Audi type R
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| Type R | |
| Production period: | 1927-1929 |
| Class : | Upper class |
| Body versions : | Touring car , limousine , convertible |
| Engines: |
Otto engine : 4.9 liters (74 kW) |
| Length: | 5200 mm |
| Width: | 1800 mm |
| Height: | 1900 mm |
| Wheelbase : | 3620 mm |
| Empty weight : | 2300 kg |
| Previous model | Audi type M |
| successor | Audi type SS |
The Audi 19/100 hp Type R "Imperator" is a superclass - cars of the Audi Werke AG of Zwickau . The first Audi with eight-cylinder engine was the successor of the very expensive six-cylinder model Audi 18/70 hp Type M . From 1927 to 1929, 145 Type R "Imperator" were delivered in Zwickau . The successor was the eight-cylinder type SS "Zwickau" .
The Audi Type R has a side-controlled in - line engine with a displacement of 4.9 liters installed at the front , which drives the rear wheels via a three-speed gearbox with a gearshift lever in the middle of the car. It develops 100 hp (74 kW) at 3300 rpm -1 . The Imperator engine was designed much simpler than that of the predecessor model Type M with an overhead camshaft and vertical shaft . Like its predecessor, the Audi 19/100 PS has leaf-sprung rigid axles at the front and rear and drum brakes on all wheels, which are operated mechanically (cable) instead of hydraulically. Although the "Imperator" offered 30 hp more engine power and with a price of 16,000 Reichsmarks eventually almost 30 percent less than the 22,300 RM expensive predecessor, the Type R found few buyers, so the Zschopauer Motorenwerke JS Rasmussen ( DKW ), the Audiwerke AG had to save from imminent bankruptcy through takeover .
Technical specifications
| Type | R Imperator (19/100 hp) |
| Construction period | 1927-1929 |
| Superstructures | PL4 |
| engine | 8 cyl. Row 4-stroke |
| Valves | standing (sv) |
| Bore × stroke | 80 mm × 122 mm |
| Displacement | 4872 cc |
| Horsepower) | 100 |
| Power kW) | 74 |
| consumption | |
| Top speed | 120 km / h |
| Empty weight | 2300 kg |
| Perm. total weight | |
| Electrics | 12 volts |
| length | |
| width | |
| height | |
| wheelbase | 3620 mm |
| Front / rear track | 1450 mm / 1450 mm |
| Turning circle |
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- Werner Oswald : Deutsche Autos 1920–1945, Motorbuch Verlag Stuttgart, 10th edition (1996), ISBN 3-87943-519-7
Web links
- www.audi.com - History 1919–1932: Audi 19/100 PS Type R “Imperator”, 1929 and other models
Remarks
- ↑ Based on the year 1927, these amounts, adjusted for purchasing power, correspond to approx. 59,000 or 82,000 € in today's currency. The figures were based on the template: Inflation determined, rounded to € 1,000 and apply to the previous January.