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TT_Power

07-12-2006, 05:03 PM

I am looking at an older Audi 100, and it has a 10 digit, number-only vin. How do you decode that to find what year it is?

- GT Style -

07-12-2006, 10:19 PM

<ul><li><a href="http://www.autohausaz.com/audi-auto-parts/audi-vehicle-identification-numbers.html">http://www.autohausaz.com/audi-auto-parts/audi-vehicle-identification-numbers.html</a</li></ul>

TT_Power

07-15-2006, 06:30 AM

- GT Style -

07-15-2006, 07:14 AM

Look @ the chart, it goes all the way back to '71.

The later #'s in VIN's were just for assembly plant location & production sequence.