Urq Vin #

[Buchholz, Steven]

Hi there Mike,

Congrats on the purchase!  I am pretty sure that the numbering you describe
is the way most all urqs are ... mine certainly is.  It was my understanding
that this was somehow due to the new standardized system introduced (and
mandated) by the US-DOT.  

As to the VIN ... no, the cars for all the world's production came from one
set of VINs ... if you are looking for where the car sits relative to US
production, the engine ID would be a more likely indicator of that as the WX
engine was used primarily in the USA and Canada, (and I think Switzerland
and Saudi Arabia).  The only problem is that while the VINs get reset every
year the engine IDs don't.  I transferred the ID information from the parts
microfiche to a file that I've posted a few times ... I can't access it from
the computer I'm on right now.  

My recommendation to you is to check out the urq list on the audifans server
... Bill Bremer monitors that list ... he can provide you with whatever info
he has for your car.  Check out the following webpage for more info:

    http://www.audifans.com/mailman/listinfo/urq

HTH!
Steve Buchholz
San Jose, CA (USA)

-----Original Message-----
I just purchased an 83 Urq.  My question relates to the Vin #'s.
According to some past letters in the archive from the Urq registry. My
car's VIN that is stamped into the firewall of the car starts off as
WAUZZZxxxxx but the VIN decal that is in the door jamb of the car shows
WAUDC0. Now is this normal for these cars or does this indicate that
this car was a grey market car. My second question concerns the serial
number itself. Since the serial number is 319 does this mean that is was
the 319th for all production or for US production specifically. Sorry if
the questions are pretty basic but I figure someone out there knows.
TIA 
Mike Williams
(the other Mike)