A brief History of the Audi 5 Cylinder

The Audi 100 C2 was the first chassis the receive the 5 cylinder petrol engine designed by Audi (a 5 cylinder Diesel Mercedes variant in 1974 was the Genesis).



From here on the 5 cylinder was made in variants in S/RS form in the S2 Coupe, RS2 Avant, & S4/S6 Sedan.


The design was then used by VW in the Eurovan, Jetta, & Beetle in small displacement form to current day.
The design is being used again in the Audi TT-RS and the newer Audi Quattro Concept car.