Audi type E.
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.jpg) Audi Type E from 1923, Cité de l'Automobile - Musée National - Collection Schlumpf , Mulhouse , France
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| Type E | |
| Production period: | 1913-1924 |
| Class : | Upper class |
| Body versions : | Touring car , limousine |
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Otto engines : 5.7 liters (40 kW) |
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| Wheelbase : | 3320 mm |
| Empty weight : | 1225 kg |
The Audi 22/55 hp Type E was a car of the luxury class , which the Audi car factories GmbH Zwickau (from 1915 Audi Werke AG of Zwickau ) in addition to the smaller 1913 Type B , the middle type C and in large type D brought out. The 18/45 hp prototype was completed in 1911. The Type E was the largest car that Audi made before the First World War .
The vehicle had a four-cylinder IOE - Two Block - line engine with 5.7 liters cubic capacity installed in front. It developed 55 hp at 1650 rpm. It drove the rear wheels via a four-speed countershaft transmission and a cardan shaft. The car had a ladder frame and two leaf-sprung rigid axles . It was available as a four-seat touring car or four-door sedan .
350 copies were produced from 1913 to 1924.
Technical specifications
| Type | E. |
| Construction period | 1911-1924 |
| Superstructures | T4, L4 |
| engine | 4 cyl. Row 4 bars |
| Valves | counteracted (IOE) |
| Bore × stroke | 110 mm × 150 mm |
| Displacement | 5720 cc |
| Horsepower) | 55 |
| Power kW) | 40 |
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| Top speed | 105 km / h |
| Empty weight | 1225 kg |
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| wheelbase | 3320 mm |
| Front / rear track | 1400 mm / 1400 mm |
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- T4 = 4-seater touring car
- L4 = 4-door sedan
swell
- Halwart Schrader: Deutsche Autos 1885-1920, Motorbuch Verlag Stuttgart, 1st edition (2002), ISBN 3-613-02211-7
Web links
- www.audi.com - History 1901–1918: Audi 22/55 PS Type E double phaeton, 1913