No wings, no side skirts, no stripes. And not a single V8 badge anywhere in sight. Ironically, the Audi 200 and V8 share only two significant bits of sheetmetal: the front doors and the roof.

Launched in the late 1980s, it was the predecessor of the modern-day Audi A8. In the late 1980s, as the automotive landscape was evolving towards generally more refined and comfortable vehicles ...