Audi · 1911–1924
Audi Type E
The Audi Type E was a passenger car introduced by Audi in 1913. It was the largest pre-war car from Audi. The vehicle had a four-cylinder two-block in-line engine with 5,699 cc of displacement. It developed over a four-speed countershaft gearbox and a propeller shaft, which drove the rear wheels. The claimed maximum output was 55 PS (40 kW; 54 hp) at 1650 or 1750 rpm, supporting a top speed of 90 km/h (56 mph). The foot brake operated via a mechanical linkage on the drive shaft. The car had a ladder frame and two leaf-sprung solid axles. It was available with various closed, semi-closed and open topped "Touring car" bodies, including a Laundaulet (with a large enclosed passenger compartment at the back and a semi-open front bench for the chauffeur and a front passenger) by the coach-builder Deissner of Köthen. 350 Type Es were produced.
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Specification
== Sources == Schrader, Halwart: Deutsche Autos 1885-1920, Motorbuch Verlag Stuttgart, 1. Auflage (2002), ISBN 3-613-02211-7 Oswald, Werner (2001). Deutsche Autos 1920-1945, Band (vol) 2 (in German). Motorbuch Verlag. ISBN 3-613-02170-6.
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Specifications
- name
- Audi Type E
- Manufacturer
- Audi Automobilwerke GmbH Zwickau, (from 1915 Audi Werke Zwickau)
- Production
- 1911–1924
- Assembly
- Zwickau, Germany
- Engine
- 5,699 cc straight-4
- Transmission
- 4-speed manual
- Wheelbase
- 3320 mm , or 3465 mm
- sp
- uk
- Top speed
- 105 km/h
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Sources
- Wikidata — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q165832CC0 1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-01
- Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audi_Type_ECC BY-SA 4.0 · Text © Wikipedia contributors; revision 1248485539 · retrieved 2026-10-01
- Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Audi_Typ_E_(1923).jpgCC BY-SA 3.0 · Photo: see file page · retrieved 2026-10-01
- Car Model Index — https://models.autoculturesociety.com/Compiled record. Sources that do not permit reuse are not copied; this index is credited instead.