Grey Market Ebay car?

[Ed Kellock]

80 quattros were sold through 1992

On 8/23/05, Andrew Duane <andrew at savaje.com> wrote:
> Hairy green toads from Mars made Evan Parker say:
> > http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1991-Audi-80-Quattro-No-Rust_W0QQitemZ4570316146QQcategoryZ6055QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
> >
> > is this car non-american market?  I thought all proper US quattros
> > came with leather and were "90"'s?
> 
> The US did have an 80/80Q for a while, it was just the 90 that started
> at a lower trim level. A fully outfitted 80 was similar to a starting
> 90, and the 90's went up from there.
> 
> Sometime in the early 1990's, the 80 designation was dropped and they
> all became 90s instead, at all trim levels. I am not entirely sure,
> but I think it was after 1991, more like 1993-ish. So a 1991 US-spec
> 80Q would not be an impossible car.
> 
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