The Audi 200 quattro is an executive car built by German manufacturer Audi.
It is based on the Audi 100 model, with minor optical changes, more sporty engines and better interior.
The car used by James Bond in The Living Daylights belongs to the ‘C3’ generation. Although the C3 was replaced by the C4 in 1991, there was no Audi 200 C4, as Audi replaced their 200 with the new Audi V8, a full-size luxury car which eventually became the Audi A8, which is still offered today.
Comparing the Audi 200 with today’s cars, the modern equivalent would be the Audi A6.
The car in the movie is an ‘Exclusiv’ model, the most expensive Audi ever built back in 1987.
Along with upgraded interior, the ‘Exclusiv’ model has a lowered suspension, sporty BBS rims and hand-crafted wheel arches. The car seen in the film is today owned by the Audi company, who keeps it in storage, and shows it to the public from time to time.
Bond uses the Vienna-registrated Audi 200 when extracting General Koskov from the CSSR. Later, Bond collects Saunders at the Austrian border with it.
It is later seen parked in the background in Vienna, making it possible that this is actually Saunder’s car.
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W 1,814 mm (71.4 in),
H 1,422 mm (56 in)
