The Coupé 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 inline 5 cylinder engine and a front-wheel drive drivetrain. Although some later Coupé GTs were also fitted with a 1.8 litre injected inline 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 Coupé GTs were built.1
References
^ Werner Oswald: Deutsche Autos 1945-1990, vol. 4, ISBN 3-613-02131-5, p. 263.
