Does Audi Recognize the 5000?

[Zsolt]

Yes they are re-badged for the American market. They were always
80/100/200 in Europe. No idea why they do that, but some of the models
are still being re-badged.

  Zsolt

George Harris wrote:

> I was just scanning the official history of Audi put out by Audi, and I
> found 80's, 90's, 100's, and 200's, but no 4000's nor 5000's. What
> gives? Are the 4000's and 5000's just rebadged 100's or something?
>
> In the same book there was a write up about the TDI. It started out in
> an '88 with 80 hp, and was listed last in an A8 ('94 I think) with 140
> hp. I would love to have the economy of the diesel but can't live
> without the get up and go of the gas Turbo in the 5000. Anyone who
> commutes on high speed highways knows what a life saver the ability to
> get up to highway speed is when merging.
>
> Has anyone seen the higher horsepower TDI's available on the used
> market? Can they be fit into the 5000 Quattro retaining the running
> gear? Can the older TDI's be upgraded to the higher power?
>
> Cheers
> George
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