{"id":10886,"date":"1978-09-28T19:53:00","date_gmt":"1978-09-28T19:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ooooiykyk.com\/audiarchives\/?p=10886"},"modified":"2026-09-30T01:05:30","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T01:05:30","slug":"audi-5000-coupe-design-proposal-c2-circa-1978","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ooooiykyk.com\/audiarchives\/1978\/09\/28\/audi-5000-coupe-design-proposal-c2-circa-1978\/","title":{"rendered":"Audi 5000 Coup\u00e9 Design Proposal (C2, circa 1978)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What:<\/strong>\u00a0Audi 5000 Coup\u00e9 Design Proposal<br><strong>Era:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/ooooiykyk.com\/audiarchives\/1994\/10\/01\/audi-models-postwar-era\/\">Audi Postwar<\/a><br><strong>Model Family:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/ooooiykyk.com\/audiarchives\/1987\/11\/29\/audi-5000\/\">5000<\/a><br><strong>Market \/ Zone:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/ooooiykyk.com\/audiarchives\/tag\/usa\/\">USA<\/a>, proposed<br><strong>Debut:<\/strong> unknown<br><strong>Year:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/ooooiykyk.com\/audiarchives\/tag\/c2\/\">1978<\/a><br><strong>Number Produced:<\/strong>\u00a0unknown<br><strong>Model \/ Generation Code(s): <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ooooiykyk.com\/audiarchives\/tag\/type-43\/\">Type 43<\/a><br><strong>Chassis \/ Matrix: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ooooiykyk.com\/audiarchives\/tag\/c2\/\">C2<\/a><br><strong>Date:<\/strong>\u00a0Circa 1978; exact date unconfirmed<br><strong>Status:<\/strong>\u00a0Unbuilt design study<br><strong>Source:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/top\/?q=Car%20Design%20Archives%20Audi%205000%20Coupe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Car Design Archives<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1250\" src=\"https:\/\/ooooiykyk.com\/audiarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/1978\/09\/1977-audi-5000-coupe-03.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10895\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ooooiykyk.com\/audiarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/1978\/09\/1977-audi-5000-coupe-03.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/ooooiykyk.com\/audiarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/1978\/09\/1977-audi-5000-coupe-03-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ooooiykyk.com\/audiarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/1978\/09\/1977-audi-5000-coupe-03-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ooooiykyk.com\/audiarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/1978\/09\/1977-audi-5000-coupe-03-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ooooiykyk.com\/audiarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/1978\/09\/1977-audi-5000-coupe-03-1536x960.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ooooiykyk.com\/audiarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/1978\/09\/1977-audi-5000-coupe-03-770x481.jpg 770w, https:\/\/ooooiykyk.com\/audiarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/1978\/09\/1977-audi-5000-coupe-03-1400x875.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">OVERVIEW<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As Audi studied updates to the second-generation 100, Ferdinand Pi\u00ebch also explored a coup\u00e9 derivative intended for the American market, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/top\/?q=Car%20Design%20Archives%20Audi%205000%20Coupe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Car Design Archives<\/a>. The proposal would have given Audi a more distinctive model for its U.S. showrooms, where dealers also sold Porsche, while supporting Pi\u00ebch\u2019s ambition to move the brand upmarket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The photographed model has the front and rear styling of the C2 Audi 100\/5000, but a shortened wheelbase and a two-door body. Its sealed-beam headlamps and U.S.-style front side markers identify the pictured configuration as an&nbsp;Audi 5000 proposal, rather than simply a European-market Audi 100 study. A revised roof and rear-quarter-window treatment distinguish it from the production two-door Audi 100 sedan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1250\" src=\"https:\/\/ooooiykyk.com\/audiarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/1978\/09\/1977-audi-5000-coupe-07.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10894\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ooooiykyk.com\/audiarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/1978\/09\/1977-audi-5000-coupe-07.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/ooooiykyk.com\/audiarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/1978\/09\/1977-audi-5000-coupe-07-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ooooiykyk.com\/audiarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/1978\/09\/1977-audi-5000-coupe-07-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ooooiykyk.com\/audiarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/1978\/09\/1977-audi-5000-coupe-07-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ooooiykyk.com\/audiarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/1978\/09\/1977-audi-5000-coupe-07-1536x960.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ooooiykyk.com\/audiarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/1978\/09\/1977-audi-5000-coupe-07-770x481.jpg 770w, https:\/\/ooooiykyk.com\/audiarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/1978\/09\/1977-audi-5000-coupe-07-1400x875.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Car Design Archives describes the proposal as a three-door coup\u00e9 and connects it to a six-cylinder engine study underway at the time. The photographs establish the exterior proposal, but do not show whether the rear panel opened as a hatch. Until further documentation surfaces, \u201cthree-door\u201d and the proposed engine should be attributed to Car Design Archives rather than treated as independently confirmed specifications of the pictured model.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The surviving images published by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/top\/?q=Car%20Design%20Archives%20Audi%205000%20Coupe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Car Design Archives<\/a> show a detailed, full-size presentation model photographed from both front and rear three-quarter angles. They do not establish whether Audi built a running prototype, how many versions of the design were made, or who was responsible for its styling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1250\" src=\"https:\/\/ooooiykyk.com\/audiarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/1978\/09\/1977-audi-5000-coupe-06.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10892\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ooooiykyk.com\/audiarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/1978\/09\/1977-audi-5000-coupe-06.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/ooooiykyk.com\/audiarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/1978\/09\/1977-audi-5000-coupe-06-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ooooiykyk.com\/audiarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/1978\/09\/1977-audi-5000-coupe-06-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ooooiykyk.com\/audiarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/1978\/09\/1977-audi-5000-coupe-06-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ooooiykyk.com\/audiarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/1978\/09\/1977-audi-5000-coupe-06-1536x960.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ooooiykyk.com\/audiarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/1978\/09\/1977-audi-5000-coupe-06-770x481.jpg 770w, https:\/\/ooooiykyk.com\/audiarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/1978\/09\/1977-audi-5000-coupe-06-1400x875.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">OUTCOME<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Audi 5000 Coup\u00e9 did not enter production. Car Design Archives raises two possible explanations: resources directed toward the quattro project, which began development in 1977, and changes in product planning around the second oil crisis. Neither has been documented as the reason Audi ended this proposal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For now, the model records an otherwise little-known attempt to give the U.S.-market 5000 a more distinctive body style. Its precise date, design authorship, mechanical specification and reason for cancellation remain open questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">PHOTO GALLERY<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;galleryId&quot;:&quot;6abdf1fe899d1&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/gallery\" class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-4 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6abdf1fe89dd4&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6abdf1fe89dd4\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--pointerdown=\"actions.preloadImage\" 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