with a 1.8 litre injected 4-cylinder engine.

From late 1984, Audi made available the option of the quattro permanent four-wheel drive system to produce the Audi Coupé quattro, a model which was rarer than the turbocharged Quattro model. This was only produced with the 2.2 litre engine.

From September 1980 to September 1987, 174,687 Coupe GTs were built.^[1]

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