Confused? Audi body type codes

[Tom Nas <tnas@euronet.nl>]

Hi all,

This comes up in discussions regularly, and I haven't seen it answered
completely. The info comes courtesy of the '97 D&W catalogue.

What do these manufacturer model codes stand for?

Audi 			code	aka	made from-to
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80			81	B2	6/84 - 8/86
80, 90 Coupe, Quattro	85	B2 cpe	7/80 - 1/87
80, 90			89	B3/B4	9/86 - 10/94
80, 90 Quattro		89Q	B3	12/86 -
80/ Avant		B4	id	9/91 -
80 Avant RS2		P1		3/94 -
80 Cabriolet		89		9/91 -
A3			8L		10/96 -
100			44	C3	9/82 - 11/90
100, 200, Quattro	44Q	C3	7/83 - 11/90
A4 Avant		B5	id	2/96 -
100/200			C4	id	12/90 - 5/94
V8			D11		1/89 - 5/94
A4			B5	id	11/94 -
A6, Avant, S6		C4	id	6/94 -
A8			D2		6/94 -

*note: some production dates obviously haven't been updated. I'm not sure
why, and haven't been able to complete this info. Production dates are for
German market.

Tom

 _______________________________________________________________________
 Tom Nas                                          Zeist, The Netherlands
 tnas@euronet.nl
1988 Audi 80 1.8S, Tizianrot metallic, 210,000km

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