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Re: Galvanized body panels

Keith Fahlgren writes:
> There have always been differences with the US cars verses the German. 
> Does anyone _know_ when the first american imports were galvanized?

Audi started galvanizing the type 44 cars (5K series) for the 1986
model year, and then the type 89 cars (80/90) for the 1988 model year.
The type 81 and 85 cars (4K, Coupe, UrQ) never got galvanized bodies, I
understand.

-Ti
96 A4 2.8 quattro
84 5000S 2.1 turbo
80 4000 2.0
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