Audi fox and 100 1970's chassis codes

[Ti Kan]

The Fox was the B1 platform, type 82, from 1973 to 1979 model
years.  Prior to that, the "small" Audi platforms were the original
Audi 60, 80 and Super 90 from the late 60s.  These don't have the
VAG type codes because they were developed prior to the VW acquisition.
They were actually re-worked 4-stroke engine versions of the DKW F102.

The 100LS was the first "new" Audi developed under VW's tenure, so
it's known as a C1 platform, but still did not adopt the VAG type code
yet (I think it was a "F104").  It wasn't until the C2 5000 for 1978
that the "big" Audi line got a VAG type (type 43).

There was also an even smaller Audi in the 70s, the Audi 50, which
was basically just a VW Polo of the time, rebadged as an Audi.  It
wasn't sold in the US, and I don't know what its type code was.

-Ti
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2001 S4 biturbo 6-sp
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1980 4000 2.0 5-sp
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Larry C. Leung writes:
> There were two smaller sized chassis that I recall in the 70's. Your '79 
> was sold in the US as the Fox. The earlier model was sold in the US
> as the Ur80. It was availible as a 4-dr and a 2-dr Wagon. Both of these
> were different from the 100LS, which was changed in the 70's to the type
> 43 (US Ur5000). Don't know any of the other chassis codes.
> 
> LL - NY
> 
> On Sat, 17 Jan 2004 14:12:36 EST SuffolkD at aol.com writes:
> 
> Larry et al: 
> Audi had two size chasis in the 70's. 
> We had a 1974 100LS 2.0L auto.  The next year the 100 had power steering.
> 
> There was a smaller fox that I remember, a kid at school had a 1979 one. 
> That's my two cents 
> -Scott by BOSTON 
> 
> 
> 
> FYI, 
> The Audi known in the US as the Fox was the 2nd gen Model 80 
> in Europe, sometime in '74ish. It ended in '80 or '81. The type 81 
> (US 4000) in 2-dr and 4-dr came in '82, so type 81's are NOT 
> Foxes. The Fox chassis (haven't the bother to look up the # in 
> Audiworld, not that interested, if you are, look it up), 
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