Factory build sheet
2021 Audi Q8 Quattro Premium
Build WA1AVBF1-M · 3L 6cyl · All-wheel drive · Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV)
VIN positions 1 through 8 read WA1AVBF1 and position 10 reads M. Those nine characters define this build. Position 9 and positions 11 through 17 differ on every car.
Every Q8 whose VIN starts WA1AVBF1 and carries M in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 7 of them.
- Decoded Jul 7, 2026
- 7 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.
Engine
- Displacement
- 3 L
- Cylinders
- 6
- Engine model
- 30l v6 24v gdi dohc turbo
- Engine manufacturer
- Audi
- Horsepower
- 335 hp
- Fuel type
- Gasoline
Drivetrain
- Drive type
- All-wheel drive
- Transmission
- Automatic
- Forward speeds
- 8
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
- Manufacturer
- AUDI AG
Weight rating
- GVWR class
- Class 2E
- GVWR
- 6,001–7,000 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
- Lane departure warning 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.
The same build, other model years
Audi used the VIN pattern WA1AVBF1 for 5 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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2021 You are here code M
- 2022 Quattro Premium 3L 6cyl Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 603 vehicles code N $37,450
- 2023 Quattro Premium 3L 6cyl Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 1,256 vehicles code P $41,998
- 2024 Quattro Premium 3L 6cyl Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 228 vehicles code R $50,489
- 2025 Quattro Premium 3L 6cyl Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 606 vehicles code S $63,985
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 | AVBF1 | 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 Q8 as a whole rather than this build alone.
Overall
★★★★★ 5 / 5
Frontal crash
★★★★★ 5 / 5
Side crash
★★★★★ 5 / 5
Rollover
★★★★ ★ 4 / 5
7 recall campaigns are recorded for the 2021 Q8. Recalls are issued per VIN range — check the VIN of the car you are looking at, not the model.
7 vehicles carry this build
Every VIN we have decoded to WA1AVBF1-M shares the specification above.
- 7 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 7 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.