Re: Audi 5000/100/200

[Brett Dikeman <brett@pdikeman.ne.mediaone.net>]

I'm not talking door-handles here.  I'm talking about an instrument 
cluster that is really wide and includes oil pressure, temp, and 
battery voltage.

To my knowledge no 5k EVER had these gauges stock.  Go ahead and ask; 
no one has one of these cars(I open this to the list...DOES anyone 
have an 88 5000 with these guages?)  I've driven one.  It did not. 
Another lister confirmed that he's driven an '88 and it was exactly 
like an '87 except for the new trunk lid.  The door handles since 
1987 have been chrome, I have one sitting in my driveway to prove 
it(and this one is not a 87.5; the trunk lid is the old style.)

Sounds like you have a european brochure.  The 100/200 name was only 
used outside of the US, and yes, the name was used even before 1988, 
so that 100/200 brochure must be from England or similar.    I have 
no idea where the '88 5000 brochure came from, possibly canada; Audi 
only called it the 5000 in a few places, mostly North America.  Maybe 
the Audi marketing department got really confused.  They've been VERY 
well known to substitute incorrect pictures.  I'd bet that the 
european 100 or 200(or the prototype '89s) were plopped in by 
accident.  My 200's manual has a picture for headlight adjustment 
that -clearly- shows the back of a Eurolight, not a US-spec light. 
The technical drawings sometimes show really wierd configurations...I 
can't remember any examples.

You could ask Audi on the web site; they were very good about getting 
me a (correct :) brochure for my 200q20v about 3-4 months ago(with a 
beautiful 2-page spread of the car, in the same color as mine; 
black/black :)  The marketing/sales people, who answer the questions, 
might not want to 'fess up though :)  A dealer may have had to 
explain this discrepancy a few times, so they may remember it.



Brett
91 200q20v
87 5kCST

> Brett Dikeman writes:
>> No.  The new interior was only in the 100/200 with the wide
>> instrument, slanted+higher center console, etc...none of these were
>> in any 5000.  There we also no 100 or 200's in the US for the 1988
>> model year.
>>
>> I don't really see what there is to debate...
>
> I have in my hands a 1988 "Audi 5000S / 5000S turbo / 5000S turbo quattro"
> brochure that shows the new style dash, door handles etc.  I also have
> a "1988 100/200 series" brochure showing the same.  The name change
> occurred mid-model-year, but the change to the new style dash etc. apparently
> started with the beginning of the 88 model year.
>
> Is that enough evidence for you?
>
> -Ti
> 96 A4 2.8 quattro
> 84 5000S 2.1 turbo
> 80 4000 2.0
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