12th Mar 2007, 14:00

Sorry, but when even the American car industry admits that their worst quality cars were built in the 1970's you are clearly the exception, not the rule.

And, of course, if these 1970's were so fantastic and better than the competion, it is logically impossible for the foreign cars (mainly Japanese) to have made any headway. After all, all British makes, most Italians, and the French ones left the market due to poor quality.

Yet today, 30 years later, Toyota is almost the largest car company in the world, ALL the American car makers have lost substantial marketshare, Ford just sold Aston Martin to pay off its severe debts, and Chrysler will likely be in yet ANOTHER foreign hand by summer.

26th Nov 2007, 21:44

I have one now. I'd like to give it to someone who would actually fix it up (maybe because they have every other old car in their collection except this one...). It still runs, but doesn't go in reverse (not sure if its the original transmission or the gear shift linkage which no longer has any "spring" in its step). Yep, the interior has cracked over the years as has the dash (I mask these over with dash and seat covers).

I notice when I used to go to junk yards for parts that the same parts always had problems... The gas floats and heater valves always needed replacement and finding the huge rubber boot that goes over the CIS system was almost impossible. If found, it was likely all distended just like mine (the 75 had two models, one with a rubber boot, and the other with a plastic formed 'boot' over the fuel chamber). God bless the internet. I once found a part I needed in a New York junk yard (Pick-a-Part in California no longer had any Audi Foxes). --Bought it and got it in short order.

I wonder if I'm the last person to have one of these. Mine is now 32 years old...

One good thing is (being a California Car) --its so old it no longer has to be smogged...

29th Nov 2007, 03:01

Hello, my name is Shawn and I owned a 1975 Audi Fox 2 door coupe when I was 16 years old. The Fox was my first car. It was written off and I have never been able to find another one. It was the best car I'd ever owned. If you still have it, please contact me. My email address is bubba_00@hotmail.com and I am located in Vancouver, BC and would be more than willing to drive out to California to pick it up. Thank you very much.

Shawn.

28th Dec 2007, 07:50

My first car was an 1975 Audi Fox Beige with Fuel Injection,4 speed, sunroof. It was fairly reliable handled like a dream and was fun to drive. The fuel pump return valve would leak from time to time, the mechanics could never fix it. I replaced the Alternator, Struts, CV shafts, Cam belt and had to rewire the ignition switch. Always had to replace no.#1 plug which would get fouled every 2-3 thousand miles. I got T-boned at 90k and car probably saved my life. The body folded all around me and the roof buckled, but I walked away from the wreck. As a 1st car it was wonderful, but I would never buy another Audi.

27th Jan 2009, 22:39

I had a Rally-Red (Orange) 2 door 1975 Audi Fox in College. I LOVED it. You guys are all NUTS. This was the best car. Yea it had character, but boy that baby was a blast. It died of Transmission failure at 150K, but by then the engine was losing compression. I'd trade my Mercedes for one of these to take me back in time... along with my hair coming back please!

1st Feb 2009, 10:57

I can't resist adding my comments.

The first car I ever bought was a 1975 Audi silver Fox. I bought it new, from the dealer, in 1975.

I should have known, when I drove it home and it wouldn't start 3 hours later, that I had bought a lemon. I was very young and very foolish.

That car was in the shop more than I had it. The only thing good about it was that it was great in snow. I had problems with about every system. The fuel injection system was NEVER right. Frequently I'd be driving down the interstate and it would die. Or it would go to a slow chug chug chug.

The windshield wipers quit working, the antenna fell off, which was no loss since the radio had quit working long before that.

The drivers seat collapsed.

There was a hole in the gas tank where gas leaked out.

It leaked oil such that I carried a can of oil in the car at all times.

The dashboard cracked, the paint peeled.

My friend refused to ride with me after the electrical system went totally out at night driving down the interstate. I suddenly had no headlights, no interior lights nothing.

The heat and the air both broke.

I kept water in a jug in the car as it kept overheating.

One night the brakes went out completely, for no apparent reason. I honestly don't remember what caused that problem.

When our baby was about to be born, I sold the car, AS IS NO WARRANTIES, and had nightmares about it. I dreamed that the buyer brought it back. I was afraid for our child to ride in it!

The really sad thing about this is that the car only had 60,000 miles on it when I sold it, in 1983. There's no telling how much I spent on that car. I bought a 1982 used Corolla for much less than I paid for that Audi and put 130,000 miles on it with no repairs. I am currently driving a 1995 Celica I bought new and it has 130,000 miles on it and has NEVER had anything mechanical repaired.