Re: Identification and nomenclature

[David Head <dave.head@worldnet.att.net>]

type 44 quattros never said turbo. Pre 89 said    Audi 5000CS            quattro
                                          89 up said                Audi 200
0000      quattro

"Doyt W. Echelberger" wrote:

> This week in Cleveland, Ohio, a black 200 passed me on route 90 and I
> noticed a "TURBO" badge made of raised letters just behind the short rub
> strip after the front wheel well, where it usually sez "AUDI". The car had
> "QUATTRO" on the grill, new style door handles, 4 small rings in the middle
> of the trunk lid, and a trunk lock on the right lower tail light assembly.
> So it was at least an '89 '90, right?
>
> I didn't look for rounded wheelwell arches or flared fenders, 'cause I
> wasn't yet educated by this thread. But I wonder if others have seen Type
> 44's with a "TURBO" badge on the rub strip? Was this an add-on, or did some
> of them come like that? And if so, does it help tell the year of manufacture?
>
> I looked at the 1991 200Q 20v's on Chris Millers website, and didn't see
> the described rub strip badge, so I guess it wasn't a 91.
>
> Doyt Echelberger
> 87 5kcstq