Audi fox and 100 1970's chassis codes

[Tom Haapanen]

The Audi Fox was a renamed Audi 80, so not a VW rebadge at all.

The 80 was, in fact, another Audi development, and was introduced in 
Europe in 1972 as I recall; the VW Passat (sold here as a Dasher) was 
built as a fastback design on the same Audi platform and introduced a 
year later.  One note is that the 80/Fox wagon was only sold in North 
America, South Africa and the UK; everywhere else it was available only 
as a Passat Variant.

So if you look at the renaissance of VW in the 1970s, much of it can be 
credited to the acquisition of Audi:

- 1970: K70 (original Audi/NSU design)
- 1973: Passat (based on Audi 80)
- 1974: Golf (VW design, styled by Giugiaro)
- 1974: Scirocco (VW design, styled by Giugiaro)
- 1975: Polo (based on Audi 50)

As another poster noted, the later VW Fox was a whole different car.

Tom


THOMAS TAUSKEY wrote:

>Other than the re-badged Polo that Ti mentioned, what other (essentially) VW products  have been marketed under Audi badges?  Am I dreaming ... or was the VW Fox (c. 1988) also sold as an Audi  ("Fox") somewhere?
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