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Audi Celebrates 40 Years Of ‘The Five Pot’

Audi is celebrating the 40th anniversary of its five-cylinder engine, which debuted in the Audi 100 of 1976. The five-cylinder engine, like three-cylinder powerplants, beats to the sound of its own drum and Audi’s 2.1 litre 1976 effort produced a


Audi is celebrating the 40th anniversary of its five-cylinder engine, which debuted in the Audi 100 of 1976.

The five-cylinder engine, like three-cylinder powerplants, beats to the sound of its own drum and Audi’s 2.1 litre 1976 effort produced a respectable 100kW.

Since then, the ‘five’ has gone on to power numerous Audi production models and motorsport programs, and the engine lives on to this day in the TT RS in the form of a 294kW/480Nm 2.5 litre petrol-powered unit.    

The engine has continued to modernise over the years, with such additions as fuel injection, four-valve technology, turbocharging, improved emissions and even a switch to diesel-power - which followed shortly after the petrol version in 1978.

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