Factory build sheet
1997 Audi A4
Build WAUFFAFL-V
VIN positions 1 through 8 read WAUFFAFL and position 10 reads V. Those nine characters define this build. Position 9 and positions 11 through 17 differ on every car.
Every A4 whose VIN starts WAUFFAFL and carries V in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 1 of them.
- Decoded Jul 7, 2026
- 1 known VINs
Factory specification
As filed by Audi with NHTSA for this build. Fields the filing does not record are left out entirely — a missing row means no recorded value, not a missing feature.
Body & chassis
- NHTSA body type
- PASSENGER CAR
- Manufacturer
- AUDI AG
The same build, other model years
Audi used the VIN pattern WAUFFAFL for 8 model years. Nothing but the year changes between these pages, so the price gap between them is depreciation on an identical car.
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1997 You are here code V
- 2010 Quattro Premium Plus 2L 4cyl Sedan · 2,105 vehicles code A $7,995
- 2011 Quattro Premium Plus 2L 4cyl Sedan · 3,019 vehicles code B $6,900
- 2012 Quattro Premium Plus 2L 4cyl Sedan · 3,236 vehicles code C $7,300
- 2013 Quattro Premium Plus 2L 4cyl Sedan · 5,346 vehicles code D $8,600
- 2014 Quattro Premium Plus 2L 4cyl Sedan · 5,204 vehicles code E $9,995
- 2015 Quattro Premium Plus 2L 4cyl Sedan · 4,445 vehicles code F $10,900
- 2016 S Line Quattro Premium Plus 2L 4cyl Sedan · 2,364 vehicles code G $11,900
How this VIN pattern is read
A 17-character VIN carries two kinds of information: what was built, and which one it is. This page is the first kind — the nine highlighted positions.
| Positions | Characters | What they encode |
|---|---|---|
| 1–3 | WAU | AUDI AG · World manufacturer identifier |
| 4–8 | FFAFL | Model, body style, engine and restraint system |
| 9 | × | Check digit — computed per vehicle, not part of the build |
| 10 | V | Model year — 1997 |
| 11 | × | Assembly plant |
| 12–17 | ×××××× | Production sequence number, unique to each vehicle |
1 vehicles carry this build
Every VIN we have decoded to WAUFFAFL-V shares the specification above.
- 1 Known VINs
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Where this data comes from
Specification fields are decoded from the manufacturer's filings in the NHTSA vPIC database, keyed on VIN positions 1–8 and 10. We publish the filed values as they stand and leave out anything the filing does not record.
Vehicle counts come from the 1 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.