Does Audi Recognize the 5000?

[Ti Kan]

George Harris writes:
> 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?

Yes. See: http://www.amb.org/ti/audi/usmodels.html
The Fox/4000/5000 designations were only for the North American market
in the 70s and 80s.  Starting in 1988 Audi unified the North American
model designations to match the European market.

> 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?

Audi did not ever sell a TDI engine based model in the US market.
It would be very difficult to source such an engine, and it won't be
legal since none of the Euro engines are certified for US emissions.

-Ti
01 S4 2.7 biturbo quattro
84 5000S 2.1 turbo
80 4000 2.0
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