| 4th digit - line |
|---|
| cars |
| A | 2-door economy |
| B | 2-door custom |
| C | 2-door deluxe |
| D | 2-door sports |
| E | 4-door economy |
| F | 4-door custom |
| G | 4-door deluxe |
| H | 16V / turbo |
| K | 2-door sedan |
| P | 4-door sedan (base) |
| R | 4-door sedan (upgrade) |
| T | 4-door sedan (upgrade) |
Transporter / Vanagon |
| U | 2-door pickup |
| V | 3-door double cab pickup |
| W | 3-door delivery van |
| X | 3-door window van |
| Y | 3-door bus |
| Z | 3-door camper |
|
| 5th digit - engine |
|---|
| listed by increasing horsepower available for each model |
| A | lowest horsepower gas |
| G | lowest horsepower diesel |
|
| 6th digit - restraint system |
|---|
| 2 | passive with manual seat belts |
| 4 | motorized |
| 5 | driver-side airbag with manual seat belts |
| 6 | front & side airbags with manual seat belts |
| 8 | front airbags with manual seat belts |
| 9 | passive |
| 0 | manual seat belts |
|
| 7th & 8th digits - line & model |
|---|
| 1 | VW Golf & Jetta |
| 1C - New Beetle
1E - Cabrio
1G - Golf & Jetta
1H - Golf & Jetta
15 - Cabriolet
16 - Jetta
17 - Golf/GTI/Rabbit |
| 2 | VW Transporter & Vanagon |
| 21 - Kastenwagen (panel van)
22 - Caravelle
23 - Kombi
24 - Transporter pickup & multivan
25 - Transporter & Vanagon van
26 - Pritsche (pickup)
27 - Krankenwagen |
| 3 | VW Passat/Quantum/Fox |
| 3A - Passat
31 - Passat
32 - Quantum
33 - Quantum wagon
38 - Passat
30 - Fox |
| 4 | Audi |
| 4A - S4/100CS/V8
43 - 5000
44 - 5000/100/200/V8 |
| 5 | VW Scirocco & Corrado |
| 53 - Scirocco
50 - Corrado |
| 6 | VW Corrado |
| 60 - Corrado |
| 7 | VW Eurovan |
| 70 - Eurovan |
| 8 | Audi & Polo |
| 8A - Audi 90
8B - Audi Coupe
81 - Audi 4000
83 - Audi 4000
85 - Audi Coupe GT
86 - Polo & Polo sedan
87 - Polo Coupe
89 - Audi 90
80 - Polo |
|
| 11th digit - assembly plant |
|---|
| A | Ingolstadt, Germany |
| B | Brussels, Belgium |
| E | Emden, Germany |
| G | Gratz, Germany |
| H | Hannover, Germany |
| K | Osnabrueck, Germany |
| M | Mexico |
| N | Neckarsulm, Germany |
| P | Brazil |
| S | Stuttgart, Germany |
| V | Westmoreland, Pennsylvania |
| W | Wolfsburg, Germany |
| Y | Pamplona, Spain |
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