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Audi Cabriolet

The four-seat convertible of the 1990s, built on the B3/B4 Audi 80 floorpan and sold long after that saloon had been replaced by the A4 — so a car registered in 1998 is mechanically an early-nineties Audi, and 80 information applies where A4 information does not. The electro-hydraulic roof is the part that defines ownership: a single pump feeds several rams through microswitches, and a roof that stops halfway is far more often a switch or a limit sensor than the pump everybody suspects.

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Audi Cabriolet, front view
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Generations

  • Typ 8G 1991–2000

    An Audi 80 underneath, sold well past the 80 itself — so its running gear is B3/B4, not A4.

    Body styles
    Convertible
    Platform
    Volkswagen B3
    Engines
    • 1.8 four-cylinder — ADR · petrol · 173 Nm (128 lb-ft)
    • 2.0 four-cylinder — ABK · petrol
    • 2.3 five-cylinder — NG · petrol
    • 2.6 V6 — ABC · petrol · 225 Nm (166 lb-ft)
    • 2.8 V6 — AAH · petrol · 250 Nm (184 lb-ft)
    Transmissions
    5-speed manual · 4-speed automatic
    Drivetrain
    Front-wheel drive

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