RE: Audi 5000/100/200

[Gatlan Dan D <GatlanDanD@Dubuque.deere.com>]

I've had an 88 and an 87. The only difference was the trunk lid.
Dan

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Brett Dikeman [SMTP:brett@pdikeman.ne.mediaone.net]
> Sent:	Friday, February 19, 1999 7:56 AM
> To:	ti@amb.org
> Cc:	quattro@coimbra.ans.net
> Subject:	Re: Audi 5000/100/200
> 
> 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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