Factory build sheet
2021 Audi Q5 Quattro Prestige
Build WA1CAAFY-M · 2L 4cyl · All-wheel drive · Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV)
VIN positions 1 through 8 read WA1CAAFY and position 10 reads M. Those nine characters define this build. Position 9 and positions 11 through 17 differ on every car.
Every Q5 whose VIN starts WA1CAAFY and carries M in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 2,125 of them.
- Decoded Jul 7, 2026
- 2,125 known VINs
- 35 listed for sale now
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.
Engine
- Displacement
- 2 L
- Cylinders
- 4
- Engine model
- 20l i4 16v gdi dohc turbo
- Horsepower
- 261 hp
- Fuel type
- Gasoline
Drivetrain
- Drive type
- All-wheel drive
- Transmission
- Automatic
- Forward speeds
- 7
Body & chassis
- Body class
- Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV)/Multi-Purpose Vehicle (MPV)
- NHTSA body type
- MULTIPURPOSE PASSENGER VEHICLE (MPV)
- Doors
- 4
- Seats
- 5
- Seat rows
- 2
- Series
- SUV
- Manufacturer
- AUDI AG
Weight rating
- GVWR class
- Class 1D
- GVWR
- 5,001–6,000 lb
Gross vehicle weight rating is the loaded ceiling set by the manufacturer, not the car's own weight.
Driver assistance, as built
- Forward collision warning Standard
- Crash imminent braking Standard
- Blind spot warning Standard
Systems the filing does not record are not listed above. Check the window sticker of the exact car before you rely on any single feature.
What this build asks today
Asking prices of live dealer listings decoded to this exact configuration — narrower than the trim-level figure, because every car counted here shares the same engine, transmission and drivetrain.
$27,125 median asking price · 58 listings · as of Aug 30, 2026
Low 2% of listings $15,900 Top 2% of listings $34,998
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 | WA1 | AUDI AG · World manufacturer identifier |
| 4–8 | CAAFY | Model, body style, engine and restraint system |
| 9 | × | Check digit — computed per vehicle, not part of the build |
| 10 | M | Model year — 2021 |
| 11 | × | Assembly plant |
| 12–17 | ×××××× | Production sequence number, unique to each vehicle |
NHTSA safety ratings
Crash-test results are published per model year and body style, so they cover the 2021 Audi Q5 as a whole rather than this build alone.
Overall
★★★★★ 5 / 5
Frontal crash
★★★★★ 5 / 5
Side crash
★★★★★ 5 / 5
Rollover
★★★★ ★ 4 / 5
8 recall campaigns are recorded for the 2021 Q5. Recalls are issued per VIN range — check the VIN of the car you are looking at, not the model.
2,125 vehicles carry this build
Every VIN we have decoded to WA1CAAFY-M shares the specification above.
- 2,125 Known VINs
- 35 Listed for sale now
- 58 Priced listings
- $27,125 Median asking
Vehicles of this build
A fixed sample of 3 vehicles carrying this configuration — each with its own history page. The sample refreshes quarterly, not nightly, so it stays put between visits.
Cars are filed by a fixed rule based on the VIN, so a car never moves between groups.
Neighboring configurations
Other factory configurations of the Q5, each with its own build sheet. The set is fixed by the VIN patterns themselves, so it does not shuffle as prices or inventory move.
- 2021 Quattro Prestige 2L 4-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · AWD 165 vehicles
- 2021 Quattro Progressiv 2L 4-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · AWD 38 vehicles
- 2021 S Line Quattro Technik 2L 4-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · AWD 20 vehicles
- 2022 S Line Quattro Premium Plus 2L 4-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · AWD 1,837 vehicles · $27,998 median
- 2022 Quattro Premium 2L 4-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · AWD 1,017 vehicles · $25,473 median
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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.
Prices are asking prices from 58 live dealer listings decoded to this build , last updated August 30, 2026 . They are what sellers ask, not what buyers paid.
Vehicle counts come from the 2,125 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.