what do A1, A2, A3 mean?

[Benjamin Zhou]

just don't know what these mentioned so often here mean, can anyone clarify
them? Sorry for the stupid question.

bfz

[Grabetz@Associates]

They are the generations of models.
A1 would be the first generation,
A2 would be the second generation ..
and
A3 would be the third generation, and so on.

The different generations, as I understand, allowed for different changes
to many aspecs of the models.

Maybe someone else would shed some light on this with the years of the
generations as the exist.

Hope this helped.
Francis

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[GTX]

A1 was until 1984 until the body style changed, Rabbit turned into GOLF,
jetta was still jetta but looks nicer... 85 until 92 was the A2 era, btw
from 90-92 golf/jetta got the nicer looking "big bumpers". 93 until early
99 are the A3 style cars, and A4 are are late 99 to presant body styles..
Technical/engine specs are too long to list for me :)

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[Timothy J. Lee]

In article <YVxT7.22470$io6.209...@newssvr16.news.prodigy.com>,

Benjamin Zhou <bkz...@prodigy.net> wrote:
>just don't know what these mentioned so often here mean, can anyone clarify
>them? Sorry for the stupid question.

a1,a2,a3,a4 are platforms that a number of VW models are built on.

North American models:
a1 = Rabbit, Rabbit Convertible, Cabriolet, Scirocco (both body styles),
Jetta (to 1984)
a2 = Golf (1985-1992), Jetta (1985-1992), Corrado
a3 = Golf (1993-1999), Jetta (1993-1999), Cabrio (1993-current)
a4 = New Beetle (1998-current), New Golf (1999), New Jetta (1999),
Golf (2000-current), Jetta (2000-current)

Note the existence of both a3 and a4 Golfs and Jettas in the 1999
model year (the a3 versions were sold early in the model year, and
the a4 versions were sold later, labeled as New Golf and New Jetta).

In other markets, the years when each platform's models were sold
may differ, and there may be additional models, or lack of some
models.

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[Kevin Tekel]

>> North American models:
a1 = Rabbit, Rabbit Convertible, Cabriolet, Scirocco (both body styles),
Jetta (to 1984) <<

To clarify, although the A1 Rabbit and Jetta ended in 1984, the A1-based
Scirocco continued until 1988, and the A1-based Cabriolet continued
until 1993.

>> a2 = Golf (1985-1992), Jetta (1985-1992), Corrado <<

To be more specific, I believe the Corrado was sold in the model years
of 1990 through 1995. The "1995" models were actually left-over 1994
Corrados, some of which had airbag(s) added to them!

>> a3 = Golf (1993-1999), Jetta (1993-1999), Cabrio (1993-current) <<

Actually in the USA we didn't get the A3 Cabrio until the 1995 model
year. And if you follow VWoA's terminology, the GTI should be listed as
a separate model from the Golf.

And in addition to the A-series, there's also the B-series:

B1 = VW Dasher (1974-1981), also Audi Fox (1973-1979)
B2 = VW Quantum (1982-1988), also Audi 4000 (1980-1987)
B3 = VW Passat (1990-1994)
B4 = VW Passat (1995-1997)
B5 = VW Passat (1998-present), also Audi A4 (1996?-present)
BX = VW Fox (1987-1993), based on the B1 and B2 platforms

[kokomon...@hotmail.com]

What about the Santanas made in Shanghai, China? Are they B1's, B2's,
or what?

[Timothy J. Lee]

In article <3C20A5...@hotmail.com>, <kokomon...@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Kevin Tekel wrote:
>> B1 = VW Dasher (1974-1981), also Audi Fox (1973-1979)
>> B2 = VW Quantum (1982-1988), also Audi 4000 (1980-1987)
>> B3 = VW Passat (1990-1994)
>> B4 = VW Passat (1995-1997)
>> B5 = VW Passat (1998-present), also Audi A4 (1996?-present)
>> BX = VW Fox (1987-1993), based on the B1 and B2 platforms
>
>What about the Santanas made in Shanghai, China? Are they B1's, B2's,
>or what?

They look a lot like b2 cars. The Santana 2000 cars look like
b3 cars with a different grille.

[Joel M. Baldwin]

Thanks for the explanations! I also was confused, but didn't
want to look the idiot so I hadn't asked yet.

Why would you make things so confusing? When I first started
reading this group I assumed that A1, A2, A3 was somehow related
to the Audi models of those names.

Why use the same names as models of another closely related car?

> B5 = VW Passat (1998-present), also Audi A4 (1996?-present)

So you're telling me that the Audi A4 is a B5?

(my head is whirling)

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[Aaron Poland]

Actually, to confuse you more, I believe the A4 is now B6, thanks to the new
2002 restyle. =b

-Aaron
'87 Scirocco 16v

[Jimenez]

Why not just call the car by its real name instead of its secret code?

Jim
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[t...@large.com]

Wait, isn't that how Lawerence Welk used to start his band on the next
tune: "A1, A2, A3, A4, and..."?

On Mon, 24 Dec 2001 15:02:55 -0800, "Jimenez" <geospla...@telnor.net>
wrote:

[Jimenez]

Yeah he did. But he's been dead for several years. I'm not sure if
that's what killed him or not. It could have been those sixties hairdo's
or the fake forced smiles also!

Jim
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