1981 (yeah really) Audi 4000 diesel mystery

Ti Kan ti at amb.org
Fri May 14 00:39:06 PDT 2010


> Behalf Of Christopher G. Mason
> Subject: 1981 (yeah really) Audi 4000 diesel mystery
> 
> Hello folks,
> 
> I ran across a rare car to say the least. A real 1981 Audi 4000 
> diesel.... except there is one problem, its a car Audi technically never 
> built! They only imported diesels for MY1982-83. I confirmed the VIN is 
> indeed from a MY1981 car, heck it even decodes the car as having a 1.7L 
> GAS engine. FMVSS sticker on the door jam lists 01/81 as the build date 

On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 12:51:08AM -0600, Ed Kellock wrote:
> Or it was imported somehow from outside of the country, possibly without
> federal "intervention"?

If it says "Audi 4000" or "Audi 4000S" on the trunklid then it's at
least a North American model, otherwise it'd be called "Audi 80"
(unless, of course, if the trunklid has been replaced).

Does the right side of the trunklid have any emblems?  Like
"Fuel Injection", "4+E", "diesel", "turbo diesel" or somesuch?

-Ti



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