5-Cylinder Turbo: 1985 Audi 8080
If you get easily confused by Audi’s model nomenclature in the 80s/90s, you are not alone. I get lost when Audiphiles start talking about the 80, 90, 100, 200, 4000, 5000, Coupe, Quattro, Fox, 5+5…for a company that only made 3 or 4 models at a time, it is complete nomenclature chaos. Today’s…errr…Audi…is advertised as an 80 but it looks like a Coupe or Coupé GT or Quattro, has an upgraded 3B 20V 5-cylinder turbo engine and I’m sure someone in the comments will tell us what it is. Find this 1985 Audi 80 offered for $8000 in Canton, OH via spacerace markmark.
From the seller:
1985 Audi 80
$8,000
Listed 4 days ago in Canton, OH
About This Vehicle
Driven 165,000 miles
Manual transmission
Exterior color: Red · Interior color: Grey
Fuel type: Gasoline
This vehicle is paid off
Seller’s Description
1985 Audi Coupe GT
3b 20v 5 cylinder turbo engine swap
AAN ecu
Euro front end
5spd manual FWDEngine swap completed
5 cylinder sounds excellent with magnaflow muffler
Clean body, no major rust, paint in great shape for the age. The hood was resprayed and needs wetbsanded or resprayed to be perfect.
Clean complete interior
Typical Audi issues of this era, dash gauges work intermittently. Does not have ac but heat works.Overall a decent example of a classic Audi, would be great candidate for someone to go through and tidy up the engine swap or drive as is for a fun enthusiast cruiser.
Will consider trades up or down for 20v turbo sedans or 3.2 Audi tts
Please only contact me if serious and have the capability to buy
See a better way to turbo? tips@dailyturismo.com
Already marked as Sold, no surprise as this was a steal for one of these in this condition with a running, driving 20v turbo swap — the most powerful production variant of Audi’s straight-5 engine.
As for being listed as an “Audi 80”, FB only offers limited menu options to select a make/model if you select Vehicle Type: Car/Truck, so sellers with older or more obscure cars often wind up selecting the closest approximation of make/model and putting the real make/model in the description. However, selecting Vehicle Type: Other will let you manually enter any arbitrary make/model you want.
Officially, this would have been an Audi Coupe GT in the US market, based on the VW/Audi B2 platform that also underpinned the Audi 4000 sedan (aka Audi 80 or higher-spec 90 outside the US), the original Audi Quattro (this body style, but with box-flared fenders), and the VW Quantum (aka Passat or Santana outside the US).
How can a car that is darn near 40 years old look so modern? Truly impressive.