A4Driver81

So me and my buddy were hanging out tonight, he drives a B5 99.5 Audi A4 and I was asking him what made it a 99.5....he said any car manufactured in 99 would be considered a 99.5

So he shows me his door jamb and the manufacturing date on his car is 06/99......so just for fun we look at my B6 as well and I find that my car was manufactured in 06/04.......yet my car is classified as a 2005.

So what's the deal? Did the B6 just take longer to produce so Audi stamped it as a 2005 model?


--John

Jimax

One piece headlights, different side marker lights, drive by wire, white lettering on the gauge cluster, and a whole host of other cosmetic changes. I think they even upped the output of the 1.8T from 150 to 170 in 99.5...or that may have happened in 2000.

Not all the B6s had half year revisions. I believe the only one that did was 2004.5 where they got the painted lowers and some other stuff. 2005.5 was the start of the B7s.

A4Driver81

that my B6 was one of the last B6 models produced before they switched chassis?

Matt Devo

2001 1.8T models have 170HP, all others are 150HP IIRC.

Mrkrad

it is considered a mid-late model based on the date.

Merkin

B6's 1/2 year revision was B7

GDawgA4

The B8 will be the new chassis, with the "8F" naming. The B6/B7 are "8E".

A4Driver

I ordered my 2002 car in August '01 and picked it up in November '01. Haven't looked at the date on the door yet.
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Jimax

Heh, I call the B7 a B6.5 because I don't know why it got its own platform designation

GDawgA4

yeah, strange they gave it the "B7" name even though the same chassis is used.