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5000 vs 100/200 nomenclature



  Mike Arman wrote:
  >Incidentally, a 5000cs is a 100, and a 5000TQ is a 200 
  >(more or less). 200 series cars are turbo, and 100 series 
  >are not - note that turbo is not always quattro, and I have 
  >heard of a few quattros that were not turbo. In the US, 
  >most "plain" 5000s are 2 wheel drive, non turbo, and most 
  >quattros are turbo: 5000TQ. 
  
  I have only seen the 5000cs with turbo + quattro + leather, 
  which always led me to believe it was the equivalent of the 
  200tq, not the 100 as you indicated.  My 1986 5000cs looks 
  like top of the line to me, which I thought was 200 in 
  Europe during the same era.
  
  Eric R. Kissell
  1986 5000cstq, 1.8 bar