Audi's Legendary Five-Cylinder Engine Turns 50 and Its Creator’s Work Still Shapes Performance Cars Today

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07/12/2025
Audi's Legendary Five-Cylinder Engine Turns 50 and Its Creator’s Work Still Shapes Performance Cars Today

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Inline-five engines have been around since the '30s, but it was only in the '70s that they started to really work. That's all thanks to the 1974 Mercedes-Benz 240D 3.0 (known as the 300D in the US), the world's first mass-produced straight-five-powered passenger car and the first diesel with five ...

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